Duo Jellantsje de Vries and Bobby Mitchell – Classical Music Improvisation

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Bobby Mitchell teaches Improvisation and Keyboard Musicianship at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In his concerts, lessons, and academic work, he advocates a flexible and creative approach to music that has been handed down in notated form because all music is written in a creative context and should always be interpreted as such. Bobby performs as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and at the Menuhin Festival, the Concertgebouw, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He has recorded with Alpha/Outhere, Naxos, New Focus Records, VDE-Gallo, and 7Mountain.

Jellantsje de Vries is one of her generation's most versatile Dutch violinists. Her affinity with theatre, dance and visual arts led to collaborations with various choreographers, artistic directors and artists. She is also known as a highly regarded musician and soloist. She has performed with the Asko/Schönberg and Doelen ensembles and worked with conductors such as Bas Wiegers and Reinbert de Leeuw.

Program

• Ruth Crawford Seeger �� Sonata for violin and piano (1926)
• Frederic Rzewski – Selections from Satires for violin and piano (2015)
• Robert Schumann – Sonata No. 1 in A minor for violin and piano, op. 105 (1851)

Piano roll chosen by Bobby and Jellantsje