Joshua Bell in concert - Barber concerto

Can't remember exactly when this was, but I must have taped this about 10 years ago.

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• Joshua
• Bell
• Samuel
• Barber
• violin
• concerto

[bretticus5]

you fool. this piece was practiced for countless hours in preparation for this concert... if it were recorded 10 years ago he was what... 29? what the fuck were you doing when you were 29? were you head-lining anything with your talent in anything? better yet, were there people paying you $1000 dollars a minute to do whatever it was you were doing... if anything? i bet not. sit down. shut up. and appreciate what it is this man can do.

[rocsINmysocs]

Those of you who are nitpicking minor intonation mishaps are ridiculous! You are obviously not a musician, or a very petty musician. I just listened to this piece played by Hilary Hahn, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gil Shaham, Bernstein, and more, and Joshua Bell's is by far the most compelling.

Most passionately played 2nd mvmt goes to Joshua Bell.

Most charismatic (and fastest played) 3rd mvmt goes to...Joshua Bell.

[takomaskate]

@NYCroxmysocks its called passion. it means hes enjoying what he is playing. whats the point of playing if you dont enjoy it?

[chrisczajasager]

excellent charachterization/ I believe Sam would have been more than delighted !

much more involved and finer in all aspects than my old Stern recording.

[Pexadaly07]

he is so hot! love him!

[tillster1423]

People who are getting so mad over Joshua Bell haters should find a video that actually starts at the beginning of the movement or, possibly, the beginning of the fucking concerto. I personally do not like Joshua Bell as much as others and some of my colleagues agree with my opinion that there are indeed better soloists than Bell. He's good, but objectively not as skilled as someone as Perlman or Heifetz.

[bshampton118]

This is with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing at the Proms in about 97 or so. They were on their European tour and Andrew Litton is conducting.

[Kavirako]

wow. I don't care if he's playing a note here and there out of tune, you completely overlook it when you really get swept into the passion of the music (which, needless to say, isn't hard to get swept into!).

[NYCroxmysocks]

its sooooooo annoying how he like flings his body around like that. omg i wana like grab him and tie him to a chair! jeeeze! my russian teacher would have beat the hell out of him hahahah

[rgnevin]

Unless you have either more than 2 arms and cameras or are able to move the camera so fast we dont notice it i dont think YOU taped it. But either way thanks for posting

[firestartertwistedfi]

@seaknight500 My piano teacher always used to teach me about Cortot - who apparently had such big fingers that he often played more notes than he intended to do! The moral of the story was that the modern craze for perfection is a bit idiotic. What counts is how well he performer manages to interpret the music.

[firestartertwistedfi]

@epalinurus That argument might hold water for a professional critic, but not so sure for the average Youtuber :)