Re: GG and YM on the CBC

[Megan Ken and Anne <smithqa@nexicom.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Anne M. Marble <amarble@sff.net>
To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 5:25 PM
Subject: GG and YM on the CBC


>Has anyone seen the programs Glenn Gould taped with Sir
>Yehudi Menuhin on the CBC?

They did a show together on May 18 1966 called "Duo".  They played "Sonata
for Violin and Harpsichord #4 in C-"  Bach, "Phantasy for Violin with Piano
Accompaniment, Opus 47" by Schoenberg and "Sonata in G+ for Violin and
Piano, Opus 96" by Beethoven.
There is a
transcription in "The Art of Glenn Gould" edited by John Roberts.  He said
that the comments between the music were unscripted.  This doesn't sound
like something  Glenn Gould  would do.  Yehudi Menuhin admitted that he
didn't care for
Schoenberg's music, but said  "Well, Glenn, I was very anxious to take you
up on the invitation to play it, because I admire you and know that you know
more about Schoenberg and have a genuine understanding of Schoenberg,
perhaps more than anyone else, and I am always interested in learning about
something through the eyes of someone who understands it and loves it,
because I have always had the motto in my life that anyone who likes
something ..." (This sentence never does end.  GG cut in on him before he
could finish.)

> In particular, there was a
>series of programs where they discussed the history of
>music.

This is "The Music of Man" that Daniel wrote about.  GG is not prominent in
the series.  It has been a long time since I saw this , but I am sure that
something rude was said by one or both of them. I had the uncomfortable
feeling during the show that something bad was going to happen.  I was very
surprised to learn years later that GG and YM admired each other.  A book
was made out of the series.  It is in my local library,  probably in yours.
This series was geared towards the layman.

Anne Smith