Sacred Music

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Sacred Music

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.

2017
December 23, 2017 of the TV-show Sacred Music was broadcast by BBC4 on Saturday 23 December 2017 at 6:16.
Episodes 2013
The story behind Allegri's Miserere, one of the most popular pieces of sacred music.(R)
Episodes 2012
A programme of choral music for Christmas from St Augustine's church in Kilburn.(R)
Thomas Tallis and William Byrd were important composers in England's musical Renaissance.(R)
Simon Russell Beale visits Notre Dame and finds the key to the development of polyphony.(R)
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