Directions in Music
Encyclopedia
Directions in Music is a Canadian
music television miniseries which aired on CBC Television
in 1961.
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
music television miniseries which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
in 1961.
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