Sacred Music
Actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music
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1.The Gothic Revolution
21-03-200859mSimon Russell Beale begins his journey at Notre Dame in Paris, where an enigmatic medieval music manuscript provides the key to the early development of polyphony - music of 'many...
2.Palestrina and the Popes
28-03-200859mSimon Russell Beale uncovers the links between the papal intrigues of Renaissance Rome and the music of the enigmatic Palestrina, whose work is considered by many to be unsurpasse...
3.Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors
04-04-200859mBeale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tall...
4.Bach and the Lutheran Legacy
11-04-200859mWith music performed by The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers, Beale explores how Martin Luther, himself a composer, had a profound effect on the development of sacred music...
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