Joshua Bell, one of the world's most respected and electrifying violinists will be performing at Kleinhan's Music Hall this evening.  This should be a truly magnificent evening of music as Bell is certainly the biggest name to be performing with the BPO this season.

Tonight's performance will also be a homecoming of sorts, as Maximiano Valdes, who acted as music director for the BPO for nine seasons, will be conducting.

The program will feature the following works:

Richard Wagner's Overture to Rienzi

Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D Minor

Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major

Bell has dazzled audiences across the globe and won oodles of awards for both his performances and recordings.  Bell is a full fledged superstar and considered to be one of the most important names in classical music today.  His instrument for this evening's Beethoven concerto will be the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius.

Bell my be best known to those not following classical music as the violinist who performed in a Washington D.C. subway several years ago as a social experiment.