Overview
Joshua Bell conductor & violin
New Jersey Symphony
Perhaps America’s finest violinist, Principal Guest Conductor Joshua Bell shows his astonishing range in this two-hour European tour: Mendelssohn’s surging Hebrides Overture finds Bell leading from the concertmaster seat; then he stands in the solo spotlight for the Spanish symphony that is (wink, wink) all about the violin; finally Bell takes the conductor’s podium for Mendelssohn’s ebullient “Italian” Symphony, full of sun-splashed melodies.
Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
The May 16 performance is presented in collaboration with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.