For the kickoff to the 37th Annual Northwest Bach Festival last night, the missus and I eschewed the wine-and-cheese affair at Barrister in favor of a showing of Francois Girard’s Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould over at the MAC.
The presence of Zuill himself (no, not that one) was a pleasant surprise, though it sent the ladies into a collective swoon that threatened to delay the start of the film. I mean, seriously—the guy looks like he just stepped from the cover of a grocery store romance novel.
Apparently, the event to attend this year is the Catalyst String Quartet’s performance of their own arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. That’s this coming Sunday at St. John’s Cathedral. I understand that smelling salts will be made available following Mr. Bailey’s pre-concert “conversation.”
