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
References
^Corcelli, John (May 2005).
"Directions in Music". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.