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FAIREST ISLE Choral Foundations

on BBC Radio 3

Adrian Jack begins a tour of six English cathedrals, celebrating their heritage in music, architecture and history.
1: Canterbury
Guided by the Dean, the Very Rev John A Simpson , Adrian Jack explores the building that witnessed the martyrdom of Thomas Beckett , an act which ensured the cathedral's overriding importance as a place of pilgrimage.
With music by composers linked with Canterbury over the centuries or who have written works for ceremonial occasions there, including Tallis,
Gibbons, Vaughan Williams , Sidney Campbell , and more recently Alan Ridout and Gabriel Jackson.
Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, director
David Rood
Producer Tim Thome
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Contributors

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Adrian Jack
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John A Simpson
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Adrian Jack
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Thomas Beckett
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Vaughan Williams
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Sidney Campbell
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Alan Ridout
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Gabriel Jackson.
Director:
David Rood
Producer:
Tim Thome

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