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Sacred Music
Series 2, Brahms and Bruckner
Documentary series in which Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. He travels to Germany and Austria to explore the work of two musical giants, Brahms and Bruckner. With Harry Christophers and his choir The Sixteen, Simon discovers how Bruckner approached his sacred music as a devout Catholic, while Brahms found himself unable to believe in anything but his music.
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Anton BrucknerArts, Culture & the MediaCatholicismClassicalDocumentariesHistoryJohannes BrahmsReligion & EthicsSimon Russell Beale