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Diverse compositions spanning Janek to Lianne La Havas are woven together by Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Harry Baker.

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, former winner of the BBC Young Musician Competition, joins forces with the pianist and composer Harry Baker. This wide-reaching concert explores the enduring inspiration of Johann Sebastian Bach and his impact on musicians across the ages, from Leo Janek to Bill Evans, and Lianne La Havas to Laura Mvula.

Baker and Kanneh-Mason contrast Bachs First Cello Suite with Leo Janeks Pohdka (Fairy Tale) and Heitor Villa-Loboss Bachianas Brasileiras No 2, a direct tribute to the German composer himself. Songs by two iconic jazz musicians Pat Metheny and Bill Evans " who were likewise influenced by Bach " also feature.

The duo concludes a dazzlingly diverse selection with their own arrangements of Bach.

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello

Harry Baker Piano

Lianne La Havas arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason / Harry BakerSour Flower

Trad. CzechNos 4, 10 & 15 from Fifteen Moravian Folksongs (arr. Janek / Harry Baker)

JanekPohdka

EvansWaltz for Debby

Pat MethenyJames

Sheku Kanneh-Mason / Harry BakerPrelude & Fugue

Laura Mvula arr. Harry BakerGreen Garden

BachPrelude, Courante, Sarabande & Gigue from Cello Suite No 1

BachPiano Improvisation on Chorale: Ich Ruf Zu Dir

Baker (After Bach)I Call to You

Villa-LobosBachianas Brasileiras No 2 Movements 2, 3 & 4

Bach arr. BakerPrelude & Fugue in D flat

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