The Concert Hour [SEP] country of origin
The Concert Hour
The Concert Hour ( L'Heure du concert) is a Canadian classical music television series which aired on CBC Television in English and Radio-Canada in French from 1954 to 1958.
Premise.
This was initially a local series on Montreal's CBFT airing on alternate weeks with "Teletheatre" until it was given a dual-network run from May 1954.
Guest musicians included Glenn Gould, Louis Quilico, Robert Savoie and Rosalyn Tureck.
Classical music selections were supplemented by ballet, contemporary music and
the Country" a play Turgenev wrote 30 years earlier.
- "Vigilance" ("The Times Literary Supplement", 04 Sep 1998) - An aficionado of classical music complains about the increasing misbehaviour amongst his fellow concert-goers and of the increasingly dramatic steps his vigilance requires as he seeks to reduce the level of noise in the audience around him.
- "Bark" - Jean-Etienne Delacour, former obsessive gourmand and gambler turns into an ascetic in order to outlive fellow investors in a tontine, avidly