Joshua Bell
Posted by Jules - February 28, 2008 at 09:02:45 amSo we left Wondercon around 1 30p because we had a concert to catch- Joshua Bell at Zellerbach Hall. For those of you who don’t know, he’s been around forever- he played the violin parts in The Red Violin. I remember him from when I was in jr/hs- I listened to his recordings of Fritz Kreisler’s pieces over and over. And when I lost that cd, I went out and bought it again. He played the following repertoire: Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill” sonata, Dvorak’s Four Romantic Pieces, Prokiefiev’s F minor sonata, Grieg’s C third minor sonata, some encore I don’t remember, and Heifitz’s arrangement of Love for Three Oranges. I really enjoyed Grieg’s C third minor and the encore Love for Three Oranges- fiery and expressive, and sweetly lyrical where it needed to be. The Prokofiev was played in a surprisingly light and delicate manner sometimes compared to how I envision Prokofiev: bold, heavy, and distinctly Russian. The Tartini and Dvorak were less memorable for me, but were still very pretty. I think it was a good concert, even if he said all of one sentence to the audience during the entire time. But it’s about the music, no? Yay for music! I think mike enjoyed it too.Â
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