Reflections is a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 classical music television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1962.

Premise

This Halifax-produced series featured song standards

Standard (music)

In music, a standard is a tune or song of established popularity.-See also:* Blues standard* Jazz standard* Pop standard* Great American Songbook-Further reading:* Greatest Rock Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 0793588391...

 and informally presented classical music. During the series run, arrangements were provided by musicians such as Lucio Agostini

Lucio Agostini

Lucio Agostini was an Italian-born composer, arranger, and conductor who established his career in Canada.-Life:...

, and Ed McCurdy

Ed McCurdy

Ed McCurdy was an American folk singer, songwriter, and television actor. His anti-war classic, "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" , inspired and gave hope to those in the peace movement.-Career:...

 was among the various guests. The series orchestra was led by conductor and arranger Gordon MacPherson from the Maritime Conservatory of Music

Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts

The Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts is a Canadian performing arts school in Halifax, Nova Scotia that offers courses in higher education in music, dance, and theatre. The school was founded in 1954 when the Halifax Conservatory of Music and the Maritime Academy of Music merged after the...

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Reflections was adapted from Souvenirs, a local 15-minute CBC Halifax

CBHT

CBHT is the flagship station of CBC Television in the Atlantic Time Zone of Canada. CBHT broadcasts on terrestrial channel 39 at 157.54 kW and cable channel 11 in the Halifax metro area...

series.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times in Eastern):

Day	Time	Season run
Saturdays	6:00 p.m.	2 April 1960	24 September 1960
Mondays	3:00 p.m.	17 October 1960	26 June 1961
Sundays	5:30 p.m.	7 January 1962	30 September 1962