| Description |
2 videodiscs (298 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD-9; soundtracks in AC3 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9 ; NTSC ; region 0, plays in all territories. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Simon Russell Beale, presenter ; The Sixteen ; Harry Christophers, conductor. |
| Credits |
Episodes 1-2 produced and directed by Andy King-Dabbs. Episodes 3-4 filmed and produced by Andy Robbins. |
| Event |
Originally produced in 2008. |
| Note |
"Licensed by the BBC"--Container. |
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Program notes in English in container. |
| Contents |
Episode 1. The Gothic Revolution. Music in the episode includes Salve Regina : plainsong -- Vetus abit littera / anon. -- O quanta qualil / Peter Abelard -- Viderunt omnes ; Haec dies / Léonin -- Sederunt principes ; Viderunt omnes / Pérotin. |
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Episode 2. Palestrina & the Popes. Music in the episode includes: Assumpta est Maria ; Missa Papae Marcelli ; Exsultate Deo ; Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus ; Alma Redemptoris Mater ; Sicut cervus / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- Ave Maria ; Gaude virgo / Josquin des Pres -- Missa Entre vous fille / Orlande de Lassus. |
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Episode 3. Tallis, Byrd & the Tudors. Music in the episode includes: O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth Our Queen ; Christus resurgens ; Ye sacred muses ; This sweet and merry month of May ; Mass for four voices ; Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? ; Quomodo cantabimus ; Iustorum animae / William Byrd -- Super flumina Babylonis / Philippe de Monte -- Spem in alium ; Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater ; Mass. Puer natus ; O nata lux de lumine ; O Lord in Thee is all my trust ; If ye love me ; Why fum'th in fight the gentiles spite? ; Miserere nostri Domine / Thomas Tallis -- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / Ralph Vaughan Williams. |
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Episode 4. Bach & the Lutheran legacy. Music in the episode includes: B minor mass. Credo ; St. Matthew Passion. Chorales ; Jesu joy of man's desiring ; Christ lag in Todesbanden : cantata 4 ; Christmas oratorio. Chorale no. 5 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Ein fest Burg / Martin Luther -- Quem videstes pastores / Johann Schein. |
| Summary |
"Series One of the BBC's groundbreaking classical music programme follows renowned actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale as he explores the flowering of Western sacred music. This four-part documentary series contains a rich mix of personal, political and musical stories and features some of the greatest music ever written, all performed by Harry Christophers and his award-winning choir, The Sixteen"--Container. |
| Language |
Sung in Latin, English and German. |
| Subject |
Sacred music.
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Sacred music. |
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Church music.
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Church music. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Christophers, Harry.
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Beale, Simon Russell.
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King-Dabbs, Andy.
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Robbins, Andy.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
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Léonin, active 12th century.
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Pérotin, -1238?
Sederunt principes.
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Pérotin, -1238?
Viderunt omnes.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Missa Assumpta est Maria.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Masses, book 2. Missa Papae Marcelli.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Motets (1584 : Voices (5)). Exsultate Deo.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Masses, book 1. Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Motets (1584 : Voices (4)). Sicut cervus.
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Josquin, des Prez, -1521.
Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi.
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Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594.
Masses, voices (4-5) (1581). Missa super Entre vous filles.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Gradualia, liber 1. Christus resurgens.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Ye sacred muses.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Psalmes, songs, and sonnets. This sweet and merry month of May.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Masses, singers (4)
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Psalmes, sonets, and songs. Why do I use my paper, ink, and pen?
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Quomodo cantabimus.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Gradualia, liber 1. Justorum animae.
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Monte, Philippe de, 1521-1603.
Super flumina Babylonis.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
Spem in alium.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
Missa Puer natus est nobis.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
O nata lux de lumine.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
O Lord, in thee is all my trust.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
If ye love me.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
Psalm tunes. Why fum'th in fight.
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Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585.
Miserere nostri.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Masses, BWV 232, B minor. Selections.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Matthäuspassion. Selections.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. Jesus bleibet meine Freude.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Christ lag in Todesbanden (Cantata)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Weihnachts-Oratorium. Selections.
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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
Feste Burg ist unser Gott.
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Schein, Johann Hermann, 1586-1630.
Cymbalum Sionium. Quem vidistis pastores.
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Sixteen (Musical group)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Sixteen Productions (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on discs: Sacred music. Series 1 |
| Added Title |
Sacred music (Television program)
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| Standard No. |
828021607899 |
| Music No. |
CORDVD2 Coro |
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COR16078 Coro |
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