Tuesday 21 September 2010

The 'Sunlight' Sonata



Glenn Gould was an iconoclast. A truly original, powerful and independent thinker. Today many a classical music fan spits blood at the mention of his name. He started out on a fairly normal career as a concert pianist albeit with phenomenal hand speed and accuracy. Eventually though he turned his back on the concert hall and devoted himself entirely to recording. One of his famous collaborations was with Yehudi Menuhin. They played J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Schoenberg. He died of a stroke aged only 50 and a single man.
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  1. Unknown21 September 2010 at 07:03

    Thanks Ian. Nailed that one.

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  2. serious about music21 September 2010 at 08:38

    I'll edit your previous post to embed this video. You can edit by clicking on the pencil symbol below your post if you're signed in.

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  3. serious about music21 September 2010 at 08:41

    If you wish to delete this post, go to ''edit post'' (or the pencil) and near the bottom of the edit page there's ''go to list of posts''. Select that and you can delete from there.

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  4. Unknown21 September 2010 at 12:13

    Can't see any 'go to list of posts'.

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  5. serious about music22 September 2010 at 02:08

    sorry, it's says ''return to list of posts'' bottom left hand corner.

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