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September 25, 2012
Glenn Gould
Few of us are straight arrows, maintaining a predictable arc throughout our lives. We veer off course, careening at times, before coming to rest at the end of our days. Pianist Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was the hallmark of a young man, shot from a tightly-strung bow. Insanely fast tempos, wild energy. You could almost call it reckless. But his trajectory changed over the years. His 1981 re-recording of the piece bears little resemblance to the earlier one. We'll sample both recordings today, on what would have been Gould's 80th birthday.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Georges Bizet
Nocturne in D
Glenn Gould, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Glenn Gould, piano (1955 recording)
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Georges Bizet
Children's Games (Jeux d'Enfants)
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasy in C
Glenn Gould, piano
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Richard Strauss
Piano Piece No. 1, Op. 3
Glenn Gould, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Third movement from Keyboard Concerto No. 5, BWV 1056
Glenn Gould, piano, the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, conductor
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Glenn Gould, piano (1981 recording)
hour 2
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Zoltan Kodaly
Three Hungarian Dances
David Oistrakh, violin, Naum Walter, piano
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Carl Maria von Weber
Overture to Euryanthe
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Juraj Valcuha, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Traditional (Arranged by Hankus Netsky)
Kol Nidrei (All Vows)
Itzhak Perlman, violin, Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, cantor
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Chen Yi
Romance of Hsiao and Ch'in
Jorja Fleezanis, violin, Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
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Chen Yi
Written on a Rainy Night, from Tang Poems
Chanticleer
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Zoltan Kodaly
Summer Evening
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Robert Moody, conductor
Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
