Performance

Beethoven (unspecified work)

1 upcoming performance in New York

At NJPAC, the New Jersey Symphony performs an all-Beethoven program led by Joshua Bell, who conducts from the violin in a tradition that reaches back to the composer’s own era. Beethoven’s music has long been woven into New York’s concert life, from early 19th-century society performances to the repertory backbone of the city’s major orchestras. Bell brings a chamber-music discipline to orchestral texture, keeping inner lines audible and tempos purposeful. The result can make familiar Beethoven feel less monumental and more conversational.