Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Bell – review

Cadogan Hall, LondonIt is three decades since Joshua Bell began performing on the world's stages, but his playing still has something alluringly boyish about it, an impression reinforced by the pudding-basin haircut he has sported unchanged since his debut in 1982. So it was satisfying to see that in his new incarnation as music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields – only the second in the Academy's 50 years – the 44-year-old Bell has not sought to reflect his growing seniority...

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