Glenn Gould’s The Solitude Trilogy, Part 01: The Idea of North (1967)

Description from CBC: “Gould’s first “contrapuntal radio documentary“ and the first installment in his “Solitude Trilogy.“ Originally broadcast on the CBC Radio programme Ideas, Dec. 28, 1967. An anthropologist, sociologist, a nurse, and a surveyor discuss the subjective ’idea’ and the reality of the North. Montage and voice counterpoint are used to express the antagonism and scope of the country, the loneliness and isolation, the warmth of community living, personal reasons for living there, the fear that human nature will gradually take over from the elements as common enemy number one, and the challenge involved in any decision to live there. During the last eight minutes the voices are heard over music.”