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Sacred Music

Specials 2008 - 2011

  • 2008-03-23T00:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 1h
  • 3h (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary, Special Interest
Four-part documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

3 episodes

Special 1 An Easter Celebration

  • 2008-03-23T00:00:00Z1h

A special concert for Easter from LSO St Luke's in London, performed by choir The Sixteen.

2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

Special 2 God's Composer

Special 2 God's Composer

  • 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z1h

Simon Russell Beale continues his Sacred Music journey in this special celebration marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria.

Simon Russell Beale tells the story behind Allegri's Miserere, one of the most popular pieces of sacred music ever written. Features a full performance by the Sixteen.

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