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Joshua ell with the BSO

At BSO, a substitute and a fresh cadenza

With some conductors you can hear, see, and feel the contact - the tight connection - between podium and stage, which is as it should be. On other occasions, the two can feel separated by a yawning gap. Tuesday night's performance fell into the latter category -- luckily violinist Joshua Bell was there to redeem the second half of the program.
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