Stewart Goodyear: A 'Nutcracker' for Flying Fingers

Soundcheck | Dec 21, 2015

What were you doing when you were three years old? Were you, like pianist Stewart Goodyear, absorbing the entire canon of classical music? Were you even doing that at 30? When Stewart turned 32, just a few years ago, he played all 32 of Beethoven's sonatas in one sitting. Many of us are still working on chopsticks. Now, Stewart has turned his electrifying powers on something for the holidays: Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker,' and he does so in predictably jaw-dropping fashion. Click above to listen.

WNYC Homepage - Top Stories

Trump's Refugee Program Is Reserved for Whites Only

Queens body shop owner uses illegal tow truck scheme to flaunt wealthy 'f---ing life'

The Last Days of Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'

Mayor Mamdani to appear on WNYC’s ‘Ask the Mayor' with Brian Lehrer

YOU ARE ONLINE