jmc's classics
As I have mentioned before this is the birthday of Demetri Shostakovich (1906-1957) and the premier of Sibelius Third Symphony (Opus#52) in 1907.
Today is also the birthday of Canadian pianist Glen Gould (1932-1982) He died of a stroke. He is best remembered for his playing of J.S. Bach's keyboard works. He was of English, Scottish and Norwegian ancestry. His paternal grandfather was a cousin of Norwegian composer Edward Greig (1843-1907). He was eccentric and was usually wearing his trademark winter hat. Often, he hummed the music while he was playing it. Also, He was very sensitive to cold weather wven during the summertime. Gould was a child prodigy and showed an interest in music from an early age. He also dabbled in conducting towards the end of his life. He had written a few compositions including a string quartet. He also wrote some songs and vocal works. I don't know if any recordings of these works are available now. He is remembered for the playing of J.S. Bach's music. I do not have any CD's of him playing but I have seen some of the YOUTUBE videos of him playing some of Bach's concertos which should be watched. In one of them it showed him moving his mouth like he was humming or talking.
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