CORO is delighted to announce the release of the BBC’s groundbreaking Sacred Music series on DVD. The double DVD set which will be unveiled at the MIDEM music conference in Cannes in January is available at retail from February 2010. Presented by renowned actor and former chorister, Simon Russell Beale, Sacred Music explores the flowering of Western sacred music in four episodes. 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 choral music ever written, all performed by the Gramophone Award-winning and Grammy-nominated choir The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers in appropriate architectural settings.A 90-minute concert ‘An Easter Celebration’ performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen and featuring music from the Sacred Music series, culminating in Allegi’s famous Miserere, was specially recorded at LSO St Luke’s in London. This concert will be released in April on CORO DVD. A preview of 'Sacred Music An Easter Celebration' is included as a bonus feature on the Sacred Music DVD.
- Wykonawca The Sixteen
- Data premiery 2010-01-01
- Nośnik DVD
