Richard Goode on His Southbank Residency, Dawn Upshaw

Richard Goode begins his artist residency as Associate Artist at London's Southbank Centre for the 2007-08 season in a November 7 concert with Dawn Upshaw. On the program is Schoenberg's Book of the Hanging Gardens; Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1; and songs by Debussy and Wolf. Goode describes working with Dawn as "one of the purest pleasures of my musical life." The two collaborated, notably, on a Nonesuch recording of Goethe Lieder in 1994.

The pianist recently sat down for an interview on the Southbank Centre's website to discuss his residency, which also includes a solo recital, a lecture-demonstration, a master class, and a two-piano performance with Jonathan Biss. You can listen to the interview on southbankcentre.co.uk.