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Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the top of their game in Boston

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“the mirthful exuberance of the final movement ended the concerto with a wink and a grin”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Boston on 23 February 2020
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Overture
Paganini, Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op.6
Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98
Joshua Bell, Violin, Director
Joshua Bell and the ASMF thrill in Schumann and Brahms
****1
A snowbound evening with Joshua Bell: comfort and unease in Hamburg
***11
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
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