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Music For a Sunday Afternoon

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
60 minutes

First episode date
  
5 February 1967

Network
  
CBC Television

Genre
  
Classical music

Original language(s)
  
English

Executive producer(s)
  
Franz Kraemer

Original network
  
CBC Television

Final episode date
  
26 March 1967

Number of seasons
  
1

Language
  
English

Music For a Sunday Afternoon is a Canadian classical music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.

Contents

Premise

This classical music series featured mostly Canadian productions except for two episodes from the BBC.

The BBC episodes were "The Golden Ring" (broadcast 5 February 1967) and "Double Concerto" (17 February 1967). The first featured a recording of Richard Wagner's music and was previously aired on CBC's Festival. "Double Concerto" followed pianists Daniel Barenboim and Vladimir Ashkenazy as they practiced and performed a Mozart concerto.

Canadian-produced episodes included:

  • a Bernardo Segall recital of Chopin's work
  • Glenn Gould performing Beethoven, marking 140 years after the composer's death
  • Cavalleria rusticana (Jean-Ives Landry producer), the opera by Mascagni
  • an Isaac Stern recital (Pierre Morin producer)
  • Les Sylphides performed by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,
  • Scheduling

    This hour-long series was broadcast Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 February to 26 March 1967.

    References

    Music For a Sunday Afternoon Wikipedia