Artist In Focus: Joshua Bell
In this week's programmes, Humphrey Burton talks to the American violinist
Joshua Bell and together they introduce some of his many recordings from the BBC archive. Today, Bell talks about his early life in Bloomington, Indiana and how his careerwas kick-started by a competition run jointly by the Ford corporation and the teenage magazine Seventeen.
Wlenlawskl Polonaise Brillante No 2 in Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
Barber Violin Concerto BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
John Corigliano The Red Violin: Chaconne for violin and orchestra Chicago SO, conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Mendelssohn Octet Joshua Bell,
Rachel Isserlis , Anthony Marwood , Daniel Phillips (violins) Carla- Maria Rodrigues , Garfield Jackson (violas) Steven Isserlis , David Waterman (cellos)