… Hosted By Glenn Gould
November 2-4, 2017
harbourfront centre theatre, toronto
”Glenn Gould was a musical genius, a visionary and a great eccentric. Between 1961 and 1975 he made a series of programs for the CBC that featured him as both performer and commentator. His unique perspectives on the music he was performing were presented in the form of lengthy and eloquent introductions preceding his performances. On the 45th anniversary of his death, I thought it would be interesting to license some of those introductions from the CBC and screen them immediately preceding live performances of Beethoven’s A major Cello Sonata and the Shostakovich Quintet. I also chose to include two short clips of Gould addressing his disdain for audiences and live performance - he quit the stage in 1964 at the age of 32 - and his prescient views on how technology would change the recording and proliferation of music as it was known during his lifetime - two recurring themes in his relationship to music.” Andrew Burashko
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🎥 Introduction to Beethoven Cello Sonata
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69, Ludwig van Beethoven
🎥 i. Allegro ma non tanto
🎥 ii. Scherzo. Allegro molto (in A minor)
🎥 iii. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
Andrew Burashko piano, Thomas Wiebe cello
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🎥 Introduction to Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57, Dmitri Shostakovich
🎥 i. Prelude: Lento
🎥 ii. Fugue: Adagio
🎥 iii. Scherzo: Allegretto
🎥 iv. Intermezzo: Lento
🎥 v. Finale: Allegretto
Stephen Sitarski and Sheila Jaffe violins, Steven Dann viola, Thomas Wiebe cello, Andrew Burashko piano
Kevin Lamotte lighting designer
Arwen MacDonell, stage manager
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