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to being in the North
or some special virtue...
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in having been
with the primitive people.
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You know what special virtue
is there in that?
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lt is most diffiicult to describe.
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lt was extreme observation.
This is very true.
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l knew very well l could not go anywhere
except for a mile or two walking.
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l always think of the long summer nights
when the snow had melted...
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the lakes were open and the geese
and ducks had started to fly home.
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During that time
the sun would set...
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and when there was still
the last shimmer in the sky...
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l would walk out
to one of those lakes...
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and watch those ducks and geese
just fly around peacefully...
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or sitting on the water...
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and l felt that l was
almost part of that country--
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part of that peaceful surrounding--
and l wished that it would never end.
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This is Glenn Gould and this program is
called "The ldea of North."
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Let's talk about the radio documentaries
you made for the CBC.
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Two of your programs "The ldea
of North" and "The Latecomers"...
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are both about the idea of solitude...
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as it affects people living
in Northern Canada.
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ln fact all of those programs deal
to some degree with solitude.
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l've made five programs that have
taken 300 or 400 hours of studio time.
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Number one was as you mentioned
"The ldea of North."
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Two was " Latecomers."
Three was "Stokowski."
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Four is one we're just mixing now
on Casals--
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"Casals: A Portrait for Radio."
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l'm doing one next year on Schoenberg
and there's one that's lain around...