Season 1 (2008)

The Gothic Revolution
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March 21, 2008 • 59m

Simon Russell Beale begins his journey at Notre Dame in Paris, where an enigmatic medieval music manuscript provides the key to th...Read more

Palestrina and the Popes
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March 28, 2008 • 59m

Simon Russell Beale uncovers the links between the papal intrigues of Renaissance Rome and the music of the enigmatic Palestrina,...Read more

Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors
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April 4, 2008 • 59m

Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is drive...Read more

Bach and the Lutheran Legacy
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April 11, 2008 • 59m

With music performed by The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers, Beale explores how Martin Luther, himself a composer, had a ...Read more