<div dir="ltr">Hi again Matthew,<div><br></div><div>I tried the link that you sent, but it's just delivering a blank screen. I've tried a few variations of that link to see if I could get it to download. Are you able to download it?</div><div><br></div><div>Noel</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM Noel Roberts <<a href="mailto:noelgroberts@gmail.com" target="_blank">noelgroberts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Matthew,<div><br></div><div>I'll try to pursue that. I tried to order it from the National Archives using :</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>ISN 557676 / Glenn Gould memorial service, part 1, St Paul's
[Anglican Church, Toronto]</b> </span></div><div><br></div><div>And they found another recording which they added to my order. (<a href="https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=filvidandsou&IdNumber=438588&q_type_1=q&q_1=438588&ecopy=" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ISN 438588 / Glenn Gould memorial service</span></a>)</div><div><br></div><div>They said that I would receive a copyright release form from the CBC, but I haven't seen that yet. It's been a month.</div><div><br></div><div>The options were to get it in MP3 or WAV format. I've requested WAV audio format to maximize the quality.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Noel</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM Matthew Harding <<a href="mailto:matt@ktlgroup.ca" target="_blank">matt@ktlgroup.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello Noel,<div><br></div><div>The recording is at least, publicly available from the UofT archives:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="http://library.music.utoronto.ca/media/Concerts/CD1982/TP1982--050_01.mp3" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(229,230,233);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(229,230,233)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://library.music.utoronto.ca/media/Concerts/CD1982/TP1982--050_01.mp3" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#808080" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.498)">music.utoronto.ca</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:0px 12px 0px 0px" width="32"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://library.music.utoronto.ca/media/Concerts/CD1982/TP1982--050_01.mp3" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline-block; width: 32px; height: 32px;" width="32" height="32"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div>I also have a copy of the Order of Service which I will post later when I find it.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Matthew</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br id="m_-8234545572236179223m_562954843267737727m_-822279429179013707lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 21, 2025, at 6:41 PM, Noel Roberts <<a href="mailto:noelgroberts@gmail.com" target="_blank">noelgroberts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>There seemed to be some confusion as to who organized Glenn Gould's Memorial Service on Oct 15, 1982.</div><div><br></div><div>It was John P. L. Roberts, who was asked by Glenn's father Bert. Bert realized that there would be an expectation for the public to mourn, and as John remembers it, Bert said "<span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">I'm too old. I can't do it and I don't know all the people." So he asked John to lead it. John consulted with Bert and also kept him informed along the way.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">It was a mad rush to organize the memorial service in 2 weeks. The venue, the selection of the music, the artists, media handling, notifying various embassies, and so on. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">John recalls trying to track down Elmer Isler who was on tour with the Elmer Isler singers in the US, Maureen Forrester and others. He mentions they came rushing back, postponing their American tour.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">John originally reached out to St James Cathedral in Toronto as the venue of choice, but as calls from the press, and the level of media attention increased, he realized that the Cathedral was not going to be big enough. He reached out to St Paul's Anglican church as it was larger, and they were very gracious in accommodating the memorial service on such short notice, as they had to cancel or postpone an event that had been planned for that weekend.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">The CBC was going to broadcast it in Canada, and I believe that there was a broadcaster in the US who also broadcast it live there (likely at least in New York).</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">Here are a few things that John recalls, that may be of interest:</span></div><div><ol><li><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">John wanted to involve the congregation in the service, and since Glenn loved the old hymns, two were chosen. Bert loved the idea of involving everyone. Many hymns were suggested, and the two that were chosen were done so in consultation with at least organist John Tuttle and likely others. John asked </span><span id="m_-8234545572236179223m_562954843267737727m_-822279429179013707m_-24853840093705114gmail-docs-internal-guid-0f9139d3-7fff-a436-f508-767807e09bf1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Godfrey Ridout to make the musical arrangements, who probably did so working with John Tuttle. The hymns were:</span></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li>“The Old Hundredth” chorale (from "Glenn Gould, A Life and Variations", Friedrich, p.4)</li><li>The chorale "Nun danket alle Gott" - Now Thank We All Our God (from Alexina Louie's post: <a href="https://www.glenngould.ca/2020/12/07/o-magnum-mysterium/" target="_blank">https://www.glenngould.ca/2020/12/07/o-magnum-mysterium/</a>)</li></ol><li>John wanted representation from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and worked with Walter Homburger, who was able to assemble the quintet.</li><li>John also wanted it to end with Glenn playing, and so chose it end with the Aria da Capo (Track #32 of Glenn's second recording of the Goldberg Variations)</li></ol><div>Here's what I was able to assemble as to the music that was performed at the service:</div><div><span id="m_-8234545572236179223m_562954843267737727m_-822279429179013707m_-24853840093705114gmail-docs-internal-guid-139460cb-7fff-5c58-c8de-431e3d539218"><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Music Programme included:</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BMV 544 ; </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">J Brahms, Motet for Double Chorus, op.110, no. 1 Ich Aber Bin Elends ;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">from the J.S. Bach Motet No.3, BMV 227, Jesu Meine Freude ; (Elmer Iseler Singers)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">J.S. Bach, Allegro from Sonata in G minor for flute and continuo, BWV 1020 ; (Tuttle and Aitken)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">J.S. Bach, Have Mercy Lord from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; (Forrester, accompanied by Staryk and Tuttle. This was a work that Forrester had performed with Gould)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Cavatina from Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat Major, op. 130 ; (the Orford String Quartet)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">J.S. Bach, Aria da Capo from Goldberg Variations. (Recording. Aria da Capo, Track #32 of second Gould recording of the Goldberg Variations)</span></p></li></ol></ol><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">John also recalls reaching out to various embassies, which resulted in some countries being represented at the service.</span></font></div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">On a different and anecdotal note, John remembers being at the hospital with Bert and Vera (Bert's second wife) for the discussion with the doctor who informed them that there would be no recovery for Glenn. The suggestion was to take Glenn off of life support the next day, October 3rd, but as this fell on Vera's birthday, it was decided to take him off of life support on October 4th instead.</span></font></div></div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Here are some of the sources that I used. Supposedly there's a recording of the memorial service, but the CBC has copyright. I would love for that to be available in the CBC online archive.</span></font></div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/otufm51-tp-1982-050" target="_blank">https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/otufm51-tp-1982-050</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=557676&app=FilVidAndSou&ecopy=" target="_blank">https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=557676&app=FilVidAndSou&ecopy=</a><font color="#1f1f1f" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Happy reading!</div><div>Noel</div></span></div></div></div>
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