<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8e949a2d-8fba-4c07-a622-8c517971da6e/320D0BE8-D311-42E4-AF6E-1F11690109CA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-1008-classicaloct08,0,1081106.column" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-1008-classicaloct08,0,1081106.column" style="font-size: 11px;">www.chicagotribune.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-1008-classicaloct08,0,1081106.column"><DIV> At this week's <A id="PLGEOTMRM000001" title="Michigan Avenue" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/illinois/cook-county/chicago/michigan-avenue-PLGEOTMRM000001.topic" class="taxInlineTagLink" linkindex="149">Chicago Symphony Orchestra</A> subscription concerts, the gifted American violinist <A id="PECLB000425" title="Joshua Bell" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/entertainment/music/classical-music/joshua-bell-PECLB000425.topic" class="taxInlineTagLink" linkindex="150">Joshua Bell</A> is performing Romantic works on an instrument connoisseurs consider to be the greatest violin ever made. 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