Great Music from Chicago

Name: Great Music from Chicago
Genre: Music
Released: 1959-10-18
Cast: John Barbirolli, Count Basie, Thomas Beecham

TV Series
1959–1966
1h

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Aired weekly at 8:00 p.m. Sunday evenings with Deems Taylor as the initial host and narrator, focusing primarily on classical music with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as the principal ensem... Read allAired weekly at 8:00 p.m. Sunday evenings with Deems Taylor as the initial host and narrator, focusing primarily on classical music with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as the principal ensemble.Aired weekly at 8:00 p.m. Sunday evenings with Deems Taylor as the initial host and narrator, focusing primarily on classical music with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as the principal ensemble.

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's participation in the "Great Music from Chicago" TV series lasted four seasons, from 1959 to 1963. After 1963, the series continued for three more years but focused exclusively on popular artists and music. Of the 104 shows produced by WGN during the Orchestra's tenure, nearly 80 have been found. The collection, held by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Rosenthal Archives, comprises one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive symphony-based film and video archives in the United States.