CBC Radio 2 and Espace musique is working on a really cool sounding broadcast celebrating the life of Glenn Gould. It’s a 10-day event from September 25 through to October 4. (The dates are significant; September 25 would have marked Gould’s 75th birthday, while October 4 marks the 25th anniversary of his death.)
But I think the really cool part of the project will be a live broadcast from six different cities — each city hosting its own pianist doing a variation of Gould’s music.
While the concert is going on, photos sent in by Canadians will be mixed live by a visual DJ. You can send in your photos here.
I was in Montreal earlier this week and I chatted with Hugues Sweeney, one of the CBC/Radio-Canada people working on the project. (In the video, I misspelled Hugues’ first name. Agh.)
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CBC needs to let Glen Gould die.
Please…no more G.G. If you’re going to put him on a pedestal as a classic…let him be dead for at least 100 years ….
Until then..file him under “who gives a shit?”
I could say the same about your idolatry of Andy Barrie, rj.
Gould is boring no matter how many cities his music is played from.
This is creative use of media?
There’s no art to it.
How about photos from our neighbourhood barbecue as they play a little Bach?
really, how silly
that’s not exactly bringing the music to life
how about the best of Barbara Frum, or of Pierre Berton or Gordon Sinclair or Patrick Watson
or more specials from Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell
or Kathleen Edwards
Get with it CBC
Gould is for dinosaurs.
Now Toller Cranston. That’s hot!
As a concert pianist - I am quite astonished at the level of apathy these folks have about Glenn Gould - arguably the greatest pianist of the 20th century - and one of the most important musicians any country has EVER produced, period.
If you think that Mr.Cohen or Ms. Mitchell are one of the most important musicians that any country has ever produced - perhaps the CBC should do the same for them. He is a classic, and has been part of my life’s soundtrack for decades. Guess that makes me a dinosaur too.
Scott Holden