Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell
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Thursday
9/9/2021
8:00 PM
Rudolfinum - Dvořák Hall
Praha 1
490 - 1290 CZK
Description
ABOUT THE CONCERT
The concerts of the orchestra of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the baton of its musical director, the violinist Joshua Bell, demonstrate a quality that can be regarded as first class in the context of chamber music. Since the death of its legendary chief conductor Neville Marriner, the orchestra has continued its rich history of recording with studio-quality performances. At the heart of their festival appearance will be a performance of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, which is a key repertoire item – it is a work that bears repeating when played by top artists. As a violinist and conductor, Bell takes a detailed approach. As he himself says, he persuades the orchestra to view even Beethoven’s symphonies as large string quartets. Besides Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, they will also give transparent performances of Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which intricate interplay alternates with moments of pure joy. The concert will conclude with Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C Major, his only work in the genre, which bears eloquent witness to the talent of the man who composed the passionate opera Carmen.
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Summer Night Dream – ouverture, Op. 21
Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53, B. 108
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C Major
PERFORMERS
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
JOSHUA BELL artistic leader, violin