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La rencontre entre John Butt et l'Academy of St Martin in the Fields est un rendez-vous manqué, à peine rattrapé par la belle interprétation de pièces d'Errollyn Wallen.

Soirée contrastée ce jeudi soir, avec l’Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields qui nous proposait le Concerto pour violon de Haydn,  le Concerto pour violon et piano en ré mineur de Mendelssohn et La Nuit transfigurée de Schönberg,  sous la direction de Julia Fischer.

At Cadogan Hall, Bell’s account of Robert Schumann’s Spring Symphony is as sunny an interpretation as you’re likely to hear. 

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields give exciting performances at the Barbican, with idiosyncratic Mozart from Buniatishvili. 

Massed choral forces, a strong solo line up and expanded orchestral forces overpower Handel at the end of the BBC Proms Choral Day.

On a tour of the United States, Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform Mendelssohn, Schumann and Vince Mendoza in Davies Symphony Hall. 

Un programa salpicado de muy diversos caracteres terminó con una interpretación sobresaliente de Noche transfigurada de Schönberg por parte de la Academy of St Martin in the Fields y Julia Fischer.

Sydney revels in Joshua Bell's masterful violin playing and leadership of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on their Australian tour.

Joshua Bell directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in lively, well-crafted performances of Prokofiev and Mendelssohn in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. 

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields are back on their home turf for string orchestra works by Tippett and Walton. 

Bell didn’t try to impress with speed nor call attention to his virtuosity; expression and color were paramount with notes sounding clearly.

Zusammen mit Julia Fischer und Augustin Hadelich gestaltete die Academy ein himmlisches Musikvergnügen.

Nothing to make the horses shy in this latest instalment of the successful artistic partnership between the ASMF and its Music Director.

Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder und die Academy of St Martin in the Fields boten in der Münchner Philharmonie ein Beethoven-Programm mit Nachhallwirkung.

In this afternoon Prom, Joshua Bell disappointed as a conductor. As a soloist, however, he came up with the goods.

Stunningly fresh performances of ubiqitous classics from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

In Autumn the cicadas are out in force at Wigmore Hall...

Joshua Bell brings star quality to the visit of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, with a stunning performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto the stand-out item on their first Sydney programme.

Soon to be seventy, Murray Perahia and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields give full expression to the life force that is Beethoven, in their continuing cycle of the piano concertos.

A sizzling combination of classical, jazz and folk-inspired music from Fröst and the Academy which drifted across continents with consummate skill.

Joshua Bell and the stupendous Academy of St Martin in the Fields entertained us through powerful music, not through any showmanship or bravado - a welcome change in this Trump-age.

Mit der Musik Beethovens malte Joshua Bell zusammen mit der Academy of St Martin in the Fields farbenreiche Landschaften und Geschichten in die Vorstellung des Düsseldorfer Publikums.

HK Gruber's wit shines through this concert centred on Brecht and Weill's bitingly sarcastic songs from The Threepenny Opera; Håkan Hardenberger thrills with magical playing of trumpet and flugelhorn.

The ASMF under their veteran conductor Sir Neville Marriner celebrate his 92nd birthday and almost six decades of music-making in performances of Mozart and Bizet, with Till Fellner as soloist.

Eine strahlende Besetzung und die Premiere eines neuen Violinkonzertes boten an diesem Abend gleich zahlreiche Attraktionen.

Murray Perahia erschuf vor dem geistigen Auge des Münchener Publikums zwei großartige und doch ganz unterschiedliche Klanggebäude Beethoven'scher Klavierkonzerte.

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields brought tremendous energy to a concert of well-loved classics, under the evidently inspirational leadership of Joshua Bell. 

In Amsterdam, Joshua Bell led his Academy of St Martin in the Fields on an adventurous, crowd-pleasing journey that demonstrated his ensemble’s versatility.

Es war eine reine Freude, das Spiel der Solisten bei ihrem raschen Figurenwerk mitzuverfolgen, zu sehen und zu hören, wie perfekt Solisten und Orchester zusammenspielten.

Joyful Haydn and intense Schoenberg from Julia Fischer and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, joined by Oliver Schnyder for some energetic Mendelssohn.

In über 35 Jahren Konzerttätigkeit war Murray Perahia schon bei vielen Orchestern zu Gast, seine Auftritte mit der  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields sind etwas besonderes, hier ist er nämlich der erste Gastdirigent des Ensembles. Dieses Zusammenspiel ist so perfekt dass nicht einmal die technischen Umstände dem Auftritt etwas anhaben können.

Neville Marriner conducts Christopher Palmer’s arrangement of a Walton film score, while Joshua Bell delivers magic with Max Bruch and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields were at Birmingham's Symphony Hall for a concert of Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. Orchestra and leader displayed a lovely rapport.

The musicians got on a bus to their next destination as the audience left the music hall. What had happened no longer was. Yet so much had changed after two Beethoven symphonies and Bruch’s violin concerto, all totems of the staple repertoire. In the hands of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, they became almost as palpable as a drawing. The Academy is a perfectly balanced ecosystem.

Tonight’s programme was a feast of British music, with a Britten flavour, played by the strings of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, joined by virtuosic viola player Lawrence Power, whose prowess is bringing this much-neglected solo instrument into its own.We started with the beautiful Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra, written by Edward Elgar in 1905.

Tonight’s programme was a real treat for Bach enthusiasts: one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world performing two of the most popular concertos, joined by Carolyn Sampson for two heart-wrenching cantatas for soprano and obbligato flute. We started with Cantata 209, “Non sa che sia dolore”.

Though often played with far greater forces, the Beethoven and Mendelssohn played in this concert were well suited to the small size and immediacy of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Directed energetically from the leader’s chair by Joshua Bell, they gave crisp and clear performances which highlighted the chamber-style aspects of these works.