AN EVENING WITH JOSHUA BELL
Special Event
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
7:30pm
Robert Moody, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
WAGNER
Prelude to Die Meistersinger
STRAVINSKY
Suite from The Firebird (1919)
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
Often referred to as the “poet of the violin,” Joshua Bell is one of the world’s most celebrated violinists. He continues to enchant audiences with his breathtaking virtuosity, tone of sheer beauty, and charismatic stage presence. His restless curiosity, passion, universal appeal, and multi-faceted musical interests have earned him the rare title of “classical music superstar.” Bell’s most recent challenge is his appointment as the new Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the first person and first American to hold this post since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958.
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ON YOUTUBE
Joshua Bell performs the second movement of Brahms’ violin concerto in this televised 2009 concert by the Russian National Orchestra under the direction of Mikhail Pletnev.
