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More precisely, elegant guest pianist Nora I. Bartosik ’08 shone in a brilliant performance, which was more often obscured than complemented by the orchestra...
Following this disappointing performance of an already unsettling composition, the internationally acclaimed pianist Bartosik took the stage to perform Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 3.” The introduction performed by the orchestra suggested the second performance would be no better than the first. Although the strings section played in unison and followed the concertmaster well, the winds seemed to be in an entirely different world. Constantly out of sync, the two sections did not seem to share any musical connection...
However, the clouds drifted to the sides for a moment to spotlight the calm, confident Bartosik. Her entrance into the program flowed perfectly, as the musical focus transitioned from the orchestra to the piano. She mimicked many of the themes presented by the strings by adding new ornamentation...
...Bartosik has an intuitive sense of which points in a piece require slowing down and which require speeding up, and as a result she expertly transitioned between loud and soft. As her body swayed gently back and forth with the music, the audience could feel the grace of Beethoven’s composition consume her. Nonetheless, there were sections of the piece that seemed to call for more aggression than she was able to muster...