<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr">The seminar will be taking place in London on March 12th, but it will also be on youtube for those of us who do not happen to be in London. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr">The first link below is to the youtube page, and below that is a link to the page where the seminar is announced and described.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaepXEGZ6MQ" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5856">www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaepXEGZ6MQ</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.dajf.org.uk/event/glenn-gould-and-natsume-soseki" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6215">http://www.dajf.org.uk/event/glenn-gould-and-natsume-soseki</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr" class="" style="">In case, the above link doesn't come through properly, here is the text…..</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none; font-size: 19px; font-family: FranKleinBook, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6327">Seminar</div><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; outline: none; font-weight: normal; font-size: 22px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(238, 53, 36); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6328">Glenn Gould and Natsume Soseki</h1><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6330"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6357">2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of </span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The Three Cornered World</span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6362">, Alan Turney’s award-winning translation of </span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6359"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6358">Kusamakura </span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6329">by Japan’s great literary maestro Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). Two years after it was published, the translation was read by the world’s most famous pianist Glenn Gould (1932-82). </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6332"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6361"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6360">The Three Cornered World</span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6331"> was not only to become Gould’s favourite book, but also one that would obsess Gould for the last 15 years of his life. Gould subsequently bought every Soseki work that was available in English translation and had more works in his library by Soseki than by any other writer. He produced 37 pages of notes on </span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6389"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6388">The Three Cornered World</span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6333"> and was preparing his own radio play based on the book before his untimely death intervened. When he died, there were only two books at his bedside: </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The Bible</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> and </span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6428"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6427">The Three Cornered World</span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6334">. What was it about Soseki that so engaged Gould’s interest?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6336"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6335">Despite there being numerous biographies and documentary films about Gould’s enigmatic genius, the impact of </span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The Three Cornered World</span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6337"> on him is a subject which has generally escaped consideration: was there actually a connection between Gould’s celebrated late rendition of Bach’s </span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Goldberg Variations</span></em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> and his passionate interest in Soseki? </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6339"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6338">In this 50th anniversary year, Damian Flanagan celebrates an endlessly fascinating triangle linking Bach, Gould and Soseki – a Three Cornered World connecting three extraordinary geniuses.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6287" class="">*If you are unable to visit us at Japan House, you can view the event on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaepXEGZ6MQ" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6285">www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaepXEGZ6MQ</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; outline: none; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; font-family: FranKleinBold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(238, 53, 36); border: none;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6429">Seminar details:</h3><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: FranKleinBook, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70) !important;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6430">12 March 2015<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none;" class="">Event time: 6:00 – 7:00pm</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: FranKleinBook, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70) !important;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6431">Drinks reception from 7:00pm</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: FranKleinBook, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70) !important;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6432">13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none; font-size: 13px; font-family: FranKleinBook, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70) !important;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_6433">Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425936644613_5708" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>