Proms 2018 Prom 40: Joshua Bell & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields - BBC Proms

12 Aug 2018, Royal Albert Hall

16:00 Sun 12 Aug 2018 Next Event

Prom 40: Joshua Bell & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

16:00 Sun 12 Aug 2018 Royal Albert Hall

A concert from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields includes Mendelssohn’s charming A Midsummer Night’s Dream overture and Beethoven’s graceful Fourth Symphony. Bell himself is the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto.

Programme

- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture(12 mins)
- - Camille Saint‐Saëns
  - Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor(29 mins)
- - interval
- - Frank Bridge
  - Lament(5 mins)
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major(34 mins)

Performers

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell
director/violinviolin/director
director/violinviolin/director

Composers

About This Event

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to the Proms with director and soloist Joshua Bell in a wide-ranging programme, rich in melody and narrative.

Saint Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto is the Romantic display concerto par excellence but shares its light-footed musical grace with Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and Mendelssohn’s overture.

Bridge’s Lament is an elegy for those who died following the torpedoing of the RMS Lusitania.