Peoples' Symphony Concerts

One of today's most acclaimed artists, Gramophone Magazine said, "Goode's playing is thrilling from first to last."








The Program:

MOZART: Fantasy in C minor, K. 475
MOZART: Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 280
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
CHOPIN: Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2
CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp minor, Op. 39
CHOPIN: Waltz in A-flat, Op. 64, No. 3
CHOPIN: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2
CHOPIN: Waltz in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3
CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47    

The Artists:

Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music.  In regular performances with the major orchestras, recitals in the world’s music capitals, and acclaimed Nonesuch recordings, he has won a large and devoted following.  In an extensive profile in The New Yorker, David Blum wrote: “What one remembers most from Goode’s playing is not its beauty—exceptional as it is—but his way of coming to grips with the composer’s central thought, so that a work tends to make sense beyond one’s previous perception of it…. The spontaneous formulating process of the creator [becomes] tangible in the concert hall.”  According to The New York Times, “It is virtually impossible to walk away from one of Mr. Goode’s recitals without the sense of having gained some new insight, subtly or otherwise, into the works he played or about pianism itself.”

Mr. Goode serves with Mitsuko Uchida as co-Artistic Director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in Marlboro, VT.  He is married to the violinist Marcia Weinfeld, and, when the Goodes are not on tour, they and their collection of some 5,000 volumes live in New York City.