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BBC 4 has recently had a season of programmes relating to the piano. There was coverage of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, as well as a number of excellent documentaries, including a fascinating programme about the life and recordings of Glenn Gould. I would highly recommend watching any of them when they are repeated (as they surely will be since they are on one of the BBC’s digital channels).
I’ve also started listening to more Keith Jarrett, and I’ve produced a basic transcription of his improvisation Radiance #8.
Watching the Gould programme made me go back and listen again to his awesome recordings of the Goldberg Variations. It’s such a fantastic piece - I’ve ordered the sheet music online.
I’m going to find out exactly what damage only playing on an electric piano has done to my technique…