Stewart Goodyear

Program

Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear returns to The Phillips Collection after his noteworthy re-creation of Glenn Gould’s iconic 1955 recital last season. This year, he brings the perfect musical Christmas concert with his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. This is some of the first music he ever heard: in an interview with The Huffington Post, Goodyear recalled that “I listened to it over and over. I was enchanted by what I heard and couldn’t get enough,” adding, “for me, The Nutcracker has always represented December.”

PROGRAM:

PYOTR ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1983)
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Arr. Stewart Goodyear)
     Act I, Tableaux I
          March
          Galop and Dance of the Parents
          The Presents of Drosselmeyer
          Grandfather Dance
          Clara and the Nutcracker
          The Battle and Transformation

     Tableaux II:
          A Pine Forest in Winter
          Waltz of the Snowflakes

     Act II, Tableaux III:
          The Magic Castle
          Clara and Prince Charming
          Spanish Dance, “Chocolate”
          Arabian Dance, “Coffee”
          Chinese Dance, “Tea”
          Russian Dance, “Trepak”
          Dance of the Reed Pipes
          The Clown, “Polchinelle”
          Waltz of the Flowers, “Pas de deux”
          Intrada
          Variation I: Tarantella
          Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
          Coda
          Final Waltz and Apotheosis

About the Artist

Proclaimed “a phenomenon” by the Los Angeles Times and “one of the best pianists of his generation” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished young pianist as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist and composer. Goodyear has performed with major orchestras of the world , including the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bournemouth Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony Orchestra.

Goodyear began his training at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, received his bachelor’s degree from Curtis Institute of Music, and completed his master’s at The Juilliard School. Known as an improviser and composer, he has been commissioned by orchestras and chamber music organizations, and performs his own solo works. In the 2012 and 2013 seasons, Goodyear performed all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in one day at Koerner Hall, McCarter Theatre, and the Mondavi Center. His recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas has received a Juno nomination for Best Classical Solo Recording. In June and July 2014, he performed the complete sonatas in four three-hour programs at Bargemusic in Brooklyn, New York.

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