Music For a Sunday Afternoon

Music For a Sunday Afternoon is a Canadian classical music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1967.

Music For a Sunday Afternoon
Genre	classical music
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer	Franz Kraemer
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	5 February (1967-02-05) – 26 March 1967 (1967-03-26)

Premise

This classical music series featured mostly Canadian productions except for two episodes from the BBC.

The BBC episodes were "The Golden Ring" (broadcast 5 February 1967) and "Double Concerto" (17 February 1967). 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.^[1]

Canadian-produced episodes included:

• a Bernardo Segall recital of Chopin's work
• Glenn Gould performing Beethoven, marking 140 years after the composer's death
• Cavalleria rusticana (Jean-Ives Landry producer), the opera by Mascagni
• an Isaac Stern recital (Pierre Morin producer)
• Les Sylphides performed by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 February to 26 March 1967.