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Autograph on cd (part4) Joshua Bell

December 6, 2005 at 11:49 AM

A violinfriend who visitised a concert of Joshua Bell in the Concertgebouw some years ago –Joshua played Barber- got a autograph on a cd. He made a colorcopy for my and I found it again and made a scan on my work specially for Syndey Menees and because I have a serie of cd’s with autograpfhs on it.
With a amateurorchestra we gonna play this weekend Poeme of Chausson which is on this cd. I have heard this piece several times from this cd and the climax of this piece is the high note with orchestra after about 50 bars. I think Joshua could have used still more bow to get a bigger tone of that climax note. The piece has a difficult orchestration, much more difficult than the 2th violin in the violinconcerto of Beethoven, where only the last 2 bars give some light problems. Further on that cd is a piece of Ysaye of Saint-Saens, I like apart of some other well known short ieces. Talking about the 5th Mozart, Sydney. With an other amateurorchestra (also like the Poeme Chausson-orchestra on Thursday) the conductor and orchestracommittee cancelled the concert for the 5th Mozart because we as orchestra played to bad for our national competition winner soloist. But after 2 years we gonna try to play with him Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen, also on this early Joshua-cd.



Cool, Bram! I have his autograph on my program of his concert.
Did I tell you already--my son has his signature on his ukulele. He also has a signed albumcover where Josh wrote, "practice hard! --Joshua Bell"
Hold on to those autographs, Bram. They may bring you lots of money if you decide to sell them later. I know someone who sold his Beatles memorabilia, which he collected when he was a teenager, for a lot of money recently. It sounds like a fun way to get rich. ;-)
I like his playing, but this guy puts out the most boring covers on his discs time after time. How many photos of Mr Bell looking wistfully off into the distance can one man be expected to take.
I love zigeunerweisen!
Eric, I think one should blame the record label, not the performer, for the photos. Incidentally, Decca recently re-released all their old Joshua Bell stuff with new photos that will probably be more to your liking. :)
Why, is he smirking suavely while pointing a finger at the camera and winking? Hey baby, I might have to buy a copy of that one.
Emily, I meant more to Eric's liking...and somehow I don't think he'd have a similar reaction to such a pose. :) No, in the re-releases he's looking at the camera and smiling like an all-American guy. Except in the Kreisler album, where they've got an action shot that shows his wonderful bow arm.