NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Josua Bell / Alan Gilbert

By the time of his residency in the 2023/2024 season, Joshua Bell had won the hearts of the NDR audience with his breathtakingly singing violin tone and flawless technique—assuming they weren't already fans of this living violin legend. Now the American returns with Camille Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3, premiered in Hamburg exactly 145 years ago (on October 15, 1880) by the then-virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate. This highly romantic, pa...