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SHEKU KANNEH-MASON & HARRY BAKER

Bowed Strings & Blue Notes

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and jazz pianist Harry Baker journey through Bach, Janáček, folk melodies, and reimagined classics—from Bill Evans and Pat Metheny to Villa-Lobos and Laura Mvula. Improvisation meets structure, groove meets grace. One concert, many voices—always in conversation.

Programme

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Selections from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007
– Prelude
– Courante
– Sarabande
– Gigue
Piano improvisation on ‘Ich ruf zu dir’
Prelude & Fugue in D-flat major (arr. H. Baker)

TRAD. CZECH / arr. LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1854–1928) & HARRY BAKER (b. 1998)
Fifteen Moravian Folksongs (Nos. 3, 4, 10 & 15)

LEOŠ JANÁČEK
Pohádka
I. Con moto
II. Con moto
III. Allegro

HARRY BAKER
I Call To You (after Bach ‘Ich ruf zu dir’)
Prelude & Fugue (with Sheku Kanneh-Mason)

BILL EVANS (1929–1980)
Waltz for Debby

PAT METHENY (b. 1954)
James

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)
Selections from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2
– Dansa
– Toccata

What happens when a soulful classical cellist meets a jazz pianist who lives for improvisation? Sparks fly. Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Harry Baker dive into the spirit of Bach, pulling the thread through Janáček’s dreamy Pohádka, Villa-Lobos’s lush Bachianas Brasileiras, folk tunes, Pat Metheny grooves, Bill Evans moods, and reimagined songs by Lianne La Havas and Laura Mvula. This is music in motion — a fearless back-and-forth where genres blur and boundaries bend. Rooted in tradition, lifted by improvisation, and full of spontaneous energy, each piece becomes a fresh conversation.

Media
Bach: Violin Partita No.2 | Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Harry Baker | Live in London
Verbier Festival
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