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Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

Actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

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Sacred Music: Series 2

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Sacred Music: Series 2: Episode 2: Faure and Poulenc

Faure and Poulenc

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Episode 2: Faure and Poulenc

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Simon Russell explores the story behind Faure's much-loved Requiem.

Simon Russell Beale travels through France to explore the story behind Faure's Requiem and discovers how it laid the foundations for a distinctively French style.

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.

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Dcumentary series exploring the flowering of Western sacred music.

A second series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

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