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Violinist Bell's full concert at Washington's Union Station

Clip: 10/1/2014 | 25m 18s

Violinist Joshua Bell's full 2014 performance at Washington's Union Station

A superstar of classical music might normally draw a huge crowd, but that wasn’t the case when violin virtuoso Joshua Bell held an impromptu recital in a Metro station in 2007 -- largely ignored by a few thousand commuters. On Tuesday, Bell returned to give a performance at Washington's Union Station, and this time people paid attention.

10/01/2014 | Rating NR

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