Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields presented and preformed exquisitely three separate works: two concerti by Bach and Haydn and a string arrangement based on a Schubert quartet (arranged by Mahler). All three performances included the virtuosic Joshua Bell playing the violin with the orchestra and also solo. Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra No. 2, in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach was the first …

…the encore. I could not tell you the name of the work they played for the encore, but it was soft, light and showed once again the skills of the musicians for playing beautiful music. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields is a group of wonderfully talented musicians and Joshua Bell deserves the title of classical superstar. All three works were beautifully preformed and I found it to be an incredibly magnificent concert.