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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.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Sundays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 23 April to 21 May 1961.

Episodes

1. "Apollo and Hyacinth", a 1949 composition by Hans Werner Henze, was sung by Winona Denyes (mezzo-soprano) with musicians conducted by John Avison
2. Lloyd Powell provided discussion and a performance of post-Bach piano music
3. 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.
4. James Joyce's compositions
5. A recital of madrigals by the Vancouver Cantata Singers under conductor Hugh McLean

References

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

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Directions in Music". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

• CBC Television original programming
• 1961 Canadian television series debuts
• 1961 Canadian television series endings