Stewart Goodyear – November 9, Pollack Hall

The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club presents

Stewart Goodyear

Known for imagination, a graceful, elegant style and exquisite technique, Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished young artist, whose career spans many genres. He began his professional training at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, his native city, received a Bachelor’s Degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and completed a Master’s Degree at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he now lives. At the core of his repertory are the 32 Beethoven sonatas, recordings of which Jed Distler in ClassicsToday called “intelligently stylish. Swift tempos, forward sweep, linear clarity, imaginative yet never mannered inflections and genuine joy in executing the composer’s volatile dynamic markings, all characterize Goodyear’s interpretations.” David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer mused that Goodyear just might be “in the rarefied league of Maurizio Pollini”. In addition to his prowess as a pianist, Goodyear is also known as a skilled improviser and as a composer. He wrote his first composition at the age of eight. This is his first LMMC appearance.

PROGRAMME:

BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)  
Sonata in F minor, Opus 2 No. 1
Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto: Allegretto
Prestissimo

BEETHOVEN  (1770-1827)
Sonata in E flat major, Opus 31 No. 3
Allegro
Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
Presto con fuoco

BEETHOVEN   (1770-1827)
Sonata in B flat major, Opus 106 ‘Hammerklavier’
Allegro
Scherzo: Assai vivace
Adagio sostenuto
Largo – Allegro risoluto

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For more information and to purchase tickets: online at www.lmmc.ca

(Please note that web reservations must be done by 1pm on the Friday before the concert.)

By phone at 514-932-6796 Monday to Friday, from 10am to 1pm.

Reservations are recommended as concerts often sell out.

If tickets are still available, they can be purchased at Pollack Hall’s box office as of 2:30pm on the day of the concert.