Sacred Music - Series 2
Episode 1/4: 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.
Episode 2/4: Faure and Paulenc
Simon Russell Beale travels through the urban and rural landscapes of
France to explore the story behind Faure's Requiem, one of the
best-loved pieces of sacred music ever written.
With Harry
Christophers and The Sixteen, he goes on to discover how this work laid
the foundations for a distinctively French style, a tradition continued
by the compelling music of the outrageously fashionable Francis Poulenc,
working in the heart of jazz-age Paris.
Episode 3/4: Gorecki and Part
Simon Russell Beale visits Poland and Estonia to discover why the
sacred music of the two highly spiritual composers Gorecki and Part
strikes such a chord in today's noisy and fast-moving world.
Alongside
music performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, Simon's journey
takes him through the turbulent religious and political history of
Eastern Europe as he explores the important symbolic role of sacred
music in the struggle against Communism.
Episode 4/4: Searching Out the Sacred
Simon Russell Beale returns to the UK to explore how three very
different musical approaches to Christian music have captured the
spiritual imagination of the nation. The composers James MacMillan, Sir
John Tavener and John Rutter give a special insight into the challenges
and rewards of writing sacred music for the 21st century. Music is
performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen
Source: BBC Sacred Music
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