Music For a Sunday Afternoon
Music For a Sunday Afternoon is a Canadian classical music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.
| Music For a Sunday Afternoon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | classical music |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Franz Kraemer |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC Television |
| Original release | 5 February – 26 March 1967 |
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.[1]
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
- Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Music For a Sunday Afternoon". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Music For a Sunday Afternoon". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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