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Sunday Worship: From Grief to Glory - Shakespeare 400

24/04/2016

From Grief to Glory - Shakespeare 400

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, From Grief to Glory - Shakespeare 400

Live from Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon, where Shakespeare is buried.

A service live from Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, reflecting on the spiritual legacy of William Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago.

'From Grief to Glory' - On the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, Sunday Worship visits Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon, where the playwright is buried. The Revd Patrick Taylor, Vicar of Holy Trinity, and the Revd Dr Paul Edmondson, Shakespeare scholar, lead a service which reflects on Shakespeare's profound sense of relationship with the divine, including a specially composed Sonnet set to music by Philip Stopford. With members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Choir of Holy Trinity Church and the Chamber Choir and Orchestra of the Swan directed by David Curtis and Benedict Wilson. Producer Stephen Shipley.

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