August 2010 Symphony Season - Program 8
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - Tchaikovsky Fest III
World Premiere - PMF Commission 
Victor Yampolsky, conductor
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Stewart Goodyear: Piano Concerto
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Commissioned by the Peninsula Music Festival - World Premier
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II
Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin was originally a piece for piano which was later orchestrated for orchestra. It has some wonderful passages for oboe which will showcase Eric Olsen, PMF's Principal Oboe. This marks its fifth PMF performance having been first performed in 1959 and most recently in 2000.
Stewart Goodyear offered the idea of composing a piano concerto for the Peninsula Music Festival and it was immediately and enthusiastically accepted. The performance will be a world premiere.
The concert concludes with Act II of The Nutcracker. (Act I performed the previous week) This is a rare chance to hear the complete ballet in the summer in its first PMF performance.
Program notes for this concert...
Hear Music Director Victor Yampolsky and Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop discuss this program and some historical aspects by clicking here. Stewart Goodyear's previews his Piano Concerto in a brief two-part video commentary.
Stewart Goodyear's appearance is sponsored by Prilla & Tony Beadell in memory of Marcia Larsen. The Piano Concerto Commission is made possible by the Marcia Larsen Survivor Trust, Pat & Ron Carkoski, Jacquie Polzin, Virginia & Alan Eades and Cynthia Sargent.