Summary: <p><span>The phenomenal pianist Stewart Goodyear, known as both </span><span>an improviser and composer, famously</span><span> played all 32 of Beethoven's sonatas in one sitting, when he turned 32 years old. In predictably jaw-dropping fashion, Stewart </span><span>then</span><span><span> </span>turned his electrifying powers to Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker,' with </span><span>his own transcription of the complete ballet. (The album, released in October 2015, was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best classical music recordings of 2015.) He has since recorded Ravel piano works, his own "Callaloo" Suite and<span> </span>Piano Sonata, and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. He was supposed to have toured with </span><span>Chineke! Orchestra, playing </span><span>his "Callaloo" Suite</span><span><span> </span>this past year, but...well...2020. Instead, we'll revisit this 2015 in-studio performance of pieces from Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker.' </span></p>
