Glenn Gould - Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932 - October 4, 1982) was a Canadian pianist noted especially for his recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach and for giving up live performances in 1964. Gould was born in Toronto, Ontario. After being taught piano by his mother, whose grandfather was a cousin of Edvard Grieg, Gould attended the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from the age of ten. There he studied piano with Alberto Guerrero, organ with Frederick C. Silvester and theory with Leo Smith. In 1945 he gave his first public performance (at the organ) and the following year made his first appearance with an orchestra (the Toronto Symphony Orchestra) in a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. His first public recital followed in.
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould - Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, released in 1993, is an award-winning movie by François Girard about the famous classical music piano prodigy, Glenn Gould. The form is inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, which was also Gould's much-acclaimed initial recording. It consist of a mixture of documentary items (five interviews with people who knew him), various odd scenes (such as Gould Meets McLaren, where animated spheres move to Gould's music), and re-creations of scenes from Gould's life, with Colm Feore as Gould..
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Goldberg Variations - Vivaldi and Domenico Scarlatti in this variation. Variation 18 (One manual.) Canon at the sixth. Variation 19 (One manual.) The first seven bars of this variation set out the bass theme one which the entire set is built with particular clarity. Variation 20 (Two manuals.) Another very virtuosic variation, with rapid hand-crossing. Variation 21 Canon at the seventh. Reminiscent of a chorale setting. Variation 22 Alla breve (One manual.) Like variation 2, this is almost as fully canonic as the formal canons. Variation 23 (Two manuals.) Another lively virtuosic variation. Williams, marvelling at the emotional range of the piece, asks "Can this really be a variation of the same theme that lies behind the adagio no 25?" Variation 24 (One manual.) Canon at the octave. The canon is answered both an.
Grammy Awards of 1974 - Me Like a Rock" Best Inspirational Performance The Bill Gaither Trio for Let's Just Praise the Lord Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Art Tatum for God Is in the House Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group Supersax for Supersax Plays Bird Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance Woody Herman for Giant Steps Musical Show Best Musical Show Album Stephen Sondheim (composer) & Goddard Lieberson (producer) for A Little Night Music performed by Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermoine Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston Packaging and Notes Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography Wilkes & Braun Inc (art director) for Tommy performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir Best Album Notes Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for God Is in the House performed by Art.
Grammy Awards of 1983 - Ring des Nibelungen Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra) Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations Best Chamber Music Performance Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120 Best Classical Album Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations Comedy Best Comedy Recording Richard Pryor for Live on the Sunset Strip Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition John Williams (composer) for "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" Best.
Grammy Awards of 1967 - Choir, the Texas Boys Choir & the Columbia Chamber Orchestra for Ives: Music for Chorus Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) Julian Bream for Baroque Guitar (Works of Bach, Sanz, Weiss, etc.) Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal Boston Symphony Chamber Players for Boston Symphony Chamber Players - Works of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Fine, Copland, Carter, Piston Album of the Year - Classical Howard Scott (producer), Morton Gould (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor Comedy Best Comedy Performance Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Theme Neal Hefti (composer) for "Batman Theme" Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show Maurice Jarre (composer) for Dr. Zhivago Best Instrumental Arrangement Herb.
Grammy Awards of 1984 - for Verdi: La Traviata Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Haydn: The Creation Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the National Philharmonic Orchestra for Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Glenn Gould for Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13 Best Chamber Music Performance Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin for Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38 and Sonata in F, Op. 99 Best Classical Album James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conducytor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) - Sonatas (B Flat Major and A Major) Grammy Awards of 1995 Emanuel Ax for Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59 Grammy Awards of 1994 John Browning for Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music Grammy Awards of 1993 Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi) Grammy Awards of 1992 Alicia de Larrocha for Granados: Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta Grammy Awards of 1991 Vladimir Horowitz for The Last Recording Grammy Awards of 1990 Andras Schiff for Bach: English Suites 1980s Grammy Awards of 1989 Alicia De Larrocha for Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola Grammy Awards of 1988 Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow Grammy Awards of 1986 Vladimir Ashkenazy for Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Pavane.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album - Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question Grammy Awards of 1990 Wolf Erichson (producer) & the Emerson String Quartet for Bartók: 6 String Quartets 1980s Grammy Awards of 1989 Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses Grammy Awards of 1988 Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow Grammy Awards of 1987 Thomas Frost (producer) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 Grammy Awards of 1986 Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), John Aler & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem Grammy Awards of 1985 John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey & the Academy of St. Martin.
Eighty-second United States Congress - Bates (Representative), Republican, MA Laurie Calvin Battle (Representative), Democrat, AL James Glenn Beall (Representative), Republican, MD John Valentine Beamer (Representative), Republican, IN Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr (Representative), Democrat, TX Page Henry Belcher (Representative), Republican, OK George Harrison Bender (Representative), Republican, OH Charles Edward Bennett (Representative), Democrat, FL John Bonifas Bennett (Representative), Republican, MI Wallace Foster Bennett (Senator), Republican, UT William Benton (Senator), Democrat, CT Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr (Representative), Democrat, TX Ellis Yarnal Berry (Representative), Republican, SD Jackson Edward Betts (Representative), Republican, OH Cecil William (Runt) Bishop (Representative), Republican, IL William Wallace Blackney (Representative), Republican, MI John Anton Blatnik (Representative), Democrat, MN James Caleb Boggs (Representative), Republican, DE Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr (Representative), Democrat, LA Richard Walker Bolling (Representative), Democrat, MO Frances Payne Bolton (Representative), Republican, OH Herbert Covington Bonner (Representative),.
Deaths in 2002 - 10 Ian MacNaughton, director of most episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus. 9 Stan Rice, painter, educator, poet, husband of author Anne Rice 6 Charles Rosen, Pioneer in artificial intelligence 6 Father Philip Berrigan, priest, political activist 5 Roone Arledge, creator of Monday Night Football and Nightline dies at age 71 5 Ne Win, Burmese dictator 3 Glenn Quinn, actor November 2002 29 Florence Stephenson Mahoney (aged 103), health advocate 26 Verne Winchell, founder of Winchell's Donuts and nicknamed "The Donut King" 25 Rosa Carrillo, Univision news anchor 24 John Rawls, political theorist 21 Hadda Brooks, U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer, aged 86 19 Prince Alexandre de Merode, International Olympic Committee member 18 James Coburn, actor 17 Pedro Cabrera, Cuban actor and director who was a star in Puerto Rico's.
1982 - United States. Seattle officially dubbed the Emerald City after a contest held to choose a new city slogan. Year in topic 1982 in film January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars sequel, Return of the Jedi. Gandhi Tootsie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters. 1982 in literature 1982 in music 1982 in sports January 24 - Super Bowl XVI San Francisco 49ers (26) def. Cincinnati Bengals (21) July 13 - Montreal hosts the first baseball All-Star Game outside the United States. Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Italy wins Football World Cup in Spain May 30 - Baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr plays the first of 2,632 consecutive games. His streak would finish September 20, 2000..
1982 in music - Toots & the Maytals Toto IV - Toto Diver Down - Van Halen Original Musiquarium - Greatest Hits - Stevie Wonder Under the Big Black Sun - X English Settlement - XTC Upstairs at Eric's - Yaz Top hits on record "Abracadabra" - Steve Miller Band "Believer" - Ozzy Osbourne "Centerfold" - J. Geils Band "Don't You Want Me" - Human League "Ebony and Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder "Electric Eye" - Judas Priest "Even the Nights are Better" - Air Supply "Every Little Story She Does Is Magic" - The Police "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor "Flying High Again" - Ozzy Osbourne "Heat Of The Moment" - Asia "Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran "I Love Rock 'N Roll" - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts "Invisible.
1932 in Canada - Columbia, replacing Simon Fraser Tolmie The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. A seven month miners strike occurs at the Crow's Nest Pass At the 1932 Winter Olympics Canada wins Gold at hockey At the 1932 Summer Olympics Canada wins two gold medals. Arts and literature New Books A Broken Journey - Morley Callaghan Births May 14 - Norval Morrisseau, artist June 24 - Mel Hurtig, encyclopedia editor September 25 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist August 31 - Allan Fotheringham, political columnist October 18 - Iona Campagnola, politician November 13 - Marilyn Brooks, fashion designer November 29 - Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist Izzy Asper, media mogul J. Robert Janes, author Deaths July 22 - Reginald Fessenden, radio pioneer J. E. H. Macdonald, Group of Seven painter.
1964 in Canada - launches a fillibuster to try to prevent the introduction of a new Canadian flag December 16 - Bill creating the new Flag of Canada passed in the House of Commons after much controversy Canada pulls its peacekeepers out of Zaire Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs win 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Glenn Gould gives up doing live performances Governor General George Vanier hosts the "Canadian Conference of the Family" Innis College founded at the University of Toronto Arts and Literature New Books Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man - Marshall McLuhan The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood The Laughing Rooster - Irving Layton Flowers for Hitler - Leonard Cohen Awards See 1964 Governor General's Awards for a complete list.
1982 in Canada - books Dig up My Heart - Milton Acorn Awards See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree Vicky Metcalf Award: Janet Lunn Film E released Dance Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award Births Deaths May 9 - Gilles Villeneuve, race car driver October 4 - Glenn Gould, pianist October 18 - John Robarts, former Premier of Ontario November 29 - Percy Williams, athlete Igor Gouzenko.
2002 - Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. November 21- Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is fined £500 at Slough magistrate court following her conviction of one of her dogs attacking two children in Windsor Great Park. November 22 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest. November 25 - US President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security in the largest US government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 (the Senate passed the bill 90-9 on November 19). November 29 - Brian Henderson retires from reading the news at Sydney, Australia television station TCN-9. At his retirement he held the record for the.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - the orchestra for twenty years) and the organization changed to its current name in 1947. It soon managed to attract well known soloists to play with it such as Isaac Stern and Glenn Gould. In 1967, with the departure of Sopkin, Robert Shaw (founder of the Robert Shaw Chorale) was brought in as conductor, and a year later the orchestra turned full time. Shaw founded a choir specially for the orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. In 1978, the orchestra became the first to make a commercial digital recording, when it played Igor Stravinsky's Firebird suite and exceprts from Alexander Borodin's opera, Prince Igor. In 1988, Yoel Levi became principal conductor. Under him, the orchestra played at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics. He became Music Director.
Canadian Music Hall of Fame - Guy Lombardo, Oscar Peterson 1979 Hank Snow 1980 Paul Anka 1981 Joni Mitchell 1982 Neil Young 1983 Glenn Gould 1984 The Crewcuts, The Diamonds, The Four Lads 1985 Wilf Carter 1986 Gordon Lightfoot 1987 The Guess Who 1989 The Band 1990 Maureen Forrester 1991 Leonard Cohen 1992 Ian and Sylvia 1993 Anne Murray 1994 Rush 1995 Buffy Sainte-Marie 1996 David Clayton-Thomas, Denny Doherty, John Kay, Dominic Troiano, Zal Yanovsky 1997 Gil Evans, Lenny Breau, Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell 1998 David Foster 1999 Luc Plamondon 2000 Bruce Fairbairn 2001 Bruce Cockburn 2002 Daniel Lanois 2003 Tom Cochrane.
