Music For a Sunday Afternoon
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" and "Double Concerto". 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.
Canadian-produced episodes included:
- a Bernardo Segall recital of Chopin's work
- Glenn Gould performing Beethoven, marking 140 years after the composer's deathCavalleria rusticana, the opera by Mascagni
- an Isaac Stern recital Les Sylphides performed by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,