The BBC Proms are renowned for commissioning new pieces by a raft of new composers every year – many of which go on to be considered major works in the classical music canon
Conductor Michael Christie Leads The Welsh National Opera Orchestra In The BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Competition
The performances will be broadcast across the BBC to audiences around the UK, and available on BBC iPlayer.by BWW News Desk
Grammy-winning conductor Michael Christie will lead the Welsh National Opera Orchestra to accompany finalists in the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World main prize competition. Staged without an audience in strict compliance with the latest health and safety government guidelines related to COVID-19, the competition takes place from June 12 - June 19, 2021 at St. David s Hall in Cardiff. The performances will be broadcast across the BBC to audiences around the UK, and available on BBC iPlayer. The singer named BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is presented with the Cardfif Trophy and £20,000.
Extraordinary Beethoven, and an Adventurous Streak
The pianist Stewart Goodyear plays the standards brilliantly, and also writes music that nods to rock and calypso.
Stewart Goodyear, seen here in his childhood home in Ontario, will play Beethoven in a recital at the 92nd Street Y.Credit.Narisa Ladak for The New York Times
May 21, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET
The Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear never knew his father, who died of cancer a month before he was born.
But Stewart Sr., an aspiring writer, left his only child a rich musical legacy in the form of a large, eclectic collection of LP recordings. Even when he was just 3 or 4, Goodyear was enthralled by Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Ravi Shankar, Joe Cocker and Carlos Santana. But it was two boxes containing the complete symphonies of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky that made him want to become a musician.