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Northern Irish musician
Commemorations 2025 (Birth: Derek Bell)
- oboe, harp, piano, cymbal
- Celtic music, traditional folk music
- United Kingdom
- oboist, composer
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2024-03-28 07:52:00
Marriner 100: the Academy of St Martin in the Fields celebrates the centenary of its founder
Sir Neville MarrinerNext month, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is celebrating the centenary of its founder Sir Neville Marriner (1924-2016) with a programme events beginning on what would have been Sir Neville's 100th birthday (15 April 2024), with concerts celebrating both Marriner and the orchestra's long-standing relationships with other musicians.Things begin with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at its spiritual home, St Martin in the Fields, with direction shared between Joshua Bell, Tomo Keller and Jaime Martin in a programme of Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Vaughan Williams and Errollyn Wallen. Then on 16 April, the ASMF Chamber Ensemble is joined by Joshua Bell and pianist Murray Perrahia, in what will be his first performance in six years, at Wigmore Hall for Mendelssohn, Schumann and Sally Beamish [see my 2019 interview where Sally Beamish talks about her personal links with the orchestra]. There is a centenary gala concert at […]
South Florida Classical Review
2024-03-22 16:30:59
Joshua Bell has been playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor […]
South Florida Classical Review
2024-03-18 18:29:54
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Joshua Bell, violinist and […]
2024-03-15 17:51:00
New Jersey Symphony. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. March 14, 2024.
[…] given the "fire at will" command. It turned out to be a controlled, but also enjoyable, performance.While the concert didn't turn out to be "great," but it was memorable. And how many "great" concerts can one expect to encounter anyway. (Right now Mehta's performances of the Bruckner and Mahler Symphonies, and the Blomstedt one discussed here, are the three that readily come to mind.)NJPAC really needs to get its act together. Last time, with Joshua Bell, getting the audience seated took a long time. It was a full house, so may be understandable (still not excusable). Today's turnout was reasonable, but it wasn't until 1:40 pm that the audience began to settle down. Some suggestions: start the process earlier, print the door number on the ticket, or make it easier to move from one aisle to the other. Also, the customer sometimes can be right. There was this lady whose […]
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