Each of these 32 separate miniatures occurs in a structure meant to emulate the structure of the Goldberg variations, the musical piece Gould is most closely associated with. Colm Feore does a wonderful job conveying the Canadian genius in all his eccentricities, whether musical, social or personal. His portrayal of Gould is as well across a range of ages.
For a man who did "not like the piano" we can only be astonished at the impact he had on the music and media world, a world he left early in his professional life and a wider world he departed from early by his death at the age of fifty.
For a man who did "not like the piano" we can only be astonished at the impact he had on the music and media world, a world he left early in his professional life and a wider world he departed from early by his death at the age of fifty.