Glenn Gould's U.S. Television Debut: Bernstein Conducting Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor

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  • Performing the first movement of Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. Gould's performance begins at 18:03.
    Originally aired on January 31, 1960 on CBS Television as part of its Ford Presents series, this program was entitled "The Creative Performer." The entire show is actually three performances - by Gould, the soprano Eileen Farrell (singing the "Suicidio!" aria from *La Gioconda*), & Igor Stravinsky (conducting the last three scenes of his ballet *The Firebird*) - punctuated with scintillating musicological lectures by Maestro-Professor Bernstein, who is arguably the star of the show.
    Though I recommend watching the program in its entirety, here's a time-stamped playlist, in case you'd like to jump to any given section:
    1. Leonard Bernstein, on the vagaries of score notations: 0:00 - 12:56
    2. Leonard Bernstein, intro to Gould: 12:57 - 18:02
    3. Glenn Gould: 18:03 - 27:08
    4. Leonard Bernstein, intro to Farrell: 27:09 - 33:46
    5. Eileen Farrell: 33:47 - 38:24
    6. Leonard Bernstein, intro to Stravinsky: 38:25 - 40:05
    7. Igor Stravinsky: 40:06 - 51:06
    8. Closing Credits: 51:07 - 52:24
    Thanks go to two intrepid Gouldians who did the heavy lifting to track down, acquire, & beautifully digitize this rare masterpiece. Without them, we wouldn't be here enjoying it.
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  • @davidhertzberg
    @davidhertzberg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1515

    This is the sort of footage that makes TH-cam so incredibly valuable.... and indispensable.

    • @robertsissons7699
      @robertsissons7699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You're not kidding...

    • @paulmayerpiano
      @paulmayerpiano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Can you believe this was once on mainstream network television?

    • @aai3661
      @aai3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed.

    • @j.g.zki.4709
      @j.g.zki.4709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right onto that

    • @j.g.zki.4709
      @j.g.zki.4709 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I truly think with the tuning being 4:32 lower than 440 I should say I'm truly convinced chopins music doesn't seem to be so as if the soloist agitated they showed an example of Chopin's music tuned lower they seemed music is played faster and it seems that all agitation is freed from. Back then one could do their own cadenzas why not have an idea of what Allegro or Adagio is to them for the Cadenza they wrote or performed others back then for the composes they played gives them the freedom to embellish remember the metronome came out right around the time Beethoven passed cuz he put metronome markings to his symphonies romantic period played in a gypsy type manner with rubato I think a great player authenticates from the past is S. Richter playing Franz Liszt or the Gypsy player Georges Cziffra. I have a feeling paganini's concertos did not sound mechanical as they today

  • @svrfan
    @svrfan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1086

    Can you imagine: a tv programme with Leonard Bernstein AND Glenn Gould AND Igor Stravinsky performing live with the New York Philharmonic? Here it is!

    • @dramaturge231
      @dramaturge231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      svrfan AND Eileen Farrell!!!

    • @organboi
      @organboi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The only great one here is Stravinsky. End of story. No one compares.

    • @aai3661
      @aai3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@organboi nope.

    • @davidhertzberg
      @davidhertzberg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@organboi Stravinsky is in a different league entirely. Its like comparing apples and oranges.

    • @urmorph
      @urmorph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy Of course, in 100 years no one will remember the performers (except music historians) and Stravinsky will still be a legend, but without those performers he would be just another old bald guy waving his arms and making faces. And without an appreciative (read: paying) audience, this won't be on TH-cam, or recordings, or anywhere else. Each of us has a part to play. Don't screw it up.

  • @stelun56
    @stelun56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    TH-cam is a drug when such overwhelming moments can be realised at the press of a button. Magic lives

  • @sjpbrooklyn7699
    @sjpbrooklyn7699 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I saw Glenn Gould play the same Bach D Minor concerto with the Columbus (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra. Out of the hundreds - maybe thousands - of concerts I have attended in my life (I'm 78) this is the only one that I can still "hear" in my head. This was some time in the sixties when he toured the US. I was in high school and a volunteer usher for the Symphony. I got the pick of empty seats when the concert began so I sat in the first row. Besides his electrifying playing I remember three idiosyncracies: (1) he hummed along (well known from some recordings, but a little jarring when you hear it live); (2) he kept a small bowl of water beside the keyboard to dip his hands in during stretches where he was not playing; (3) he followed the score using pages cut out from a miniature score edition, pasted on large pieces of cardboard which he placed on the music stand that is ordinarily removed since most soloists play from memory.

  • @IvarsBezdechi
    @IvarsBezdechi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    What is so amazing about the Gould piano performance is that he savors every note and doesn't rush-rush-rush like so many pianists as Lang Lang. This is an ethereal performance...

    • @JcFiscus42
      @JcFiscus42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Like in his interview with Tim page, he doesn’t aim to savor the notes, but to adhere to a strict rhythmic pulse or tempo. He’s incredibly consistent and clear with each note indeed.

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In a lot of his recordings Gould was rushing-rushingggg. Like 80% haha

    • @benpietrzykowski9216
      @benpietrzykowski9216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pianosbloxworld4460 that’s bc anything prior to mid 60s, you had to conserve the tape bc it cost a lot so many would try to speed it up to fit it on one roll.

    • @ruthhopeful1405
      @ruthhopeful1405 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He explains the theory behind his unique interpretations which are illuminating and indisputable. I wonder why some of our contemporary pianist still are not getting it,

    • @clarilozanonieto2770
      @clarilozanonieto2770 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      La categoría de este pianista para mi humilde opinión traspasa todos los límites . Gracias TH-cam por deleitarnos con esta joya.

  • @roakbr
    @roakbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This video has been on TH-cam since 2016 and it's from a 1960 television programme... Thousands, possibly millions, have seen it, yet I feel like I've unearthed a treasure! Thank you!!

    • @connorsp
      @connorsp ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember watching this in August of 2016 on TH-cam. This whole video explains so much about human performance and individuality. In 2016 I transcribed most of LB’s teaching in this video it’s a classic of humanity expressing oneself in effort. How lucky am I to have stumbled across this. Thank you for posting

  • @ubkwerhe5469
    @ubkwerhe5469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    whatever face Glenn Gould made while playing, I never think he was pretentious. He was a genuine artist.

  • @thomasmccormack9136
    @thomasmccormack9136 7 ปีที่แล้ว +746

    I would still watch TV if this was what was on offer.

  • @rcaldwell125
    @rcaldwell125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    My mother was a pianist and we watched this when it happened the week after my 14th birthday. Gould's fingers were heaven sent to play the piano!

  • @m.a.3322
    @m.a.3322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    25:44 - 26:13 one of the most beautiful passages of music I've ever heard in my entire life. RIP Bach, Gould, Bernstein, members of the orchestra.

    • @glenngouldschair390
      @glenngouldschair390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The members of the orchestra could be still alive, you know :/

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glenngouldschair390 heh heh...

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agree. Gorgeous, mesmerizing.

  • @sadpiano8179
    @sadpiano8179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    There are lots of great pianists now days but glenn gould had something inside him that made him so special🖤

    • @kidmarine7329
      @kidmarine7329 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep. You almost can’t take your eyes off him. One of a kind.

  • @BW92116
    @BW92116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Glenn Gould really brought Bach's music to life and brought passion and emotion to it.

  • @Dr_Mel
    @Dr_Mel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Put yourself in the timeframe when this aired. You can't record it, it probably won't be on again any time soon -- you might never see it again (until now). To the people who enjoy this sort of thing, this broadcast would have been an event you remember the rest of your life.

    • @josueelias1356
      @josueelias1356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly! Very well said.

    • @rosshoover6986
      @rosshoover6986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was five years old and I remember it. I imitated Bernstein and Stravinsky conducting with passion. Music has always had a profound affect on me to the point that some music brings me to tears, bringing chills and ecstasy to my being. My mother was involved in music as a performer so I grew up exposed to music. My reaction to music is from my conditioning during my formative years, I believe. BRING BACK MUSIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS

  • @aurynaichi7030
    @aurynaichi7030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    After seeing those hands, no wonder he was amazing on the piano.

  • @vtandrea1
    @vtandrea1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    my father was robert silverman, editor of the piano quarterly. friend of lenny, closer friend of glenn. i recall my phone conversations with glenn as a child vividly. this video brings me right back. it's the humor i miss so much, they had such humor in everything they did.

    • @KKIcons
      @KKIcons 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Did your dad write any books or articles about Glenn? I can't stand those interviews and books where you can tell the person had no sense of humor and just put up with him, only to complain publicly years later how lame and annoying he was. I am grateful to people like your father, John PL Roberts and others who were good friends to him. Did Glenn ever play piano for your family? I bet you got to hear him sing a lot. Can you email me kkicons@gmail.com and I will send u a nice pic I drew of GG last year that has him in his more informal side.

    • @twolegsnotail
      @twolegsnotail 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @andrea Do you still own a copy of that recording Gould released in an issue of Piano Quarterly? Can you please tell me the best way to access the Piano Quarterly Archives? I have trouble doing it... Thanks in advance and thanks for responding here.

    • @KKIcons
      @KKIcons 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Which recording? I am curious? The one I want is the alternate versions of Fugue in A minor. Or just anything like that really. I wish I could go to Canada to hear his practice tapes. I'm a would-be composer, and I follow Gould's recordings so closely. I think it would help to not get locked in to just the interpretations he released. It helps to play them back at different tempi though. I guess that's one thing anyone can do. They put "Do you want to write a fugue" in High Fidelity. I got ahold of a little pink record from a High Fidelity magazine about that time. I couldn't read at the time, and I lost it. But I would like to think that was what it was... btw, have you heard his Arts National series on radio? It really is like listening to his favorite records with him for a few hours, so fun. I am thinking about making a YT playlist of the pieces he played in that or mentioned.

    • @KKIcons
      @KKIcons 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also, Andrea and Twolegsnotail (wish I knew your name), did you hear about the GG interviews Unheard Notes series? You subscribe to it and get great interviews which are funny, insightful, and not derogatory in any way towards Mr. Gould. I joined their FB site and it is small but nice, and we can discuss the videos on there. Andrea, I would strongly encourage you to contact Josh Shapero so they can interview you for that, if they haven't already. Your memories of GG are priceless and really it would be great if you could share them in some way.

    • @wimkok8246
      @wimkok8246 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah! Raised and bred in the shadows of art 😊

  • @TheBonerBoyzGotWood
    @TheBonerBoyzGotWood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jesus, is Eileen Farrell amazing. She blew the lid off the joint. Gorgeous aria.

  • @oaktadopbok665
    @oaktadopbok665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    What a treasure. Leonard Bernstein taught me all about classical music when I was a child. It was a gift nearly as good as being taught to read.

    • @liliananikiteanu7900
      @liliananikiteanu7900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, me too, in Romania in comunists time! ♥️🌹🎹🎻👑🎶💗🌞👼 Thank you for posting it!

  • @michaelhayes6887
    @michaelhayes6887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I was so lucky to watch him on tv on Sunday nights, as required by my dad. We got assigned in 6th grade to write a paper on the "What is a Sonata" episode. My paper got selected to send to him. He wrote back an encouraging letter! It changed my life and made me a musician. (God help us all. Lol). Years later my mother told me he and my father went to Boston Latin together. My dad just said, "Time to watch Lenny!" on Sunday night and we did.

    • @lokmanmerican6889
      @lokmanmerican6889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's when parents told their children what to do. Now it's apparently the other way around.

  • @jamesholiday1116
    @jamesholiday1116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love Gould's fingers, so beautiful.

  • @onbe804
    @onbe804 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love glenn gould
    a brillant excentric guy like anyone

  • @resistcontrol3526
    @resistcontrol3526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Watching Gould play piano is the most inspirational thing I’ve seen in years

  • @aai3661
    @aai3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Gould is like the first player in history to throw the curveball and also turns out to be the best ever at it. He's the genius with a level of genius piled on top.

    • @rileymerino6340
      @rileymerino6340 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aa I would you mind elaborating on this? I love his music, but I come from a jazz background!

  • @truBador2
    @truBador2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gould and Stravinsky. What a program!

  • @markherbert1085
    @markherbert1085 8 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Glen Gould amazes me every time

    • @JHarder1000
      @JHarder1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In my sober judgement, Glenn Gould was NOT human; he either an angel of The Lord or an emissary from some advanced civilization.

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JHarder1000 I have watched the DVD "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould" several times and truly he comes off like a visitor from a distant galaxy. He was preternaturally gifted.

  • @cndlpwr
    @cndlpwr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I find myself inexplicably fascinated by this programme.

  • @JasonFerguson1283
    @JasonFerguson1283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To look in Maestro's Stravinsky's eyes while he conducts the orchestra playing his music. So special!

  • @jeffreywilkinson9821
    @jeffreywilkinson9821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This video is like a diamond.... insights into the heart and soul of music. First Leonard Bernstein with his effortless psychology, then Gould with his holy hands, Farrell with a superbly crafted performance, and then Stravinsky himself. And as someone else said, the NY Philharmonic too. You can learn so much from watching their movements, and their eyes. This is genius-level performing all around. Thanks to the lecture at the beginning, I'm not even so much thinking about the quality of the music as how well they tell their stories. At this highest possible level, it's all about storytelling. I'm trying to imagine what's going through Stravinsky's mind as he conducts. I can look in his eyes as he hears his own music. I think he really brings out the Russian feeling of it.

  • @ChiannaNycole
    @ChiannaNycole 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Came for Gould, stayed for Bernstein and that beautiful aria

  • @TXfoxie
    @TXfoxie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Glenn Gould's Bach, only him can interpret Bach so well.

  • @phoebelinden9602
    @phoebelinden9602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Gould's performance is stellar! A star is was born!

  • @heekyungkim8147
    @heekyungkim8147 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Berstein and Gould…. What a treasure. Thanks for uploading… ❤

  • @jakobbeetz
    @jakobbeetz ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The single most influential video of my life. This. I hav
    e been rewatching this a couple of hundred time over the last two and a half decades. And it doe'snt get old, unlike me.
    Listen to and look at them.

  • @soniaursussatori2434
    @soniaursussatori2434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this show restored my sanity

  • @michaeltheophilus5260
    @michaeltheophilus5260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bernstein is a great educator and Gould's performance is not overly romantic and affected, nor bland and robotic. Perfect!

  • @caseym8385
    @caseym8385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    That part at 25:00 gives me chills every time, that pulsing note and the perfectly judged decrescendo is soooo good.

  • @plozikou
    @plozikou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Gould will always fascinate me. With Bach; It is undoubtedly the meeting of two extraordinary geniuses. Thank you for this video.

  • @telemachus53
    @telemachus53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    If ever I was overwhelmed it was by Bach's d minor concerto, Glenn Gould and Bernstein. I can't even put into words what I'm feeling right now.

  • @sajateacher
    @sajateacher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Bernstein, Gould, and Stravinsky walk into a bar... I forget the rest of the joke, but it was awesome.

    • @declamatory
      @declamatory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oi vey caramba!

    • @charlotterose6724
      @charlotterose6724 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @fibsernum30 lol!!!!!!

    • @lllmeng
      @lllmeng 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL!!!

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      To Ryan Blais: Here is the rest: Bernstein is too full of himself.

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ei Ryan, you forgetting the joke is already funny in itself! Genius!

  • @mcengizaydin
    @mcengizaydin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Simply beautiful moments from the past

  • @terrycloth6380
    @terrycloth6380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Farrell is unbelievably fantastic. What a powerful, yet lovely voice.

    • @alexeyizmirliev64
      @alexeyizmirliev64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Si. Però la pronuncia e pessima.

  • @trevjr
    @trevjr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is great because we get to see Glenn's hands much of the time. I never realized his fingers were so long. All the years I have listened to Gould I just marveled at his fingers the whole time. I get the feeling Bernstein really admired him also.

    • @Bareego
      @Bareego 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's like watching two spiders dancing ballet

    • @PaperGrape
      @PaperGrape 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Each present were titans in their own category

    • @mo.camino
      @mo.camino 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Niland. nnnnn

  • @peskyfervid6515
    @peskyfervid6515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Well, that was just brilliant! Glenn Gould and Igor Stravinsky on the same show. Words can't really describe how beautiful that is. Many thanks!

  • @galeritaelenora
    @galeritaelenora 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I "should" diversify my musical education, but I cannot stay away from Glenn Gould. Everytime I try to listen to another performer, I am drawn back to Gould. There is unmatched clarity in his interpretations, even in these old recordings. He embodied the music yet never played as if the performance was about him. There will never be another Glenn Gould. We are richer because he lived and was himself.

    • @rbnn
      @rbnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andras Schiff is very good.

    • @oinophilos2109
      @oinophilos2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Note, though, Gould, like Pavarotti, performed only works he really liked. He was disdainful of Chopin and probably most 19th-century music, as was fashionable in his generation. You need to go to some of the other greats: listen to Horowitz for Scriabin and Chopin, Rubinstein, Michelangeli. . .

    • @kenstar9991
      @kenstar9991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A piano master, no one like him,

    • @Valentina-Steinway
      @Valentina-Steinway 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      galeritaelenora ~ clarity yes, but achieved with too much tension in his arms.

    • @philipplanchenault9150
      @philipplanchenault9150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oinophilos2109 He did record Chopin's 2nd Sonata ... he played other music even if he didn't "like" it ... but doesn't every performer look for performances that are "in sync" with his/her personality and preferences ?

  • @johnhunter8965
    @johnhunter8965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    These Bernstien lectures from the old TV shows should be worth college credits!!!

  • @aksekhiddelll8900
    @aksekhiddelll8900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One thing from this, a hundred years from now there is not going to be any debate about how stravinksy thinks the firebird shold be played

    • @namisa33
      @namisa33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      aksek hiddelll this video is just altogether phenomenal

  • @martinvalt9788
    @martinvalt9788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Glenn Gould is pure perfection...

  • @antonwills-eve124
    @antonwills-eve124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    quite simply this is what what Gould was born for, Bach's keyboard music. Nobody comes near him and Bernstein is just a distracting exhibitionist when Glen is playing. Like David Hertzberg below I agree that this type of posting is the greatest reason for TH-cam existing.

  • @Roedygr
    @Roedygr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Gould looks as if he were about to explode. What a riveting performance!. You can't look away even for a second.

  • @dirkm1920
    @dirkm1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Pure gold! Gould, Bernstein and Bach - the real treasure!

    • @schrysafis
      @schrysafis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pure GOuLD!

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    OMG! It's the actual Stravinsky! Incredible!

    • @danielchieng4606
      @danielchieng4606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ikr...it's incredible to see these composers on the wall but here and alive...

    • @malcolmwhitehead7225
      @malcolmwhitehead7225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Spoiled only .by the absurd comparisons in the comments . Silly game. Whos greatest! One wonders what job Stravinsky would have made of West Side Story? Better than Lennie? Stop the nonsense n just listenMW

    • @omavioletta6645
      @omavioletta6645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and remember: He totally banged Coco Chanel!!!

  • @oucutie1
    @oucutie1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A classic!
    Gould, lived the life he was born to live!

  • @Geron1mo1
    @Geron1mo1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The performance of Eileen Farrell here is so shockingly beautiful to me. A true Master!!! So are Gould and Stravinsky of course, Bernstein and the other great musicians too! Thank you for sharing this gem. A legendary recording.

  • @SOBIESKI_freedom
    @SOBIESKI_freedom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What an amazing aria as sung by Eileen Farrell! Astounding!

    • @The22on
      @The22on 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I forgot the looooong distance between loud and soft when she sings. My neighbor often complains so I have to 'ride the volume control', darn it.
      Music today is 'compressed' which means the loud parts aint so loud and the soft parts aint too soft. TH-cam and recordings 'level out' or 'smooth out' peaks and valleys. For once, the youtube compression algorithm left the volume alone, I think.

  • @bertrandmarotte4401
    @bertrandmarotte4401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1143

    Ah, the days when television was intelligent

    • @davesteel7513
      @davesteel7513 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep

    • @jpertsson
      @jpertsson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      WAS NOT POSSESSED BY THE STOCK MARKET ! It is super intelligent today, but NOT FOR HUMAN BEINGS, but for PRODUCING swallowing of SHARES!

    • @Jeff-gi6dh
      @Jeff-gi6dh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Ah yes, intelligent. The 1960s gave us 'The Beverly Hillbillies' and other, shall we say rural, television fare, along with hundreds of cookie-cutter Westerns, game shows, and soap operas. Shows like this one are the exception to the rule, always have been, and, alas, always will be.

    • @lokmanmerican6889
      @lokmanmerican6889 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Jeff St. Clair. Nothing wrong with the Beverly Hillbillies! I "consumed" them and Beethoven piano sonatas all at one go.

    • @SeEyMoReBuTtS
      @SeEyMoReBuTtS 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Television was never intelligent

  • @JasonFerguson1283
    @JasonFerguson1283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Gould is able to translate Bach's intension on an instrument foreign to Bach's palette and nailed it. Brought out all parts as if played by a 17th c orchestra.

  • @Cyrilmc222004
    @Cyrilmc222004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much Glenn Gould played with such amazing passion and sensitivity too.

  • @danwaldis4553
    @danwaldis4553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bernstein, Gould, and Stavinsky were all so incredibly brilliant.

    • @danwaldis4553
      @danwaldis4553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wasn't familiar with Ms. Farrell until this video. Her voice is sublime!

    • @danwaldis4553
      @danwaldis4553 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll bet that was the only time Stravinsky's music was ever used as exit music...

  • @antoniboleslawowicz8095
    @antoniboleslawowicz8095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can’t say that any artist, be he or she a composer or executant or both, is greater than another. There are many kinds of greatness. Tchaikovsky was reportedly a lousy conductor and a barely adequate pianist, yet he produced ingenious idiomatic piano writing -- most pronounced in the first Concerto -- and wrote brilliantly for various kinds of orchestral and instrumental groups. Stravinsky, who kept changing his style, always wanted to do what any good composer wants to do: to produce music that didn’t sound like anything that had gone before. Gould was a brilliantly articulate keyboardist who had a beautiful variety of pianistic tone and an arrestingly original way of handling prolonged trills -- “shakes”, in 18th-cen. British usage. Bernstein was one of the best things that ever happened to the NY Philharmonic. Farrell was a great lyric AND dramatic soprano, equally at home in Wagnerian, Italian, modern and early Romantic roles as well as pop and jazz. All of those people, alas, are gone. That’s what makes this program such a treasure.

  • @erickoontz6835
    @erickoontz6835 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    There are few singers today who exhibit this firm sort of voice control. Bravissima, Eileen Farrell!

  • @geoffreywitte3784
    @geoffreywitte3784 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It is pretty much impossible for me to express my love and gratitude for what these incredible people of given to me and so many others over so many years and so many years to come.
    Why is it that ignorance has such a stranglehold over our little planet when artists like these demonstrate so clearly what humanity is capable off. Thank you so much for posting this video.

  • @michaeltan8574
    @michaeltan8574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We are indeed fortunate that such fine performances have been recorded for enjoyment by many in posterity...❤

  • @kurtschwarz9443
    @kurtschwarz9443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Never heard anything quite like this! Glenn Gould was a true Canadian treasure!

  • @stevimichael5553
    @stevimichael5553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    A brilliant musician and pianist who gave every single note in the Bach repertoire, value, respect and color.

  • @nowiswow18
    @nowiswow18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Five miracles in one program (I'm including the NY Philharmonic). I'd like to know who didn't cry watching this.

    • @joha4574
      @joha4574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did not. Does not mean the music had less influence on me. Crying is a very individual reaction.

    • @synonym5
      @synonym5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, I did. Giants - performing the music of giants. Would they were here now.

    • @emjdeckwitz6949
      @emjdeckwitz6949 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@synonym5 soldier on, just soldier on, peter.

    • @PaulZink
      @PaulZink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry, but I sure did (got teary-eyed).

    • @mangstadt1
      @mangstadt1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't cry to recorded music. Live in the concert hall is a whole different story. It often comes when you're not expecting it.

  • @Catherineone
    @Catherineone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Nice to hear someone talk who has good diction.

    • @touchsky77
      @touchsky77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Indeed, incredibly precise and elegant English. A classical speech! Was he reading scripts?

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dear Catherine: Bernstein has a nice diction; whereas, I have better diction, waiting to fill the rear of his soul.

    • @bernardd
      @bernardd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@touchsky77 It most likely was. Gould doesn’t speak here but he was know to always go by a script, even on radio interviews (he would write the questions for the interviewer).

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice to have Bernstein’s talent his main talent is speech

  • @marijane8665
    @marijane8665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I’ve literally watched this video a 100 times just to see Glenn Gould and Bernstein perform this concerto! Watching Gould from the tips of his fingers to the tips of his toes on the pedals and the humming sound and Bernstein’s ability to adapt to his interpretation mesmerizes every time I see it! OMG, I’m so grateful that this stuff is still available for reproduction! I would never have seen this without Utube. Thanks!

  • @leonardopoerio4007
    @leonardopoerio4007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Always mesmerized by Glenn Gould interpretation!!!!

  • @ruthhopeful1405
    @ruthhopeful1405 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    23:21 a pianoquake 8 Richter in the history of music. With Gould i rediscovered Bach all that followed, it was like hearing something entirely new. Rest in peace both of them.

  • @Maddie01022
    @Maddie01022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I cant believe this exists. This is mindblowing. When Stravinsky stepped on I literally had to take a break

  • @karlschwinbarger105
    @karlschwinbarger105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How far we have fallen.

  • @floztenor
    @floztenor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Love so much the sheer precision and constance of the tempo yet the richness of the Gould's articulation and phrasing! Gem

  • @peteb1206
    @peteb1206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    A wonderful and historic piece of music television, so great that it not just exists but has been so beautifully restored.

  • @sherbetdab1200
    @sherbetdab1200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nobody brings out the voices of Bach's pure musical thought quite like Glenn Gould.
    His independence and dexterity is remarkable.
    Wonder if he took the same chair everywhere..

    • @charlotterose6724
      @charlotterose6724 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He played exclusively on that chair until he died. It is now displayed permanently at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada.

    • @sherbetdab1200
      @sherbetdab1200 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Charlotte Rose - Thanks for that. Seen the posts about it now. He obviously liked to sit lower than the conventional stool, plus it was integral to his psyche.

  • @mikepen3477
    @mikepen3477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There will never be another Glenn Gould (sadly)

    • @safelyanonymous5717
      @safelyanonymous5717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      true neither will there another sviatoslav richter

  • @javierbiaggi3072
    @javierbiaggi3072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This recording is one rare beautiful jewel of the history of music. Should be heard and seen many many times.

  • @sierra3644
    @sierra3644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    eileen farrell! wow what a performance! such emotion! you could hear almost a stifled sob at one point... just amazing

  • @robertzipp6481
    @robertzipp6481 6 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    We need a Leonard Bernstein part two for the 21st century.

    • @aai3661
      @aai3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      We need a smarter society that doesn't think he's the guy that broke the Watergate story.

    • @brianrussel6012
      @brianrussel6012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      (guest)
      16 Oct.2019.
      We have many who have the understanding to interpret music to the best advantage...(on BBC radio 3, they do reviews of recordings, and draw attention to different approaches) .......of course Leonard Bernstein was superb at this, but on reading your comment, 2 names immediately sprang to mind ( but there are many more ) Michael Tilson Thomas, and the passionate Benjamin Zander, who " gets right into" the music ....see his heart warming talk about the transformative power of music, here on TH-cam.
      😊❤🎼🌈❤🎼❤😊

    • @leslieweisman7156
      @leslieweisman7156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's Rob Kapilow, who has followed in his footsteps.

    • @geometricart7851
      @geometricart7851 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aai3661 lol

    • @danwaldis4553
      @danwaldis4553 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is sorely missed!

  • @flonsta
    @flonsta ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you so much for uploading this. Watching Igor Stravinsky conducting his own brilliant “Firebird” in the flesh…it’s akin to seeing a Mozart or Beethoven in their day play live (a fact Bernstein alludes to). He is one of the giants of music history and I’m left speechless observing him delivering a great performance of his own masterwork.

  • @jmax9782
    @jmax9782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I keep reading that we are now in the golden age of television. Anyone else here doubt that statement?

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@djghostmode In the days of yore when television had, but, two channels in the UK, five in US cities (including public service), *put* some of these musicians on the map; since, culture, news, and information were fed to families, clustered together in their domiciles, savoring the seminal and education viewing. This made Bernstein well-known. -------------------------------------- If back then, people had the choice of the internet videos, thousands of cable channels, and endeavors; no-counts making their own music and movies, the world would not have known Bernstein.

    • @markofsaltburn
      @markofsaltburn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We might be in the golden age of television drama (I believe we are) but news, documentary, cultural commentary, political discussion, science coverage, entertainment and music are at an all-time low.

  • @Largo64
    @Largo64 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you, erp65, for posting this. I can't imagine what philistines could "thumbs down" this rare treat, but it seems there are four to date. I pity such people.

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't pity them, I am just troubled that there could be any misunderstanding.

  • @TerrellHull
    @TerrellHull 8 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Leonard B. was often a dinner guest during my late mother's childhood-- my Grandfather, Richard Townsend, was also a conductor and a friend of his. My mother gave me a cassette tape of this when I was about 5, and I practically wore out the part with the cadenza (see 25:00 or so-- you too will listen to it again and again). The fun starts at 18:00. Notice Glenn Gould's legs are crossed during much of the performance, and he rarely uses the damper pedal (meaning he has to hold all the notes with his fingers, which is a challenge).

    • @TerrellHull
      @TerrellHull 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      at 26:00 or so, he begins again with a pulsating note in the left hand. He bunches all of his fingers together to play the pulsating notes...

    • @twolegsnotail
      @twolegsnotail 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Terrell Hull Very interesting comment. I am interested to know more about your Granfather Richard Townsend. As for Gould's fingers and his technique... I think we are all in awe of what he was capable of.

    • @ir0n2541
      @ir0n2541 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah Glenn is the master of finger peddling.

    • @Catherineone
      @Catherineone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wish I came from a family like yours.

    • @KKIcons
      @KKIcons 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If he was crossing his legs, it might have meant he was afraid he might tap his foot and be heard on TV (just something he mentioned before.) My piano teacher complained I was tapping my feet so I played with my legs crossed also for awhile. Did you or a sibling learn music formally, coming from such a musical household?

  • @WorldVillageGospelChoir
    @WorldVillageGospelChoir 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Stravinsky conducting!! What a gem.

  • @tarasterrybabyuk5239
    @tarasterrybabyuk5239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The amazing, one of a kind Glenn Gould 😌

  • @HelenaWilliams8696
    @HelenaWilliams8696 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Delightful to have had the opportunity to listen and to watch GG performed Bach concerto in D minor with such elegance and flawless technique. Awesome to see how spiritually elevated GG always was when performing Bach. It feels like he is engaged in a conversation with the Composer. L. Bernstein conducts beautifully! A historical clip to store in the musical archive! Thanks for uploading and sharing GG & L. B.; priceless treasure!

  • @donnaterkildsen7211
    @donnaterkildsen7211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Gould is magical....genius to Bach

  • @jgamez5023
    @jgamez5023 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Glenn Gould - my hero of the piano !!

  • @willy1986tralara
    @willy1986tralara 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thaaaaaank you SO MUCH for sharing these
    peace and love from spain

  • @timothy4664
    @timothy4664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Say what you want about Gould, his technique was flawless for that period of music. He was ahead of his time in historical performance.

    • @JohannaCTjia
      @JohannaCTjia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gould ‘ s technique was flawless for all periods.

    • @timothy4664
      @timothy4664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JohannaCTjia have you heard him play the first movement of his moonlight sonata

    • @JohannaCTjia
      @JohannaCTjia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@timothy4664 I have heard about everything from him.

  • @stevehinnenkamp5625
    @stevehinnenkamp5625 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A gift from the highest power to see and hear this remarkable performance.
    To think it was once made for anyone who owned a television set , elates me and causes great sadness.

  • @javadkhakbaz8016
    @javadkhakbaz8016 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is truly a gem. Wow. Thank you.

  • @GB-gu5jz
    @GB-gu5jz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    and some still think we are progressing... imagine which tv would broadcast this nowadays...

  • @galeritaelenora
    @galeritaelenora 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gould's breakout performance in the U.S. Exciting moment in the world history of music performance, imo. Perfection. "Not a dull or literal performance" as Maestro Bernstein notes. Bravo!

  • @Enlimdr
    @Enlimdr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This wonderous Gould still leaves me breathless and stricken with awe !

  • @robr3621
    @robr3621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this. I've watched 30 times in past week.

  • @christiankircher369
    @christiankircher369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    goulds quality comes from his musicality and his technic and the precision. thereis no movement which does not participate on the creation , everything is fully efficient. his control of sound is perfect. there is legato in one hand and portato in the other in full independence. he really controls all.

  • @kaewonf8
    @kaewonf8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The only way Bernstein and Gould could get on network TV today would be in a cage match refereed by Simon Cowell.

  • @Jacam781
    @Jacam781 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've watched the performance of the concerto for a decade without knowing it was his US telly debut. Thanks for putting this up!

  • @jokerrhe
    @jokerrhe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    THANKS a million!! this Bach interpretation is GODlike.

  • @advir1021
    @advir1021 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A beautiful example of synchronicity of expression between conductor and soloist. Bravo.

  • @maximilianoluft7270
    @maximilianoluft7270 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Es increible que esto haya pasado de verdad, y más aún que yo lo esté viendo sentado en mi casa 62 años después, gratis y con alta calidad visual y sonora. Qué gran privilegio poder verlo , escucharlo y apreciarlo. Gracias a los que lo hicieron posible. Bernstein, Gould y Stravinsky: tres adorables extraterrestres.