Sacred Music
Actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music
2. Fauré and Poulenc
0.0Mar 19, 2010
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.