Re: Gathering 1999

["Daniel Vaiser" <vaiser@airmail.net>]

Dear F-minor's:

I came back from the GG Gathering this past Wednesday and really enjoyed
being in Toronto at the CBC building's Glenn Gould Studio, where most of the
GG Gathering events were held (I must say though that the CBC building sort
of looks in the inside like the CNN building in Atlanta -- please, no nasty
letters from Canadians on that comment . . .). One of my first impressions
was that it was a great experience to see that there were physically many
Glenn Gould fans around but it was a satisfying experience and the GG
Gathering itself was very well organized and for that I must thank John
Miller and his staff at the Glenn Gould Foundation.  I was able to attend
about 80% of the scheduled events and took part in the Northern trip after
the Gathering was over.  If any of you have the time to tour the area
between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa, I'd suggest you all take the time to do
it as well as take the train from Sault Ste. Marie to the Algoma Canyon.

 As far as the gathering itself is concerned, briefly, the events which
moved me were the "Two musics in mind" (a fanciful idea of a meeting between
Bach and Glenn Gould) and seeing the play "Glenn" in Stratford.  On the
Northern Tour,  while we were on the train and the bus rides, we saw a lot
of trees whose leaves were bright red and the nature there was truly
stunning as well as seeing Lake Superior; simply a sight to behold.   Be
well you all; I'm listening to the "portrait for radio" that Glenn Gould
made of Leopold Stokowski, which was part of the GG Gathering registration
package and is remarkable.

Daniel Vaiser

PS-- For Marius Coomans: are you going to put any of the northern pictures
on your web site?

----- Original Message -----
From: Theresa Chen <elisha-jt@juno.com>
To: <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 10:24 AM
Subject: Gathering 1999


> Dear Fminoreans,
> I'm glad that I got to meet some of you at the convention, which IMHO is
> very well organised.  Most of the panel discussions were very
> informative, and I love the Tracks: Listening to Glenn Gould and to be
> privileged to hear some of those rare audio recordings of Gould when he
> was just starting his career as concert pianist.  It was interesting to
> hear how this pianist progressed and that he once was a man with
> "conventional" interpretations.  His CBC recordings esp. his Bach d-moll
> concerto just goes to show how much a person can change in just a few
> years.  The last day of the convention was a bit sad for me, for it meant
> the end of this little utopia we've concocted ourselves where all we did
> was discuss a particular person's life and work and state of mentality.
>
> I got a lot of GG's LP and an Images album in French, as well as most of
> the CBC recordings I could find.  These materials are esp. rare in the US
> and Taiwan, so I'm very glad that I went to the convention.  Cheers to
> everyone, Elisha
>
>
>
>
>
> Strong conviction is necessary against prejudice.  The proof: Glenn
> Gould. --Nathan Perleman
>
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