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Original Release
07/03/1981
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yehudi Menuhin | Self - Host |
| The Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Themselves |
| Andrew Davis | Self - Musical Director, The Toronto Symphony |
| National Arts Centre Orchestra | Themselves |
| James De Preist | Self - Conductor, National Arts Centre Orchestra / Self - Conductor, The Montreal Symphony |
| Alberto Lysy | Self - Director, Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Self - Viola |
| George Malcolm | Self - Harpsichord |
| Norma Procter | Self - Contralto |
| Orford String Quartet | Themselves |
| Montreal Symphony | Members of |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part 1: The Quiver of Life | Friday, 03 July 1981 |
| 2 | Part 2: The Flowering of Harmony | Friday, 10 July 1981 |
| 3 | Part 3: New Voices for Man | Friday, 17 July 1981 |
| 4 | Part 4: The Age of the Composer | Friday, 24 July 1981 |
| 5 | Part 5: The Age of the Individual | Sunday, 15 February 1981 |
| 6 | Part 6: The Parting of the Ways | Friday, 07 August 1981 |
| 7 | Part 7: The Known and the Unknown | Friday, 14 August 1981 |
| 8 | Part 8: Sound or Unsound | Friday, 21 August 1981 |
Directors
John Thomson, Richard Bocking, Ragnar Thell
Writers
Curtis W. Davis, Yehudi Menuhin, Charles Weir
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yehudi Menuhin | Self - Host |
| The Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Themselves |
| Andrew Davis | Self - Musical Director, The Toronto Symphony |
| National Arts Centre Orchestra | Themselves |
| James De Preist | Self - Conductor, National Arts Centre Orchestra / Self - Conductor, The Montreal Symphony |
| Alberto Lysy | Self - Director, Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Self - Viola |
| George Malcolm | Self - Harpsichord |
| Norma Procter | Self - Contralto |
| Orford String Quartet | Themselves |
| Montreal Symphony | Members of |
| Lotte Lenya | Self |
| Judy Collins | Self |
| Joan Baez | Self |
| Ravi Shankar | Self - Sitar |
| Oscar Peterson | Self |
| Aaron Copland | Self - Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra |
| John Cage | Self |
| Martha Graham | Self |
| Harumi Miyako | Self - Japanese pop singer |
| Glenn Gould | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Curtis W. Davis | Producer |
| John Thomson | Producer |
| Richard Bocking | Producer |
| Ragnar Thell | Producer |
