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With the strings section continually out of sync, the second movement was particularly poor due to the orchestra’s part. Bartosik’s performance, however, continued to entertain and was as tender and graceful as ever. The overwhelming contrast between the soloist and the accompaniment left at least one audience member wishing the orchestra would put their instruments down and let the soloist perform unimpeded...
This was one of the instructions given to a bewildered audience last Saturday, at the concert of the Harvard University Wind Ensemble. The program, “Music for Audience and Soloist,” by Elliott Schwartz, the featured composer of the evening, asked the audience to make different sounds, with the intended effect of organized chaos...
...Concertino in Eb for Trombone and Orchestra,” by Ferdinand David, was acoustically the highlight of the evening. Professional soloist Nathaniel Dickey produced a tone sweet and pure, impressing the audience with his own virtuosic skills on the trombone and conveying a sensitivity the instrument is not usually associated with...
...real show, however, was about to begin. Amid a storm of applause, Jackiw took the stage as the soloist for the second performance of the evening, Saint-Saëns’ “Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor.” Though Saint-Saëns is arguably one of the most important figures in the development of modern French music, his work is rarely played by contemporary symphony orchestras...
...string tone was rich and pure throughout, and his technical mastery was outdone only by his evident emotional connection with the music. Most notable from a technical standpoint was his brilliant handling of the difficult harmonics at the end of the second movement. The orchestra complimented the soloist well, following his lead and controlling their dynamics...