The Great Works of Sacred Music
Western classical music is one of humanity’s most sublime artistic traditions. Significantly, this great musical language—encompassing genres from symphonic and instrumental music to choral works and opera—was created through the...
In This Series
Hallelujah, Amen: The World of Sacred Music
From Chant to Early Sacred Polyphony
The Golden Age of Polyphony
The Age of Reformation: Who Will Sing?
Sacred Music in a Secular World
Man and Meaning: Bach’s Cantatas
Art for Art’s Sake: Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Handel’s Great Oratorio: Messiah
Messiah: From Entertainment to Ritual
Mozart’s Requiem: Praise and Memory
Haydn’s The Creation
God, Man, Music, and Beethoven
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
Sacred Music in the Late 19th Century
Come, All Ye Faithful: Music of Christmas