Sacred Music - Series 1
Four-part documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.
Sacred Music - Series 1 - An Easter Celebration
Simon Russell Beale presents a special concert for Easter from LSO St Luke's in London, performed by the award-winning choir The Sixteen.
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Sacred Music - Series 1 - Bach and the Lutheran Legacy
Simon Russell Beale explores Western sacred music. He looks at how Martin Luther, himself a composer, had a profound effect on its development.
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Sacred Music - Series 1 - Palestrina and the Popes
Simon Russell Beale explores Western sacred music. He uncovers links between the papal intrigues of Renaissance Rome and the work of composer Palestrina.
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Sacred Music - Series 1 - Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors
Simon Russell Beale explores Western sacred music. He looks at the works of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, part of the Renaissance in Tudor England.
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Sacred Music - Series 1 - The Gothic Revolution
Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. He begins at Notre Dame in Paris, where he finds the key to the development of polyphony.
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