[f_minor] Quiet in Radionald

Tue Sep 25 11:52:09 MDT 2012

WMFT (_http://www.wfmt.com_ (http://www.wfmt.com) ) has featured some of 
Gould's  performances as well as Shostakovich's compositions, as both 
celebrate the same  birth date. Carl Grapentine, the morning announcer likes Gould. 
He also  mentioned the book Reinventing Bach which does refer to Gould, 
among others: _http://us.macmillan.com/reinventingbach/PaulElie_ 
(http://us.macmillan.com/reinventingbach/PaulElie) 

Interesting that it was announced today that Strauss' Electra  is going to 
play at the Lyric Opera House! (so went to revisit 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9f0kGAukLU_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9f0kGAukLU)  ).

Did anybody get to see Tim Page at the UofT on  Monday?

K

In a message dated 9/25/2012 12:24:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
pzumst at bluewin.ch writes:

Dear all  

this is a  reply to Mary who gave me some heads up, but not just

I tried to  find some celebratory broadcasts on stations I know and like 
around the world.  Result: Err, not much.

Americans and  Canadians are advised to check their affiliates for NPR, PBS 
and the CBC  (whose website is utterly confusing). I do know the CBC is 
doing something but  I can't find it anymore.

Also nothing  on BBC 3 Radio or ABC Oz which usually has good stuff on. 

I must also  disappoint readers in central Europe. arte, 3sat etc. have 
chosen to ignore  GG's 80th for now. Our local public broadcaster here in CH 
will do a few  features, but for these one must speak german, french or 
italian and at least  one will be on for remembering his death ! Bugger ! 

So either I  missed summet or it is rather quiet on the airwaves when it 
comes to the  birthday of one of the most talked about pianists of our time.  

That raises a  few questions. GG still sells but is he still important or 
relevant in a  musical environment where even clowns like Lang Lang can 
become a mass media  phenomenon ? Is his stuff past the sell-by date in terms of 
musical importance  ? His writings out of date ? Are the 60s and 70s that 
far away that it seems  on longer relevant to what he said about the art of 
recording back then ? Is  GG History just like shellac recordings and black 
and white TV ? An antique, a  fossil, a legend from ages past, now reduced to 
a Cult ? And what remains is  the Hagiography (Mary, I got it this time) of 
the young Genius (ahem) playing  the Goldbergs in the mind of radio schedule 
programmers and the classical  music public ? Or are those media people 
just a bunch of ignorant louts who  should know better ? or has someone just 
failed to promote his legacy  correctly ?
So is GG still  relevant for classical music or aspiring producers or is is 
just the level of  aqqired taste that has gone down ? No nostalgia or 
hagiography, perhaps this  question is unanswerable, but it would be nice to get 
closer to the truth I  reckon….

Pat

Am 25.09.2012 um 16:41 schrieb Anita Monroe:

Stephanie,  Nothing too serious.  He did  all kinds of routines, trying out 
different accents.  That was a sign  of the times.  Many actors and 
comedians  
in the 60's did this.  It was a fad that went away.  I think  that he would 
have given it up too.

Anita

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Stephanie Wright  
<_slynnwright83 at gmail.com_ (mailto:slynnwright83 at gmail.com) > wrote:

Anita, What do you mean by, "he would have dropped the silly routines  and 
found his voice?"  
Stephanie
Please visit my piano studio site: 
_http://stephaniewright.musicteachershelper.com/_ (http://stephaniewright.musicteachershelper.com/)  

On Sep 25, 2012 1:24 AM, "Anita Monroe" <_rubatoatm at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:rubatoatm at gmail.com) > wrote:

Mary,  Lang Lang pounding away on CD 318?  Surely not.  Strangely enough LL 
started his American career  here in Clemson.   
He was sponsored by Clemson's program director.  She is wild  about him and 
he is beloved in this community.  

I like to imagine what GG would have been like at age 80.  He would 
probably dropped the silly routines, found his own voice  
and contined to make beautiful recordings, maybe studying even more  lost 
antique scores just like that wonderful Italian singer whose
name escapes me at the moment.  Noone could have stopped him.  (-:

Best, Anita

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, maryellen jensen wrote:

Pat,  

Thanks for the heads up mate. It's Gould's big 80th  today and I have 
nothing to offer from this part of the world.
I've  searched Mezzo, Arte (tv) and Radio France Musique and Radio Suisse  
Romande: absolutely nothing programmed
concerning Gould. There is  one small "news bite" on Radio France Musique 
announcing Lang Lang's  forthcoming 'concert'
on (I assume) GG's fabled CD  318:

_Lang Lang sur le piano de Glenn Gould_ 
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/actualite/article.php?postID=5375)   
    *   Lundi 24 Septembre 2012 10:50   _ dépêches notes _ 
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/actualite/index.php?cat=dépêches%20notes)  
par Rodolphe Bruneau-BoulmierLe pianiste  chinois, Lang Lang, a été invité 
a jouer sur le piano de Glenn Gould  pour fêter, demain, les 80 ans du 
pianiste à Toronto. Précisons que  Jean-François Zigel est également invité à 
toucher la  chose!

If  anyone has news of special radio programming from anywhere please do  
pass it along to the rest of us here, it is  appreciated.

Mary  Jensen

____________________________________
From: pzumst at bluewin.ch
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:27:51  +0200
To: f_minor at glenngould.org
Subject: [f_minor] GG  article in Der Spiegel and DLF Radio broadcasts

Dear all  

This might be of concern for those of you who can  speak or understand 
german. 

The german weekly newsmagazine Der Spiegel published  an article regarding 
GG's 80th this week here:
_http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/klavierlegende-glenn-gould-neuveroeffent
lichungen-zum-80-geburtstag-a-856668.html_ 
(http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/klavierlegende-glenn-gould-neuveroeffentlichungen-zum-80-geburtstag-a-856
668.html) 

Usually this magazine is held in high respect, but  James Dean at the piano 
? My word indeed !

This week german radio station Deutschlandfunk will  broadcast a few GG 
specials during weekday afternoons which can be  heard via web stream on their 
website:

Other radio stations in the german-speaking world  are also paying tribute 
to GG either this or next week (including our  national public broadcaster 
here in CH, which is Radio DRS) and  further articles in the feuilletons are 
likely to follow. I shall post  more details as I get them.

Pat

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