Glenn Gould plays Bach Partita no 6 1974

[@biberfan]

I was not even a year old when this was performed. It’s magic that I can be so profoundly moved by something nearly as old as am I. He heard Bach in ways many do not; this is but evidence of his genius and we should be so lucky to experience both Bach’s art and Gould’s interpretations.

[@bubbly6411]

Truly amazing how far music can reach through both space and time.

[@geometricart7851]

I was born in '74. Damn I feel old now.

[@lms203]

He went somewhere no one has been playing this piece...I went there with him. Can't explain more, no words

[@voraciousreader3341]

One of the many reasons I love listening to Gould playing Bach is his ability to completely subdue the grand piano’s huge resonance so I can hear every single voice, and because of that, his counterpoint is absolutely clear….it’s a miracle! I know he indulges in some weird staccato notes now and then, but I’m OK with that, too. I especially revere the way Gould plays Bach’s Art of Fugue.

[@artielon]

The chair has no seat! He´s sitting on the frame! Also notice how he starts playing without preparatory "rituals" as if the music is already playing. He just lets you share his musical experience.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

That chair is famous, and now sits in the Gould museum. By the time Gould died, the chair was in such bad shape, it was being held together with wire and tape. live.staticflickr.com/3024/2487310829_21a8dabf31_b.jpg

[@a.a.dehulster7567]

Maybe he protected his sitting bones and the skin of the buttocks?

[@roadguide123]

His father made that chair.. i red somewhere he sat low to pull on the keys...he was also self medcating with painkillers due finger and hand pain

[@PointyTailofSatan]

@@roadguide123 It's actually a made in Canada Hourd brand folding chair for playing cards. Gould's father just cut the legs down, then added adjustable steel legs. Gould at first tried to maintain the cushion as it wore out, but eventually gave up and just used the chair with no cushion at all.

[@alexoidbushuyevich8818]

Gould wasn't sitting on a bare frame. Let's not forget that Gould was frozen and to warm his ass, he put a piece of fur skin right on the frame. Convenience, let's say something else, but the great pianist, as we can see, was unpretentious.

[@swooty2805]

"This thing, also known as a CHAIR" I'm dead 💀

[@leoguerra4516]

Very Gould

[@fazec0ld802]

He trolled that guy so hard lmfaoo probably my favorite non-specifically pianistic Gould clip ever

[@jeffhaga]

The word genius is tossed around carelessly today. But Bach was indeed a genius as was Gould

[@Mackattack1080]

Bach is THE genius. Genius among geniuses. If he isn’t a genius, no one is.

[@davekurtzmusic2371]

Gorgeous composing and performance. Bach had so much heart in his writing, even without dynamic markings.

[@TheAlwards]

Imagine living next door to a player like this. If he practices until 3 am, I'd simply adĵust my schedule and stay up until 3 am. If he's practicing while I'm watching Netflix, I turn the TV down so I don't miss anything coming through the walls. Maybe I have to change careers or the constant listening impacts my health or personal life? Worth it. And Gould isn't even my favorite pianist.

[@sylvestercoffee7212]

I agree!!

[@fazec0ld802]

Imagine what the public would pay for a ticket to a Glenn Gould concert during his career if he had decided to come out of his retirement from live performance- that’d be your daily experience as his neighbor. Doesn’t get much better than that

[@rs8197-dms]

I was curious and just compared this recording with Gould's studio recording (re-engineered) of the partitas on the sony label. It is unsurprising that the studio recording has better sound quality, and that also permits a better portrayal of some of the subtleties. However, the ending of this rendition has a depth of emotion that the studio recording does not match. I have, in fact, never heard that much emotion in the end of this partita. Quite astounding.

[@TheGloryofMusic]

Gould was quite proud of the studio recording of the Sixth Partita. He was, however, regretful of the Fifth, which he felt had too many "pianistic" qualities.

[@TheAlwards]

I've consistently noticed live performances with more emotional depth and risk-taking than in the same performer's studio recordings, even if there were more rough edges.

[@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist]

@@TheAlwards the 4th Partita comes off better on TV IMHO as well. Less static/ rarified somehow. The Gigue in particular.

[@youpie5832]

Thanks for uploading the entire video/performance!! I come back to this again and again

[@jakobpetropoulos8850]

A True Legend.

[@fmoll2509]

Гениальный чудак. Какое счастье слышать его!

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Ascolto molto spesso la partita 6 . Forse la mia preferita. Apprezzo moltissimo questa versione trovandola più intensa di quella fatta nel preriodo giovanile da Guld. Idem per l,ARIA variazioni Goldberg. La maturità dell'adulto si sente.

[@437composer]

2:53 starts

[@user-bs3tz9fw3b]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this posting....

[@geometricart7851]

He was a genius at what he did, and there is beauty in the raw intensity and mechanical nature of Gould's Bach, but you've got to be in the mood to enjoy it. Some would say it's too perfect, and loses its human element. Imperfections are what grab an emotional response not something so perfected we are already lofted into the stratosphere in bliss without breathing in the smoggy air of the city. haha I'm kidding of course. Gould is wonderful.

[@soundcolors]

Inside Glenn was spirit of Bach

[@Tristan-zt8tw]

That chair looks ready to break

[@jiezuo759]

Thankyou so much for uploading this……

[@carmenmarini2692]

Goduto pienamente ad occhi chiusi! Grazie

[@aslanmustafazadeh4371]

no one has the right to say that he did not see Johann Bach. Glenn explains everything.❤❤❤

[@Lee137able]

Bravo!

[@majicjazz]

Magical

[@IgrwOw]

Gold

[@roadguide123]

Amazing

[@dothisorelse]

This performance is so much better than on the 1957 record!

[@neosannyasin8022]

❤

[@user-uo5si7xd4e]

Это божественно! Он превзошёл самого Баха! Понимаю, что кощунствую.

[@Internationalcenterforgeopolic]

Вы правы, Хелена.. он понял Баха лучше, чем тот мог понять себя.

[@Veronika_ND]

Кто знает, Баха мы не слышали.

[@jackieking1522]

Thank you.... really wondrous. Long ago I heard a radio broadcast of GG doing a musical dissection of "Downtown" ( Petula Clarke ). Brilliant, funny and almost admiring .... any chance of you finding and posting it?

[@hurricane_hazel]

Just search for "Gould Search for Pet Clark" and that radio show is available here on YT.

[@KKIcons]

I think its on the Bruce Cross channel. A lot of really rare ones are on there. On competition is funny and amazing too. The only tragedy is sometimes background music has to be removed due to copyright claims.

[@johnvalentine4720]

Wonderful, with the assistance of his boon companion - otherwise known as a chair.😄😄😄

[@aaronhoffmeyer]

Bernstein should see this.

[@ELISPOTTS-xc6qx]

Bernstein and Gould were friends. He probably knew about this performance.

[@Viktorvelat95]

@@ELISPOTTS-xc6qx I think Mr.Hoffmeyer is referring to Seymour Bernstein, not to Leonard Bernstein

[@ELISPOTTS-xc6qx]

@@Viktorvelat95 Oh, yeah. Seymour does not like his playing one bit.

[@DavidTheRoss]

Seymour doesn't know what he's talking about

[@ELISPOTTS-xc6qx]

​@@DavidTheRoss Facts.

[@lilianap2755]

Voando até Andrômeda

[@yaowei7713]

Bach made one hundred accounts to dislike this video

[@soaringvulture]

Nice first movement. Where's the rest of the partita?

[@Steenlarsen1968]

It´s comes from a movie with just the first movement included

[@hannelorebodansky9935]

this is only the first part, 6 other parts are uploaded at KZbin by "pianoElegant"

[@gustavivanov376]

о,боже....

[@renoraider9817]

This is video proof of when they dropped CD 318. Joking. Dumb joke. Glenn moved on to Yamahas, a beautiful piano.

[@inbetweennames4438]

Why is this taking up space on KZbin? There are pianists on here who actually know how to produce a musical phrase.