Re: Live Radio Locations

[Gillian Fernie <gillian.fernie@sympatico.ca>]

Randall:

How about the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. It's attatched to the CBC and
full of Gould memorabilia including his Chickering piano.  (Obviously, I
don't know how territorial the CBC would be about letting you use this
location).

The trouble with some the the locations you mention such as the homes where
GG used to live is that although they are still standing they are privately
owned.

The Eaton Auditorium and the old CBC building are either demolished or due
for demolition.  (I haven't been down those streets in Toronto for a while
so I'm not certain).

I you want to have virtual tour of the Glenn Gould sights in Toronto you
might want to check out Michael Davidson's Glenn Gould Page which is
featured on the Glenn Gould WWW links from the f_minor home page (you can
also look at the Glenn Gould Studio from there too).

The tour page address is www.uottawa.ca/~weinberg/tour.html.

All the best,

Gillian

randall smith wrote:

> Dear F Minors,
>
> I'm asking your help once again for the BBCs radio's proposed Glenn
> Gould Night.
>
> I'm searching for a suitable Gouldian location from which to introduce
> and link the evening. It needs to be somewhere with a strong connection
> with Gould, a distinctive sense of "place" that can be heard - or sensed
> - on air, and a supply of electricity. I've never been to Canada (or
> even to the US) so my own suggestions below may be impractical. Do let
> me know.
>
> My own suggestions are:
>
> A room in the house where Gould grew up - log fire blazing
> the shores of Lake Simcoe (is that where he used to buzz the fishermen?)
> The hall in New York where he performed his US debut
> A transport café
> The place he used to live and phone from late in life (I don't know it
> this exists still)
> The studio where he recorded the 1955 Goldbergs
>
> I really am most grateful for your help in all this, my previous
> requests have to your excellent list have led to mountains of helpful
> and interesting suggetions, all now safely filed.
>
> Thanks again.
>
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