New Jersey Symphony: Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn's "Italian"

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 Saint-Saëns’ Third Violin Concerto, tinged with Spanish flair; 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)

Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3

Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, “Italian”