Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 30 June 1955 Number of seasons 1 Language English | Original language(s) English Running time 60 minutes First episode date 30 September 1954 Network CBC Television Genre Music | |
Producer(s) Noel GauvenPierre Mercure | ||
CBC Concert Hour is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.
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Premise
This Montreal-produced series featured classical music, concentrating particularly on chamber music. Artists featured included Maureen Forrester, Ernest MacMillan, John Newmark, Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, Andrés Segovia and Joseph Szigeti. Boyd Neel and Wilfred Pelletier were among the conductors seen on CBC Concert Hour. Irving Gutman was the series stage director.
Scheduling
This hour-long series was broadcast Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 30 September 1954 to 30 June 1955. An earlier episode was broadcast on 27 June 1954.
References
CBC Concert Hour Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA