Glenn Gould - FULL SHOW On How Mozart Became A Bad Composer Or Return Of The Wizard

The full show featuring Gould's light-hearted and humorous tribute from one musical genius to another. Glenn Gould had a somewhat mixed opinion of Mozart's music: while he was renowned for his interpretations of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, his views on Mozart were not as consistently enthusiastic. Gould expressed reservations about the emotional expressiveness and the perceived emotional restraint in Mozart's music.

This unique-documentary is significant in several respects. It is the most sustained and pointed of his various public statements about his ambivalent feelings toward Mozart’s music. It marks the first time he let loose the comic side of his public persona on television and concludes with passionate performance of the K. 333 sonata, that up until now has never been released and differs significantly from his three other preserved performances of the work.

Video and audio have been completely restored from the broadcast master.

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[PatrickBateman]

His comedic talent and wit is so refined that we may miss some of it if we don’t listen very carefully.

The rapid flow of words demonstrates how fast his mind operated.

[cruxofthecookie]

It is _uncanny_ how Sir Humphrey Price-Davies resembles Glenn!

[segervind]

Imagine Glenn becoming a youtuber uploading what ever he want? I would have been amazing

[annieoakley]

The way he plays the piano and orchestral parts together... wow!😮

[awakenwithoutcoffee]

I never realized Glenn's powerful striking blue eyes. I consider him as one of my mentors in spirit, right next to J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.

[jackcurley]

Gould’s oratorical skills are almost as impressive as his skill at the piano!

[villain]

He has changed nothing about my opinion on the greatness of late Mozart, nor on the C minor concerto he singled out for that matter. He has however changed my estimation of the works by the younger Mozart, which I regarded as merely preliminary to the late masterpieces, but Gould proves they were just as brilliant and deserving in their own right. And that’s far more important in my opinion

[Joplin]

This is a put-on of a level Andy Kaufman would be proud of.

[LeoGuerra-sfqi]

aww the good old sunday morning classical listenings

[fmoll]

Играет, как молится.. Единственный и неповторимый Маэстро Гленн ❤

[Kedai]

His points on improvisation remind me of how Amadeus portrayed Mozart. Writing music down that he'd already come up with in his head.The movie makes it look like pure genius, while Gould makes it sound like writing a rough draft and never polishing it.

[PatrickBateman]

He died much too soon, at 49 years old, 9 days before his 50th birthday ! Imagine if he would have died at 80 ? We would have benefited 30 more years of his incomparable genius. Imagine Glenn Gould on social media, or with his own YouTube channel… or maybe not… we will never know for sure. One thing is sure though, his death at an early age was one of the great tragedies of 20th century classical music interpretation.

[wignersfriend]

Gould's comment about Mozart "knocking out a divertimento" reminds of something I recently read by Virgil Thomson, in which he said of a Hindemith string quartet--the third I think--, that it sounded like the composer just awoke one morning and decided to write a string quartet. He didn't think much of Hindemith like Gould apparently didn't think much of Mozart...or did he, given all of his Mozart recordings?

[luiscolorado]

He's the Sheldon Cooper of musicians. Respect!

[jpneri]

I wasn't planning on listening to one of the finest talks about Art y creativity

[cathydery]

Pardon de ne pas savoir m'exprimer en anglais, toutefois je tiens à m'exprimer en français, cet homme grand musicien est venu sur terre pour nous transmettre de magnifiques messages ! que je pourrais énumérer ; sauf les principaux que j'ai reçu ! les vibrations ! restez ouverts quant aux vibrations qui nous transportent dans des mondes différents même s'ils sont inconnus !

[RodrigoRaez]

I don't share this vision. What about the Magic Flute? He's only talking about the evolution of his piano works.

[GreenTeaViewer]

One thing is that Mozart's piano concertos were his bread and butter for a number of years, literally his most important income as he received commissions and played them himself. He did indeed produce a large number of them in short order. He grew tired of this and in the last 5 years of his life only wrote 2 or 3 piano concertos. So it is true that a number of the concertos were by-the-numbers affairs. Mozart always had to write voluminously to survive. But he put his heart and soul into his most important works, such as the Da Ponte operas, the last 3 symphonies, and a number of other works. These date from after the "decline" that GG claims.
Just a bit of context for those who suspect that GG is trolling but are not sure to what extent.

[NicholasLyonWright]

Mozart Symphony No. 40 (his 2nd to last) 1st movement, is the best 8 minutes of classical music ever imo. That's all I got to say about late Mozart.

[ConstanceWhenever]

This sounds like Rod Stirling about to show me an improviser becoming unable to write anything in this episode of the Twilight Zone