I heard him in Houston, circa 1960/61, and sat in the very first row.
Lucky, indeed.
- Jim
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't feel much need to visit Glenn Gould's grave, but I did
> meet him once. He played one his few public recitals at Ohio
> Wesleyan Univ. when I was an undergrad there back in the mid-
> fifties. Since he played fewer than forty public recitals during his
> all too brief career, I feel especially lucky to have attended one.
>
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> Hal
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> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > I hope to visit Toronto someday to visit his grave, as much as I want
> > to play Bach's organ in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > I wouldn't defend my opinion without a beer or two inside me.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:20 PM, bob grumman <[log in to unmask]
> >
> > wrote:
> > >> I dunno, Roger--Ludwig sounds pretty good on the 78s I have of him.
> > >>
> > >> --Bob
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Day
> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:36 AM
> > >> To: [log in to unmask]
> > >> Subject: Re: Glen Gould
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> He is, imo, the greatest pianist ever to have lived.
> > >>
> > >> YMMV
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:10 PM, chris Jones <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On 29/09/12 20:29, Max Richards wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> my wife and I listen to some of his Bach in the car
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyjqVWo-1pU&feature=related
> > >>>
> > >>> Listening to the Goldberg variations on mp3. A new Bach.
> > >>>
> > >>> Why have I not heard these played like this before?
> > >>>
> > >>> My guess, given the recording dates, is we would have considered this
> > >>> cheap
> > >>> and commercial, in my art school youth. This youth was the era of
> > >>> conceptual
> > >>> art, and how much were we elitist artistic snobs.
> >
>
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