A medley of melodies from Joshua Bell and the ASMF

Par Alexander Hall, 20 janvier 2019

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“where the samovar was allowed to bubble with a thrilling intensity”

Critique faite à Cadogan Hall, Londres, le 19 janvier 2019

Prokofiev, Symphonie no. 1 en ré majeur «Classique», Op.25

Tchaïkovski, Concerto pour violon et orchestre en ré majeur, Op.35

Barber, Adagio pour cordes, Op. 11

Bizet, Symphonie en ut majeur

Joshua Bell, Violon

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Purcell et Locke s’égarent à St Martin in the Fields

Philippe Ramin, 22nd April

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.

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Julia Fischer au Victoria Hall

Thomas Muller, 23rd April

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.

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Joshua Bell and the ASMF thrill in Schumann and Brahms

Mark Valencia, 20th January

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

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A snowbound evening with Joshua Bell: comfort and unease in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 8th January

Amid snowbound Hamburg, Joshua Bell leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with warmth and lyricism, though Brahms’ concerto reveals limits, while Schumann’s symphony fully blossoms.

***11

Highly individual Mozart from Buniatishvili

Nick Boston, 9th December

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

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Handel's Messiah overpowered by massed forces at the Proms

Nick Boston, 7th September

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

***11

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.