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Violinist Joshua Bell performs with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at the Van
Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE
Joshua Bell/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

In addition to being one of the foremost violinists in the world, Joshua Bell
serves as music director of the acclaimed Academy of St. Martin in the
Fields, a chamber orchestra formed in 1958 by Sir Neville Marriner. Bell
and the ensemble will perform works by Rossini, Max Bruch and Johannes
Brahms. 8 p.m. March 23. Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N.
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. $85-$130. 941-263-6799; vanwezel.org

‘Peter and the Wolf’

This favorite by Prokofiev, considered a symphonic fairy tale for children, is
presented for family audiences in two languages on March 24. It will be
presented with English narration at 1 p.m. and in a Spanish version at 4
p.m. Holley Hall, 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. $5 and up. 941-953-
3434; saraotaorchestra.org

‘You are Free’

ensembleNEWSRQ returns with a varied program of work composed since
2016. It features Raven Chacon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Voiceless Mass”
as well as the organization’s second world premiere and commission of a