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Episode 1: A Christmas History of Sacred Music

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

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Simon Russell Beale visits Italy, Britain, Germany and Austria to see how the sound of Christmas has evolved in response to changing ideas about the Nativity. Show more

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