This week marks the anniversary of the passing of one of the world's greatest composers (and one of Scott Drayco's favorites), Johann Sebastian Bach, who died on July 28 in 1750. One of the most iconic performers of Bach's piano music in the modern era is Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould, whose career really skyrocketed with his recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. In October 13, 1957, Gould was featured in an address and Music for the Queen, performing movements from Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra with the CBC Orchestra - thus making the following excerpt also poignant for its connections to the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth:
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