Friday June 7, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Guelph Youth Music Centre Recital Hall
75 Cardigan Street, Guelph, ON

Stewart Goodyear (piano)

A wonderful evening of music by George Gershwin:
Three Preludes
Lullaby (arranged by Alica Zizzo)
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess (by Earl Wild)

Gershwin Songbook:
Swanee
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Do it Again
Fascinating Rhythm
Somebody Loves Me
Sweet and Lowdown
That Certain Feeling
The Man I Love
Clap Yo' Hands
Do-do-do
My One and Only
'S Wonderful
Strike Up The Band
Liza
I Got Rhythm

Rhapsody in Blue
solo piano version, in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of that famous work!
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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 concert pianist, improviser and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world.

Last year, Orchid Classics released Mr. Goodyear's recording of his suite for piano and orchestra, "Callaloo" and his piano sonata. His recent commissions include a Piano Quintet for the Penderecki String Quartet, and a piano work for the Honens Piano Competition.

Mr. Goodyear's discography includes the complete sonatas and piano concertos of Beethoven, as well as concertos by Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Rachmaninov, an album of Ravel piano works, and an album, entitled "For Glenn Gould", which combines repertoire from Mr. Gould's US and Montreal debuts. His Rachmaninov recording received a Juno nomination for Best Classical Album for Soloist and Large Ensemble Accompaniment. Mr. Goodyear's recording of his own transcription of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)", was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best classical music recordings of 2015. His discography is released on the Marquis Classics, Orchid Classics, and Steinway and Sons labels. His new album, entitled "Phoenix", released on the Bright Shiny Things label in October 2021, includes Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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