As host and performer, Gould outlines the music of the 20th century and combines it with the ideas and art of the period.
In this part of the programme “Music In Our Time - Part 2: The Flight From Order“ Glenn Gould explores „Pierrot lunaire op. 21 For Reciter and Chamber Ensemble“ by the great composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951).
reciter: Patricia Rideout
clarinet: James Campbell
violin: Adele Armin
flute: Suzanne Shulman
00:00 No. 1: Mondestrunken
01:53 No. 2: Colombine
04:03 No. 3: Der Dandy
05:32 No. 4: Eine blasse Wäscherin
07:04 No. 5: Valse de Copin
09:12 No. 6: Madonna
11:15 No. 7: Der kranke Mond