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

Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
© Sebastian Madej (2025)
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Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 8 January 2026
Puts, Earth
Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (Cadenza: Joshua Bell)
Schumann, Symphony no. 1 in B flat major “Spring”, Op.38
Joshua Bell, Violin, Conductor
Joshua Bell and the ASMF thrill in Schumann and Brahms
****1
Highly individual Mozart from Buniatishvili
***11
Handel's Messiah overpowered by massed forces at the Proms
***11
Depth and delivery: Joshua Bell and the ASMF in San Francisco
*****
Mozart and Beethoven from the ASMF and Bell in Sydney mini-residency
****1
Polished Bell leads ASMF down under
****1
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