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Directions in Music

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Location(s)
  
Vancouver

First episode date
  
23 April 1961

Network
  
CBC Television

Number of episodes
  
5

Language
  
English

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
5

Running time
  
30 minutes

Final episode date
  
21 May 1961

Number of seasons
  
1

Genre
  
Music

Directions in Music is a Canadian music television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1961.

Contents

Premise

This Vancouver production featured five episodes of various musical forms.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 23 April to 21 May 1961.

Episodes

  1. "Apollo and Hyacinth", a 1949 composition by Hans Werner Henze, was sung by Winona Denyes (mezzo soprano) with musicians conducted by John Avison
  2. Lloyd Powell provided discussion and a performance of post-Bach piano music
  3. Intimate opera was featured, including a London Intimate Opera Company performance of Thomas Arne's Thomas and Sally Works by Purcell and Offenbach were also noted in this episode.
  4. James Joyce's compositions
  5. A recital of madrigals by the Vancouver Cantata Singers under conductor Hugh McLean

References

Directions in Music Wikipedia