December 2018 Acorn TV Calendar
Monday, December 10th
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BATTLE FOR CHURCH MUSIC
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"Fascinating... to magnificent life" -Independent
BBC Four Documentary (2017). Presenter Lucy Worsley unpacks the curious history of Choral Evensong, which but for the direct intervention of Elizabeth I, might have vanished forever during the turmoil of the Reformation. When Elizabeth took power she was determined to find a religious compromise - she resurrected the protestant religion of her brother but kept the music of her beloved father - music that she too adored. And it was in the evocative service of choral Evensong that her ideas about religious music found their ultimate expression. (1 EPS)
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