Bach - Glenn Gould talks about the Art of fugue

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Wonderful player, but *why* did he have to sing along?

[HermanBerntzen]

What's the name of the piece he plays at 3:08?

[GeorgeDuthie]

@HermanBerntzen

It's the last fugue from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

[rikibitta]

After Gould playing Bach only the last acoustic quintet of Miles Davis.

[thismaybeusername]

The part at 3.08.. fantastic.

Does anyone know where i can find the sheets for that part?

I can't seem to find it anywhere

[GeorgeDuthie]

@thismaybeusername

You can find it on the Petrucci library, just search for BWV 1080.

[thismaybeusername]

@GeorgeDuthie Thank you!

[fissionesque]

The voices come in one by one and the people leave one by one.

[goldie0800]

@fissionesque - The "leavers" need to be educated. The wise listeners stay!

[fissionesque]

@goldie0800 Eh, I can see why people don't like them. They're not really the most entertaining pieces ever written. I personally love them (depending on my mood), but more complex isn't always a good thing IMO.

[TBlake34]

Thanks for putting these up on YouTube. I really enjoy the performances and the discussion.

[enecee13]

he's got like five layers in his brain - one for each of the four voices and still one left to keep on talking. if that isn't genius, i don't know what else it is.

[erroll9621]

1:36 - 1:46 Glenn adjusts the speed of his speech to perfectly match the rhythmic ideas of the theme. perhaps this is an insight. :)

[jezmuff]

So refreshing so listen to a musician who understands his music.

[piratehussam]

whats the name of the first fugue played??

[GeorgeDuthie]

@piratehussam

The Art of Fugue is an unfinished collection of fugues - the first one was Contrapunctus IX

[xSnoweyexp]

thanks man !!! glenn is my all time favorite musician