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- A thrice-divorced radio host and a commitment-shy art curator fall in love, but their relationship is affected by the experiences of their friends and families.
- Canoeist and painter Bill Mason explores the Canadian wilderness to the north of Lake Superior.
- This feature documentary presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of the predominantly Black Canadian residents in Toronto facing imposed relocation.
- Artist Jack Bush discusses his life, his work, and art in Canada.
- A look at the works of painter Paul Kane.
- Chaim Mordechaj Rumkowski, a Polish Jew who helped the Nazis, is profiled.
- The works of Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert established music as an accessible and popular art form in Western society. The program also examines J.S. Bach's exploration of the tempered scale, a method of tuning keyboard instruments that simplified the task of writing for a full orchestra.
- During the pre-World War I era the music of Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin and John Philip Sousa influenced the popular musical tastes of America. Abroad, Debussy, Strauss and Mahler filled concert halls, while Igor Stravinsky advanced the revolution with The Rite of Spring. With the dawn of the 20th century, the audio recording was invented. In contrast with the sophisticated and impressionistic music of Europe, American music at the turn of the century was influenced by African rhythms and melodies which produced the blues, spirituals, minstrel shows and ragtime. These new musical forms were popularized by the advent of motion pictures.