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BBC – SACRED MUSIC SERIES: EPISODE 3 OF 4: Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors Four-part documentary series in which Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England’s own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret. This is a documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Taking the viewer on a pilgrimage spanning six centuries Simon presents a rich mix of personal, political and musical stories. Each episode features some of the greatest music ever written. www.open2.net Episode-3: Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England\’s own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret.

BBC – SACRED MUSIC SERIES: EPISODE 3 OF 4: Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors Four-part documentary series in which Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England’s own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret. This is a documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Taking the viewer on a pilgrimage spanning six centuries Simon presents a rich mix of personal, political and musical stories. Each episode features some of the greatest music ever written. www.open2.net Episode-3: Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England\’s own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret.

BBC – SACRED MUSIC SERIES: EPISODE 3 OF 4: Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors Four-part documentary series in which Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England’s own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret. This is a documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. Taking the viewer on a pilgrimage spanning six centuries Simon presents a rich mix of personal, political and musical stories. Each episode features some of the greatest music ever written. www.open2.net Episode-3: Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England\’s own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret.