Cry Me a River | Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Harry Baker | Live in London
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
Distribution
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
- Harry Baker piano
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.
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