Glenn Gould Talks to Children about Interpreting Music

[HammerOvThor]

His sense of humor was so sophmoric! Kind of surprising/relieving considering how genius his renditions were.

[kontrapunkti]

Creepy pictures

[ColdIceMedia]

whaat a funny guy :)

[googlekopfkind]

he is a comedian :D

[smileater2nd]

@demonninjaspider It's not the only one, you know

[MrAmadeusIII]

glenn gould is charismatic??? who knew??

[MrJessebo]

I can't hear this at all, with my volume all the way up. I'm sure it's a good video

[katiush65]

and parents all over the city that night wondered why their little billy or suzie started waving one hand in the air during piano practice ;-)

[VamLoveAndKisses]

I wonder what the children thought. I mean, now all us Gould fanatics appreciate his talent and exuberance. But for the children who likely didn't have any clue who he was, I wonder if they enjoyed this little performance or thought it was...just a bit odd.

[gnolti]

Gould was decades ahead of his time. He would have loved YouTube and probably made great use of social media.

Well, maybe it was a good thing that he WAS ahead of his time, because a Glenn Gould would simply be dismissed as a freak today.

[EyMeng]

out of phase

[DougMcDave]

I believe have this footage on one of my DVD's which can access from the menu screen. The British guy is right Gould is a 'bit of a nut'.

[DougMcDave]

I believe have this footage on one of my DVD's which can access from the menu screen.

[MisterSting]

I adore Glenn Gould.

[venicequeen34]

Both Glenn and the Beethoven sonata he's playing are beauuuuuuutiful.

[loboris1995]

Why glenn gould always move his hand when they he plays only with one hand?

[chrish12345]

@loboris1995 to save energy and ultimately the planet

[Pugophile]

Larger than life was Maestro Gould. He could have succeeded at ANYTHING.

[Cleareye10]

Is where Victor Borge got started?

[CheekyVimto08]

he's hilarious!

[HerrWarja]

OMG! What a diffrent side of him! o.O

[catgumart]

"Important thing is not to win, but to play the game!"

great words!

[blueheart322050]

hahahahaaXD

[Yoshi5020]

OMG I want to hear this! What a character!

[angietihi]

I can hardly hear it, why?

[Legrandkev1]

It seems he tried to change the audience and when he realised he couldn't, he refused to perform concerts anymore

[littlepianist89]

didn't leonard bernstein play the same piece during his speech at harvard university?

[dantebulsara]

quiero saber que diceeeeeeee!! en español :(

[dmdml]

Thanks.

[CaptainBluebear08]

Hahh, nice to see this here, saw it once, long ago in a German TV broadcast.

[chowshu]

don't to sound mean but alot of those pictures of children were just too creepy...

[onxtcz]

wth is this

[Jitpring]

YES! I'll join you. Who are the pitiful gods of neopagan emptiness? Celebrities.

"The cult of celebrity trivializes everything it touches."

-Theodore Dalrymple, "Pope Rosie: Pray for Us."

And google for Dalrymple's great essay, on Princess Diana, by this name:

The Goddess of Domestic Tribulations

[RAREpicture]

He did that on tv for tv without any kids...

[RAREpicture]

Nous vivons toujours en une époque très idolâtre où l'exagération semble la norme...

[alcore3]

i m joining you !

[Zackiesmomma]

What an awesome guy he was. Talking to the children at their level and very entertaining too.

[sitarnut]

Too true- pearls before swine.... btw, Glenn was worldly enough to have listened to Bill Evans- he said Evans knew how to extract the proper tone from a grand piano..... I wish I could have met Glenn... a real one-off as they say in England.

[ludwigvan17]

I doubt that any of those kids understood a single word that he said. I know I didn't. lol

[dnggitg]

He's really funny! I'm surprised!

[Classicmozayful]

lee evans anyone??

[JacobRudduck]

@Classicmozayful - YES! Just like Lee Evans, in both looks and personality!

[Ltlevim]

The eye of the guy behind the kid a 0:12 scares me.

[janjohandealgenman]

@Ltlevim

looks like newman from seinfeld

[ModellMeister]

@Ltlevim the kid scares me more

[curiousgeorge555]

I sure wish the producers (I assume) would have shown Gould play the entire piece. He began playing so beautifuly.

~cg5

[Friendulum]

It'd be nice if the audio portion of this post was, in fact, AUDIBLE!

[danielsaindon]

I am not sure glenn Gould knows how to speak to children; but it is interesting to watch glenn Gould express himself and convey some of his personality. ( I am going to show you how I see it ! )

[qwe07]

Glenn was one good-looking guy!

[maulcs]

The sound is pretty much at zero.

[MillyProductions]

it still does not belong on this video, or anywhere for that matter.

[MillyProductions]

such as hitler's raging anti-semitism?

[thebpl]

Hurrah for Dudley Moore and Victor Borge!

[MillyProductions]

wow, antsemeticism on a video about glenn gould. what is that about?

[chislehurstbat]

@BirdLives88 Interesting comment. Both Canadian, both quirky. I tend to agree with you.

[michielroosen]

Look at his hand when he play the first notes, hahahahaha :D

[ThisIsMe113]

where can we find the full version of the concert glenn gould gave? i wont put it up on youtube i just want it for myself lol

[youknowImsaying]

you jew?

[username1p]

your all a bunch of slaves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shackleton12]

Wagner fan eh?

[ajones1113]

This guy is batshit crazy.

[silviemusik]

wow.he is so right..thank you ,Glenn!

[jonsiii]

Movie: Life of Glenn Gould

Actor: Jim Carrey

[boomzxz]

That really would be great. Glenn Gould is my favorite!

[Picassia]

Oooh I like it.

[polymath7]

Whats with the volume? I can't hear a damn thing!

[NagualElias]

was he nuts???

[darioso5]

chopin1986

He's gone to where?

[Simpsongolfanelli]

Bulbologico

[ChrisWatch]

I wonder if all those kids could understand all his big fast words lol.

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

Gould has wrist pains 1:58.

[welltemperedpianist]

Gould = Shameless indeed.

[faraz1729]

This is awesome. Rare Gould footage is very precious. I wholeheartedly second what dinoimeri said.

[Chopin1986]

such a great man!! I makes me sad because he's gone to soon...

[ashman512]

good, but very quite for some reason

[dinoimeri]

Amazing musician above all.

[ggnt]

Wow, thanks! I wish there were a longer version.