Sacred Music - Series 2

A second series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

Sacred Music - Series 2 - Brahms and Bruckner

Simon Russell Beale travels to Germany and Austria to explore the work of Brahms and Bruckner. He discovers how Bruckner approached music as a devout Catholic.

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Sacred Music - Series 2 - Faure and Poulenc

Simon Russell Beale travels through France to explore the story behind Faure's Requiem and discovers how it laid the foundations for a distinctively French style.

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Sacred Music - Series 2 - Gorecki and Part

Simon Russell Beale visits Poland and Estonia to discover why the music of the spiritual composers Gorecki and Part strikes such a chord in today's hectic world.

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Sacred Music - Series 2 - Searching Out the Sacred

Simon Russell Beale returns to the UK to explore how three different approaches to Christian music have captured the spiritual imagination of the nation.

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