Poster Man sitting and leaning against a wall
Stewart Goodyear, pianist and composer
Anita Zvonar
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Stewart Goodyear's lifelong love of Beethoven

At age three, Stewart Goodyear found boxes of his father's LPs. He devoured all of Beethoven's symphonies, one after another. And then, he listened to all the sonatas in one sitting, and with that, a lifelong love of Beethoven emerged. Pianist Stewart Goodyear plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on today’s show.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Richard Strauss: Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Eivind Aadland, conductor
Album: Storyteller
EMI 88328

David Raksin: The Bad and the Beautiful - Suite
London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor
EBU, Barbican Hall, London, England

Richard Strauss: Sextet for Strings from "Capriccio" Op. 85
Members of the Manhattan Chamber Players: Robin Scott, violin | Brendan Speltz, violins | Kyle Armbrust, viola | Pierre Lapointe, viola | Andrew Janss, cello | Brook Speltz, cello
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, H.W. Smith School Auditorium, Syracuse, NY

Michael Haydn: Divertimento in G Major, MH 518
Toby Appel, viola | Susan Cahill, bass | Robert Walters, oboe | Michael Kroth, bassoon | Michael Thornton, horn | Andrew Stump, horn
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO

Hour 2

Stewart Goodyear: Improvisations on Themes of Clara Schumann
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Album: Clara, Robert, Johannes: Romance and Counterpoint
Analekta 288845

Robert Schumann: Langsam, from Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Zoltan Despond, cello | Vesselin Stanev, piano
EBU, Lucerne Festival, St Luke's Church, Lucerne, Switzerland

George Frideric Handel: Sinfonia in B-flat Major, HWV 339 - Mvt. 2
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Stewart Goodyear, piano | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SPCO, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN

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