When Glenn Gould quit the concert circuit, he shifted his career to the recording studio.  Immersing himself in radio and broadcast work, most notably with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto, he went on to produce many radio documentaries.  He invented "contrapuntal radio," a technique that takes multiple voices and plays them over top of each other to produce a single, multi-layered narrative. This technique continues to be the touchstone for radio artists around the world today. 

One of Gould's most famous radio pieces was The Idea of North, in which Glenn explores the themes of solitude and isolation of Canada's Arctic with stories from Arctic residents.  Read unique interviews with Glenn’s principal broadcasting technicians, Lorne Tulk and The Idea of North editor, Peter Shewchuk.  

Other related articles:

- Examining the New Counterpoint: Gould's Contrapuntal Radio, by Anthony Cushing

Last updated on January 17, 2011 by GGF