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pim_derks
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« on: 21:41:56, 13-02-2008 »
Archive Hour

BBC Radio 4

Saturday 16 February 2008 20:00-21:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Gould's Mind

Piers Plowright looks back at the career of the brilliant Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, who abandoned the concert platform to produce a series of ground-breaking documentaries for radio and TV, which offered tantalising glimpses into the complex mind of their creator.

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« Reply #1 on: 21:30:00, 16-02-2008 »
Thank you for the heads-up on this one, Pim.     I have just listened to the  programme on R4 and it was a fascinating insight into "a goofy guy who was also a genius".   His move away from performance into the world of radio, as the Canadian "phenom" provided a most amusing and hilarious concept as he developed his ideas on contrapuntal radio.  I bet the newspapers were full of letters from 'Disgusted of Winnipeg' over his zany sense of humour.   

The portrait of a man; his solitude, an artist alienated by his culture was also touching.   I can understand that his programmes were mainly about himself but they also reflected compassion and wanted justice for other people.     This was one to treasure.   I'm glad I recorded it.
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« Reply #2 on: 22:09:02, 16-02-2008 »
I listened to the program too. It is interesting to look inside brain of a genious.

The concept of contrapuntal radio did not catch on fortunately.
He had such an original mind. He was as lonely as we all. And he liked to control things. Even his jokes were rehearsed.

The program was fascinating portrait of a man.
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« Reply #3 on: 22:24:59, 16-02-2008 »
A fascinating programme indeed. I'm interested in experimental radio and performances: at the moment, I'm listening to a broadcast of Pauline Oliveros's "Beethoven's Ear".

I was surprised to hear the voice of Michael Stegemann on this evening's Archive Hour. Last week, he was awarded the German Audio Book Prize for his biographical "The Glenn Gould Trilogy - A Life". Parts of this Trilogy were broadcast by West German Radio not so long ago. I think I'm going to by the CD-edition later this year.



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