{"id":47789,"date":"2017-09-25T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T00:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=47789"},"modified":"2017-09-25T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T00:27:32","slug":"the-scoop-glenn-gould-gets-a-birthday-message-from-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/09\/25\/the-scoop-glenn-gould-gets-a-birthday-message-from-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Glenn Gould Gets A Birthday Message From Outer Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47796\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Astronaut-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Glenn Gould receives a birthday message from outer space\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Astronaut-crop.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Astronaut-crop-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Astronaut-crop-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenn Gould receives a birthday message from outer space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All the way from the International Space Station orbiting above the earth, American Commander Randy Bresnik sent a special birthday message today for Glenn Gould (and Canada).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;September 25 marks the birthday of a Canadian hero, Glenn Gould who would have turned 85 this year, Bresnik\u00a0says while floating in front\u00a0of a Canadian flag.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Bresnik refers\u00a0to the famous Golden Record which features 27 tracks, including a recording of Gould&#8217;s playing an aria from Bach&#8217;s Goldberg Variations. Gould was selected to help &#8220;reflect the wonder, diversity and richness\u00a0of humanities universal language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It ends with Bresnik joking that Glenn Gould was the first Canadian in space.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/234856269\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and reviews before anyone else finds out? 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