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Pianist Richard Goode to perform at UB

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  • Acclaimed pianist Richard Goode will perform works by Schumann, Brahms and Chopin March 2 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall.

By PHILIP E. REHARD
Published: February 23, 2012

Grammy Award-winning pianist Richard Goode will perform on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall. The Ramsi P. Tick Concert Series is being presented with support from the John R. Oishei Foundation.

In addition, Goode—well known for his interpretations of Beethoven’s five concerti and many sonatas and also for his recording with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman of the Brahms sonatas—will conduct a master class on Feb. 29 at 2:30 p.m. in Baird Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public for observation.

Goode, who performed in the Ramsi P. Tick Concert Series five years ago, will present a program of Schumann, Brahms and Chopin. Hailed for music-making of emotional power, depth and expressiveness, Goode is acknowledged worldwide as a leading interpreter of the classical and romantic repertoire. 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.”

Over the last seasons, Goode has appeared with many of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Levine, Haitink and Ozawa; the Chicago Symphony under Eschenbach; the Cleveland Orchestra under Zinman; the San Francisco Symphony under Blomstedt and Alan Gilbert; the New York Philharmonic with Sir Colin Davis; the Toronto Symphony with Peter Oundjian; and the St. Louis Symphony under David Robertson.

Adult tickets are $30, with discounted tickets for UB faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens at $20, and students at $15. Tickets can be obtained at the Slee Hall box office Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., the Center for the Arts box office Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., or at any Ticketmaster outlet.