{"id":22677,"date":"2018-01-17T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/?p=22677"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:23:22","slug":"harmonium-glenn-gould-in-focus-for-polaris-podcast-ep12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/fr\/blog\/harmonium-glenn-gould-in-focus-for-polaris-podcast-ep12\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmonium, Glenn Gould In Focus For Polaris Podcast EP12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Glenn Gould’s Bach: The Goldberg Variations and Harmonium’s L’Heptade.<\/p><\/div>\n

For Polaris Podcast episode 12 we focus on two albums that recently received Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize<\/a> hall of fame designation \u2014 Glenn Gould’s Bach: The Goldberg Variations<\/em> and Harmonium’s L’Heptade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

CBC’s Katherine Duncan noted the then-very unusual decision the late-Gould made to not perform live.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0He decided. OK, I’m just going to go into the studio and I’ll only be a recording artist. I think he was probably the first classical person to do that. Pretty rare,\u00a0\u00bb said Duncan.<\/p>\n

Some consider Harmonium’s L’Heptade<\/em> \u00ab\u00a0Quebec’s Dark Side Of The Moon<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

According to the band’s Louis Valois, it was about being part of Quebec’s culture.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Singing in French, expressing ourselves in French was the thing. We did it because we’re a part of the culture of Quebec,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n

The Polaris Podcast is available in iTunes<\/a>, Google Play<\/a>, Soundcloud<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, and on podcast distribution services such as Acast, Overcast, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, Pod Knife and TuneIn.<\/p>\n

Listen to the episode now<\/em><\/p>\n