Word: bartosik
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...spirited performance of his “Toccata,” opus 11. Unfortunately, the mediocrity of the piano itself detracted from all the performances—and Bartosik’s was no exception. Despite her clarity and a good sense of timing, Bartosik still battled the piano’s unresponsive upper register, which gained some audience sympathy. Prokofiev, the composer of the evening, made his final appearance with “Sonata No. 3,” played by Xi Li ’09, who also showcased Franz Liszt?...
...Nora Bartosik: Piano Performance
...seems that Jonathan Hanover brought the wrong mindset and pair of ears to the March 19 Mozart Society Orchestra concert (“Bartosik Shines in MSO,” Arts, Mar. 21). While I appreciate his abilities to discern intonation and ensemble problems, the relentless disparaging of the orchestra’s performance was not only unrepresentative of the evening but also undermined individual musicians’ hard work and the entire ensemble’s pride in the organization. The MSO provided a powerful and exciting performance of a very substantial program. There were technical problems...
...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...
Since the program listed the orchestra as performing the third piece of the evening (Schumann’s “Symphony No. 3”) without Bartosik, audience members might have expected disaster, but the orchestra seemed to have improved their performance level significantly by the time they played this piece. The opening was strong and bold, and despite a few errors in both the strings and winds, the orchestra remained together and on key through most of the symphony...