Music For a Sunday Afternoon

Music For a Sunday Afternoon
Genre	classical music
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer(s)	Franz Kraemer
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC Television
Original run	5 February 1967 – 26 March 1967

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

1. ^ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Music For a Sunday Afternoon". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=981. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Music For a Sunday Afternoon". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Mus.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.