Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn's "Italian"

Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn's "Italian"

May 14, 2026
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Newark, United States
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

Buy Tickets!: https://my.njsymphony.org/22613/22648 Joshua Bell, conductor & violin New Jersey Symphony Perhaps America’s finest violinist, Principal Guest Conductor Joshua Bell shows his astonishing range in this two-hour European tour: Beethoven’s thrilling Egmont Overture finds Bell leading from the concertmaster seat; then he stands in the solo spotlight for Saint-Saëns’ Third Violin Concerto, tinged with Spanish flair; finally Bell takes the conductor’s podium for Mendelssohn’s ebullient “Italian” Symphony, full of sun-splashed melodies. Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Overture Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, “Italian”