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Let's Talk Music

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
5

Original network
  
CBC Television

Final episode date
  
11 October 1967

Number of seasons
  
5

Language
  
English

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
30 minutes

First episode date
  
6 May 1962

Network
  
CBC Television

Genre
  
Classical music

Original release
  
6 May 1962 – 11 October 1967

Let's Talk Music was a Canadian classical music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1967.

Contents

Premise

Series hosts William Stevens, a pianist, and Norman Kihl, an announcer for the network, hosted this Montreal-produced series on classical music geared towards viewers who were unfamiliar with the genre. Stevens explained classical music concepts with performances of pieces by Stevens and guests which included Dorothy Weldon (harp), Robert Peters (tenor), Louis Charbonneau (tympani).

Scheduling

The half-hour series was broadcast on the national network on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. from 6 May to 24 June 1962. It returned on a regional basis in Ontario and Quebec from 1965 to 1967, airing from July until September or October at various time slots in those years.

References

Let's Talk Music Wikipedia