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My name is Matthew, and I have a problem...



OK, this has been bothering me for years. I thought I could have figured
it out by now through the literature and research, but I can't find
ANYTHING. My question is this:

Nowhere in the recorded history of the universe can I find any evidence
that GG ever played, recorded or was even familiar with Bach's Keyboard
concerto #6 in F Major (BWV 1057). What gives? He obviously adored the
concerti, played them frequently, recorded them all EXCEPT #6. Why??

I do know it is a reworking of the brandeburg #4. Does this possibly
have something to do with it? I sincerely doubt it, since JSB and GG
were never shy about re-usnig material.

The only mention I have ever found is on the NLC web site, although
there are quite a few typos on these pages and this could possible be
one of them:

Type: Concert
Place: Stratford, Ontario (Festival Theatre)
Event: Stratford Festival
Content: Bach: Violin Sonata no. 1
Bach: Cantata no. 170
Bach: Concerto no. 6 (Brandenburg Concerto no. 4)
Performer(s): Glenn Gould, Oscar Shumsky (violin), Nicholas Fiore
(flute), Robert Aitken (flute), Carolyn Stanford, members of the
National Festival Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
Date: 1963 Jul 7 (Sunday)

Any ideas??? Is anyone lucky enough to have actually attended this
concert, or knows someone who did? Please help me sleep at night!!!

Thanks,
Matthew