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MUSIC REVIEW

Joshua Bell does Beethoven proud

By Jeffrey Gantz

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 17, 2012

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields has always, been, like the church in London’s Trafalgar Square from which it takes its name, a model of classical probity, a small, originally conductorless ensemble that’s represented a middle ground between standard-size orchestras and period-instrument groups. Sunday afternoon at Symphony Hall, in a Celebrity Series-sponsored appearance, it showed off its new music director, superstar violinist Joshua Bell, in a Beethoven program, and the result was anything but middle of the road.

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