Two weeks ago, Joshua Bell played the Brahms Violin Concerto for an audience of 5-thousand at the BBC Proms in London. Reviewers in London used words like "memorable,""magic,""stunning," and "triumph." You can come up with your own superlatives after you hear it. Joshua Bell, with conductor Osmo Vanska the BBC Symphony Orchestra, playing Brahms at the Proms.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons "L'estate (Summer)" Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, Mvmts II. Adagio; III. Presto
Joshua Bell, violin; Academy of St. Matin in the Fields; John Constable, harpsichord
George Frideric Handel: Saul Overture
Bourbon Baroque; John Austin Clark & Nicolas Fortin, artistic directors
St. Peter the Apostle, Montreal, Quebec
Marin Marais: L'Arabesque
Ensemble 1700; Dorothee Oberlinger, director
Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne, Germany
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, op. 77
Joshua Bell, violin; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor
BBC Proms 2009, Royal Albert Hall, London
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 1 in D major: III. Rondo: Allegro
Jorja Fleezanis, violin; cyril huve, pianoforte
Johann Sebastian Bach (Arranged by Max Reger): Two Bourrees in A Minor, BWV 807, from Reger's Suite for Orchestra in G Minor
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Alastair Willis, conductor
Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
Kevin Puts: Traveler
Marya Martin, flute; Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; Christian Poltera, cello; Benjamin Hochman, piano
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste
National Philharmonic of Russia; Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Washburn Hall, Worcester, MA
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