Directions in Music explained
| Genre: | music |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Channel: | CBC Television |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Location: | Vancouver |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Directions in Music is a Canadian music television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1961.
Premise
This Vancouver production featured five episodes of various musical forms.[1]
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 23 April to 21 May 1961.
Episodes
- "Apollo and Hyacinth", a 1949 composition by Hans Werner Henze, was sung by Winona Denyes (mezzo-soprano) with musicians conducted by John Avison
- Lloyd Powell provided discussion and a performance of post-Bach piano music
- 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.
- James Joyce's compositions
- A recital of madrigals by the Vancouver Cantata Singers under conductor Hugh McLean
External links
- Web site: Directions in Music . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150114075939/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Dan.html . 14 January 2015 . dmy .
Notes and References
- Web site: Directions in Music . John . Corcelli . May 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .
