Favourite pieces
Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13 performed in 2019 (March) and 2016 (May).
Janáček's Violin Sonata performed in 2015 (May, 20) and 2014 (April).
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto performed in 2019 (November, 12) and 2014 (October).
Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No 2 in D major Op 94a performed in 2019 (February) and 2012 (December).
Strauss's Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18 performed in 2018 (March) and 2012 (December).
Wigmore Hall, 30-Oct-2022 / 19:30
Recital with Peter Dugan
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12 No. 2
- Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 121
- Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
- Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1 BB94a
Royal Festival Hall, 14-May-2022 / 19:30
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi - Conductor
Recital with pianist Shai Wosner
- Schubert: Violin Sonata (Sonatina) in D D384
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2
- Ernest Bloch: Baal Shem
- Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G
- Chopin
Royal Albert Hall, 25-Aug-2021 (Two performances)
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (37 mins)
- Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (27 mins, arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director & violin
Joshua Bell's concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic.
On the 11th of April 2021 at the Royal Festival Hall.
On the 3rd of November 2020 with Jeremy Denk at the Wigmore Hall.
On the 2nd of November 2020 with Jeremy Denk and Steven Isserlis at the Wigmore Hall.
On the 23rd of April 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.
Cadogan Hall, 20-Jan-2020 / 19:30
- Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
- Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’ (arr. Mahler)
- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director & violin
Wigmore Hall, 15-Nov-2019 / 19:30
- Mozart: Divertimento in B flat K287
- Borodin: String Sextet in D minor
- Dvořák: String Sextet in A Op. 48
- Joshua Bell - Violin
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 12-Nov-2019 / 19:30
- Mozart: Symphony No.25
- Sally Beamish: Hover (UK premiere)
- Beethoven: Symphony No.5
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director, violin
Joshua Bell
- > became, in 2011, the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields,
- > received, in 2000, a Grammy Award for the recording of Nicholas Maw's Violin Concerto.
Mr. Bell performed:
- > Dvořák's Violin Concerto in A minor with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jakub Hrůša on the 20th of July 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall.
- Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63
Barbican Hall, 27-Feb-2019 / 19:30
Recital with pianist Sam Haywood
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4 Op 23
- Grieg: Violin Sonata No 2 in G major Op 13
Cadogan Hall, 19-Jan-2019 / 19:30
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
- Barber:Adagio for Strings
- Bizet: Symphony in C major
- Joshua Bell - Director, violin
- The Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Mr. Bell performed with Steven Isserlis at the Wigmore Hall on the 17th of December 2018.
Wigmore Hall, 11-Nov-2018 / 19:30
Academy of St Martin in the Fields chamber ensemble
- Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat Op. 20
- Enescu: String Octet in C Op. 7
Royal Albert Hall, 12-Aug-2018 / 16:00
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
- Saint‐Saëns: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor
- Frank Bridge: Lament
- Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat major
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director, violin
Wigmore Hall, 4-Mar-2018 / 19:30
Recital with pianist Sam Haywood
- Programme included:
- Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat major K454
- Schubert: Fantasy in C major D934
Cadogan Hall, 12-Jan-2018 / 19:30
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
- Edgar Meyer: Overture for Violin and Orchestra
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director, violin
Wigmore Hall, 15th and 17th of November 2017
- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV1048
- Mozart, Violin Concertos: No. 1 and No. 5
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director, violin
Royal Albert Hall, 17-Aug-2017 / 18:30
- Falla: El amor brujo
- Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit - Conductor
Wigmore Hall, 25-Jul-2017 / 19:30
- Mendelssohn:
- Violin Sonata in F major (1838)
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49
- String Quintet No. 2
- Joshua Bell, Arisa Fujita - Violin
- Amihai Grosz - Viola, Rachel Roberts - Viola
- Steven Isserlis, Dénes Várjon - Piano
Wigmore Hall, 24-Jul-2017 / 19:30
- Mendelssohn:
- Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
- String Quintet No. 1 in A major Op. 18
- Joshua Bell, Arisa Fujita - Violin
- Amihai Grosz - Viola, Rachel Roberts - Viola
- Steven Isserlis, Dénes Várjon - Piano
Barbican Hall, 28-Mar-2017 / 19:30
Recital with pianist Sam Haywood
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 1, Op 12 No 1
- Brahms:
- Scherzo in C minor (from F-A-E Sonata)
- Sonata No 3 in D Minor, Op 108
- Aaron Jay: Kernis Air
- Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No 3, 'Ballade'
- Rachmaninov: Vocalise
- Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op 25
Cadogan Hall, 19-Jan-2017 / 19:30
- Beethoven:
- Egmont Overture
- Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Director, violin
Wigmore Hall, 10-May-2016 / 19:30
Recital with pianist Sam Haywood
- Tomaso Vitali: Chaconne in G minor
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major Op. 47 (Kreutzer)
- Brahms: No. 1 Hungarian Dance in G minor from 21 Hungarian Dances WoO. 1
- Kreisler: No. 2 Liebeslied from 3 Old Viennese Dances
- Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Op. 20
Mr. Bell played Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alan Gilbert at the Barbican Hall on the 3rd of April 2016.
Cadogan Hall, 22-Jan-2016 / 19:30
- Dvorak: Waldesruhe
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Mr. Bell played Sibelius' Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado at the Barbican Hall on the 28th of June 2015.
Wigmore Hall, 23-May-2015
- Dvořák:
- Miniatures (Romantic Pieces) Op. 75a
- Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81
- Janáček: Pohádka
- Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15
- Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank - Violin
- Lawrence Power
- Steven Isserlis - Cello
- Jeremy Denk - Piano
Wigmore Hall, 20-May-2015
- Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 1
- Martinů: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2
- Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major Op. 87
Wigmore Hall, 21-Nov-2014
Recital with pianist Alessio Bax
- Schubert: Sonata (Duo) in A major D574
- Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op. 8
- Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor
Cadogan Hall, 7-Oct-2014
- Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden) (arr. Mahler for string orchestra)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Violin, Director
Mr. Bell played Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the baton of Neville Marriner at the Royal Albert Hall on the 10th of August 2014.
Wigmore Hall, 5-Apr-2014
- Suk: Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale (St Wenceslas)
- Kodály: Duo for violin and cello Op. 7
- Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84
- Joshua Bell, Henning Kraggerud - Violin
- Rachel Roberts - Viola
- Steven Isserlis - Cello, Dénes Várjon - Piano
Cadogan Hall, 22-Jan-2014
- Bach:
- Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
- Violin Concerto in E major
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Joshua Bell - Violin and Conductor
- Harvey de Souza - Violin
Wigmore Hall, 11-Dec-2012
Recital with pianist Sam Haywood
- Schubert: Rondo in B minor D895
- Gershwin: 3 Preludes (arr. Jascha Heifetz)
He played Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor on the 26th of August during the 1991 BBC Proms season.
He made his BBC Proms debut on the 2nd of August 1990 in a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major with Claus Peter Flor conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.