Mozart Themes Improvisation II (Benjamin Schmid, Bireli Lagrène & Georg Breinschmid) | 3/15

From the Museum Quarter in Vienna:
Benjamin Schmid, Bireli Lagrène & Georg Breinschmid perform an improvisation on themes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Part 3 of the crossover music event "Spirits of Mozart" (2006), featuring Ian Anderson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Benjamin Schmid, Christiane Oelze, Amira Selim, Mozart in Egypt, Michael Pogo Kreiner and Edsel Gomez.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Benjamin Schmid / Bireli Lagrène / Georg Breinschmid - Improvisation on Mozart Themes II

Benjamin Schmid - violin
Bireli Lagrène - guitar
Georg Breinschmid - double bass

About "Spirits of Mozart"

A crossover experience inspired by the music of Mozart: the surprising and original Spirits of Mozart. In this crossover concert, outstanding personalities from the fields of pop, jazz and classical music interpret Mozart`s compositions in their personal musical languages for a broad public of the 21st century. These performances show that the impact of Mozart`s music reaches far beyond the boundaries of classical music. Performers like Dee Dee Bridgewater, the young violinist Benjamin Schmid with jazz band and orchestra, Jethro Tull’s singer-flautist Ian Anderson and many others present Mozart arrangements in a rousing, electrifying melange of classical, jazz and pop culture.

Directed by Henning Kasten

A co-production of EuroArts and ORF in cooperation with EBU

© 2006, EuroArts Music International

[auditorextremo]

Espectacular, como en la era del Swing.

[hassanh]

Interesting. I found the improvisation excellent. In terms of being directly on the theme of Mozart, I couldn't quite hear it anymore after the opening. Maybe the concept is to start on the scale and chords of the composition by Mozart and to then start a typical improv out of it, rather than trying to sound like Mozart and be a (jazz?) improv at the same time?