“The north has fascinated me since childhood”. Il paesaggio contrappuntistico di Glenn Gould

On 28 December 1967, Canadian radio aired the documentary The Idea of North, conceived and realised by pianist Glenn Gould. Synthesis of at least three subjects – documentary, music and drama –, it is just one example of the so-called «counterpoint radio» – of high artistic value – created by Gould himself: a ‘work of moods’, in which musical, technological, landscape and fantastic elements are inevitably intertwined with the aesthetic and executive ideals of the pianist and theorist.