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 | 16:15 | | Glenn Gould - The Russian Journey
This documentary reveals one of the least known yet fascinating and important chapters in the life of Canada's musical genius Glenn Gould: his trip to Russia in 1957, and the lasting impact of his journey on the intellectual life of this huge nation. Canadians and the world are in love with the music and the enigmatic story of Canada's virtuoso pianist, Glenn Gould. From stage plays to films and documentaries, the life of this musical genius has been studied, scrutinized, and discussed. Curious then, that one of Glenn Gould's most serious passions and most important gifts to the world of music, the arts and politics, remains largely unknown. In 1957, Glenn Gould turned the Soviet Union on its musical ear by becoming the first North American pianist to play behind the Iron Curtain. It was the height of the 'Cold War' and Gould shocked the stiff music hierarchy by playing familiar classical works in his own unique and unusual way. He also had the courage to play and speak about what was still a forbidden subject in Soviet Russia, Western atonal music. At just 24 years of age, in the trip that would launch his international career, this virtually unknown Canadian musician smashed Russian stereotypes about classical and modern music, and about the West. In two weeks of bravura performances and politically risky lectures, Gould became one of the sparks for a new drawn in Soviet arts, inspiring a generation of Russian artists and musicians and dissidents. The Sensational trip also opened a special place in Gould's heart and mind for the politics of Russia and Communism...he never lost interest and never ceased to speak out about the effects of communist ideology on artistic and political freedom. | |
| 18:00 | | William Christie conducts Lully's Armide at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Armide, by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (direction)
Robert Carsen (production), Jean-Claude Gallotta (choreography), Gideon Davey (sets and costumes)
Claire Debono (La Gloire, Phénice, Lucinde), Isabelle Druet (La Sagesse, Sidonie, Mélisse), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Armide), Nathan Berg (Hidraot), Paul Agnew (Renaud), Marc Mauillon (Ubalde, Aronte), Marc Callahan (Artémidore), Andrew Tortise (Le Chevalier Danois), Laurent Naouri (La Haine), Anders J. Dahlin (Un amant fortuné)
Directed for video by François Roussillon (2h50)
Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris (2008)
Armide was Jean-Baptiste Lully's last 'tragédie en musique' (in five acts and a prologue). It was composed in 1686 on a libretto by Philippe Quinault and is often considered as the masterwork of both artists. The argument of the tragedy is borrowed from Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered' (Gerusalemme liberata) and tells of the witch Armide's unrequited love for the knight Renaud. | |
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