August 2024
Baroque Music Montana presents: Lands of the Free: Languages of Improvisation
Baroque Music Montana (BaMM) presents a one-hour concert program "Lands of the Free: Languages of Improvisation." This program spotlights the transient, composer-as-performer elements which define music of the 17th century, while exploring ties with their native European languages. Musicians might improvise over a repeated chord progression, add ornaments and cadenzas to embellish written notes, or 'realize' a bass line through improvised rhythmic patterns and chord choices, all based on the musical code of baroque style to dazzling expressive effect. This…
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