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Canada 150: James Rhodes on Glenn Gould

James Rhodes makes a personal selection of some of the idiosyncratic and often controversial recordings by his boyhood hero, Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

James Rhodes has been obsessed with the iconic Canadian pianist Glenn Gould for as long as he can remember. Ahead of his Sunday Feature tomorrow, this afternoon he selects his pick of Gould's idiosyncratic and often controversial recordings - from his distinctive Bach, to Beethoven with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, his own transcription of the Meistersingers Overture, and Prokofiev's 7th Piano Sonata, which the New York Times described as 'an explosive burst of rock and roll with a chromatic edge'.

James presents his documentary Geeking Glenn Gould on Sunday 25th June at 1845.

CANADA 150: a week of programmes from across Canada, marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the nation and exploring the range and diversity of Canadian music and arts.

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Sat 24 Jun 2017 13:00
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  • Rarely has a musician been so famous and yet simultaneously unknowable.

  • Canada 150: Geeking Glenn Gould

    James Rhodes goes in search of his boyhood hero, the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 4 In D Major BWV.828 - Sarabande

    Performer: Glenn Gould.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No. 18 In E Flat Major - Scherzo

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • CBS : M3YK45822.
    • CBS.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 In C Minor - 1st mvt.

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony Classical : SMK52636.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K.491 - last mvt.

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Orchestra: CBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Walter SΓΌsskind.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : SMK-52626.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude And Fugue No. 22 In B Flat Minor

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : SM2K-52603.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 20.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Sonata No. 3 In B Minor Op.5

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony Classical : SM2K52622.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Overture

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Music Arranger: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : SM2K-52622.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto No. 7 In G Minor BWV.1058

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Orchestra: COLUMBIA S O.. Conductor: Vladimir Golschmann.
    • SONY : SM2K-52591.
    • SONY.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 In F Major - 1st mvt.

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Sony Classical : SMK52636.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sonata No. 7 In B Flat Major Op.83 - last mvt

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : SM2K-52622.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia in B minor BWV801 - recording outtakes

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • CBC : PSCD-2005.
    • CBC.
    • 14.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Sonata No. 3 In F Sharp Minor Op.23

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony Classical : SM2K52622.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano concerto No. 1 In C Major - 1st movement

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Golschmann.
    • Sony Classical SM3K52632.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Contrapunctus VI from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080

    Ensemble: Les Voix humaines.
    • Bach: The Art of Fugue.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Jun 2017 13:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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