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[00:05.42]The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is to be soloist now, and Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in the performance of the Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor by Brahms
[00:21.34]I think Mr. Bernstein will have something to say to the audience. So get down to the stage
[00:29.52]Don't be frightened. Mr.Gould is here. He will appear in a moment
[00:35.00]I'm not, um, as you know, in the habit of speaking on any concert except the Thursday night previews
[00:43.01]but a curious situation has arisen, which merits, I think, a word or two
[00:49.71]You are about to hear a rather, shall we say, unorthodox performance of the Brahms D Minor Concerto
[00:58.02]a performance distinctly different from any I've ever heard, or even dreamt of for that matter
[01:04.00]in its remarkably broad tempi and its frequent departures from Brahms' dynamic indications
[01:12.74]I cannot say I am in total agreement with Mr.Gould's conception
[01:17.97]and this raises the interesting question:"What am I doing conducting?”
[01:24.41]I'm conducting it because Mr.Gould is so valid and serious an artist
[01:30.51]that I must take seriously anything he conceives in good faith
[01:35.85]and his conception is interesting enough so that I feel you should hear it, too
[01:44.62]But the age old question still remains:"In a concerto, who is the boss; the soloist or the conductor?"
[01:56.57]The answer is, of course, sometimes one, sometimes the other, depending on the people involved
[02:02.37]But almost always, the two manage to get together by persuasion or charm or even threats to achieve a unified performance
[02:13.78]I have only once before in my life had to submit to a soloist's wholly new and incompatible concept and that was the last time I accompanied Mr.Gould
[02:31.04]But, but this time the discrepancies between our views are so great that I feel I must make this small disclaimer
[02:45.76]Then why, to repeat the question, am I conducting it?
[02:49.91]Why do I not make a minor scandal—get a substitute soloist, or let an assistant conduct?
[02:57.07]Because I am fascinated, glad to have the chance for a new look at this much-played work
[03:05.37]Because, what's more, there are moments in Mr. Gould's performance that emerge with astonishing freshness and conviction
[03:13.90]Thirdly, because we can all learn something from this extraordinary artist, who is a thinking performer
[03:22.74]and finally because there is in music what Dimitri Mitropoulos used to call "the sportive element"
[03:30.64]that factor of curiosity, adventure, experiment
[03:35.29]and I can assure you that it has been an adventure this week collaborating with Mr. Gould on this Brahms concerto
[03:43.74]and it's in this spirit of adventure that we now present it to you