Saturday Night Music--Joshua Bell

By borges, Section Saturday Night Music
Posted on Sat May 31, 2008 at 08:59:45 AM CST

I ran into local luthier Lee Kupersmith yesterday and he pointed out a nice YouTube video of Joshua Bell playing Fritz Kreisler's Liebesleid and Liebesfreud. (Love's Sorrow and Love's Joy). His recommendation was based on, of course, the violin he was using (complicated story of the violin is here--Lee's version of the story was better than the wiki) as well as the fine piece of music by Kreisler. So here it is, and if you have time check out this Washington_Post_story about that paper sending Bell into a subway station (with the $3 million violin) to play for the commuters. Did they stop and crowd around? They provide video of the results.