Mozart and Beethoven from the ASMF and Bell in Sydney mini-residency

Joshua Bell directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

By Zoltán Szabó, 11 October 2023

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“a consistently great range of dynamic contrasts and careful balances”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney on 8 October 2023

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Overture

Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61

Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell, Violin, Director

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.

****1

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.

***11

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

Depth and delivery: Joshua Bell and the ASMF in San Francisco

Lois Silverstein, 7th April

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.

*****

Polished Bell leads ASMF down under

David Larkin, 7th October

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.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Mozart and Beethoven from the ASMF and Joshua Bell in Sydney mini-residency