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Katie Hafner, A Romance on Three Legs
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Wednesday July 9, 2008 (7:30pm)
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Genius loves eccentricity, and Canadian pianist Glenn Gould had both in spades. As seen in the intense debate over his virtuosic interpretations of Bach, it's often been difficult for critics to uncouple Gould's technical gifts from his notorious OCD in the recording studio. Katie Hafner's A Romance on Three Legs tackles one of Gould's grandest obsessions — a Steinway concert-grand piano, known cryptically as CD 318. Befitting the man who used the same piano stool his entire career, Hafner's account revels in the minute details of Gould's fetishistic relationship with this most curious of beloveds.
