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Joshua Bell's The Elements anthologizes five great American composers

Joshua Bell
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Joshua Bell and Juraj Valčuha
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Juraj Valčuha
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“The Elements isn't exactly a great piece; it's great pieces.”
Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 13 June 2024
Weber, Oberon: Overture
Heggie, Higdon, Montgomery, Meyer, Puts, The Elements
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 1 in F minor, Op.10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, Conductor
Joshua Bell, Violin
Klaus Mäkelä is speaking... Chicago is listening
****1
Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres in Chicago
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Manfred Honeck brings his über-dramatic Mozart Requiem to Chicago
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Daniela Candillari makes her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut
****1
Polished Ravel x 2 from Alice Sara Ott with the Chicago Symphony
****1
Ravinia Festival opens with bombastic Gershwin, emotional Tchaikovsky
***11
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