Monday, December 1, 2008

Classical improv


In The Wall Street Journal, Alexandra Alter writes about pianist Robert Levin, cellist Matt Haimovitz and other classical instrumentalists reviving the long-lost art of improvisation:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122781195665062021.html

Oddly, Alter neglects to mention organists, who continued to improvise after the practice died out elsewhere in classical music.