what a wonderful experience!

@@guldalex For his performance in Viktring, Gulda appeared virtually naked and produced an expansive improvisation with the Fuchs couple. Holding a large swinging saw blade in front of the microphone or hitting the strings with a spoon for several minutes was not what those classical music fans (who had come to hear Gulda's Bach interpretations) had expected. At a late hour, when the indignant guests had left the monastery, a heavy thunderstorm set in. We young people, who had persevered despite the experimental madness, took refuge under the roof of the stage. Now Gulda finally played the Well-Tempered Clavier - for us and in the middle of us long-haired people. The master and the rain and this great music and all under one roof - it was simply wonderful! I was 18.

@@hannesstuber222 Thank you so much for your exciting story! I had heard this story before and I am very pleased to hear a first-hand testimony. I'm very curious about the clothing: how exactly was Gulda dressed 😊? I know that the organizers of his concerts went crazy because Gulda wanted to play what he felt like playing on the day of the concert and he didn't want to be tied to predefined schedules...

@@guldalex it was summer and he was only wearing swimming trunks. It was the last festival that Gulda was allowed to organize. A stage was set up in the inner courtyard of the monastery building. Ornette Coleman, Dollar Brand, Charlie Haden and others played. Gulda had organized it, it was his fifth. Two years previously, Pink Floyd and Osibisa had performed. The local newspapers had criticized the long-haired visitors at the time. Too many hippies. Dollar Brand performed without a band. Solo and barefoot, in white karate robes and with a black belt, he sat at the piano and played himself into an African marketplace. On the morning of the last day, he appeared early in the morning at the campsite where the young people's tents were pitched. He had a flute with him and went chirping across the meadows, followed by a crowd of sleepy fans who stumbled tiredly after him like children stumbling after the Pied Piper of Hamelin playing the flute. :))

After this scandal Viktring was closed for 14 years, and it wasn't until 1987 that someone dared to start a festival project again.

you know that Gulda's desire was to play with the divine Mozart in paradise in a jam session :)

Heaven on earth

Was soll das denn 😢. Die beiden sind großartig

So do I!

Auch der Helge mit dem Udo hat das gemacht...fliegen mit dem Flügel...

I think it's actually not a song, seems more like a improvisation

fuckin B and fuckin C...

Da hatten Sie Glück! Wäre ich 10 Jahre eher geboren hatte ich vielleicht auch die Ehre gehabt...

Cosa ci sarebbe di stupido?

guldalex I am very sorry. My answer is based on a misinterpretation/wrong translation by myself. I have to apologize for this comment. Please delete it. Thanks.

+Jim Dubya OMG - everything but a guitar ....

+anonymusum yeah i have difficulty finding that necessary as well. ah...to each his own

Beh Gulda era un jazzista eh..

like you can play better, huh?

Blabla. I bet, you dont know the name of 5 piano producers. Or how to distinguish their sounds.

Dorothy Dorothyashbyharpplayer

@Nastro Adhesivo lol sorry this went over your head. The point of my comment 7 years ago is that gulda was a champion for the sound and experience of that sound rather than showing off looks or perfectly fit within a mold. But… I do love street food and indulge in such if it’s good. I hope you’re having a better day today than the day you responded to me.