Blue Lake bassoon faculty Jim Jeter performs ‘Valsa improvisada’ (Improvised Waltz) by Brazilian composer Francisco Mignone. One of 16 Waltzes that Mignone wrote between 1979 and 1981 for the French bassoonist Noel Devos, who was a close friend living in Rio de Janeiro. The waltzes are reminiscent of strolling serenaders and the popular music of Brazilian cabarets around Rio. Very romantic and soulful works in waltzes – this is quite virtuosic for the bassoon.
