Bell and the ASMF will perform Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, a piece that is included in the violinist’s second album with the Academy, the critically acclaimed “Bach.”

They will also perform Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48.

Barber‘s “Adagio for Strings” -- perhaps the most renowned modern work written in adagio style -- will be performed in the second half of the evening. 

Following is Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires,” which Bell and the ASMF have been performing together since 2015. The piece was arranged by Leonid Desyatnikov for solo violin with string orchestra in 1999, on commission from violinist Gidon Kremer.

Appointed as the music director of the ASMF in 2011, the US-born violinist is only the second musician to hold the post, following the chamber music group’s founder, the late Sir Neville Marriner, who held the position from 1958 to 2011. Last year, Bell renewed his contract with the Academy, where he will now hold the post at least until 2020.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields embarked on its Asia tour on May 26 in Beijing. The Seoul performance will mark the last of the four scheduled concerts in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Seoul.

By Shim Woo-hyun (ws@heraldcorp.com)