Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Joshua Bell Plays Mozart

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Pre-concert recital by Alexi Kenney, violin, at 6:30
Matteis: Fantasia
Kaija Saariaho: Nocturne
Bach: Chaconne, from Partita No. 2

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Pre-concert recital by Alexi Kenney, violin, at 6:30
Matteis: Fantasia
Kaija Saariaho: Nocturne
Bach: Chaconne, from Partita No. 2

David Geffen Hall

Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Photo by Eric Kabik

Above: Joshua Bell

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Matthew Halls

conductor (New York debut)

Joshua Bell

violin

This enchanted evening opens with Mendelssohn’s evocative Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as conductor Matthew Halls casts a spell under his mesmerizing wand. The dream continues with the “impeccable fiddling” (Gramophone) of Joshua Bell on Mozart’s spellbinding Violin Concerto in D major and closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8.

“Evenings at the symphony don’t get more satisfying than this.” —Musical Toronto on Matthew Halls
“Thrilling refinement and dynamic variety.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer on Matthew Halls
“The most perfect interpreter of his generation.” —Houston Chronicle on Joshua Bell
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