VIDEO: Jane Bowyer Stewart Talks Beethoven's 7th Symphony, and Shares a Clip, as Part of NSO @ Home

NSO First Violinist Jane Stewart describes her favorite passage from the last movement in Beethoven's 7th Symphony, which was recently featured in a Virtual Orchestra video. Here enjoy the first movement, conducted by Joshua Bell, that is noted for its long ascending scales and lively dance-like dotted rhythms. It will surely leave you, like Jane, wishing to experience the whole symphony live in the concert hall once more.

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Celebrated violinist Joshua Bell conducts the National Symphony Orchestra for the first time in a stirring performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Mvt. I. Part of "Joshua Bell: The Man with the Violin," a Joshua Bell residency at the Kennedy Center. February 11, 2017.