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Easter from King's - Episode Guide

Season 2010

Easter from King's 2010

Episode: 2010-04-03 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2010

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Easter is marked in a service of music and readings from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

The events of Holy Week and Easter are told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible and reflected on in poems by George Herbert, John Donne and Edith Sitwell.

The world-famous choir sing seasonal hymns, Easter carols, and well-known choral music, including Panis Angelicus, Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus and extracts from Stainer's Crucifixion and Handel's Messiah.

Season 2011

Easter from King's 2011

Episode: 2011-04-24 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2011

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Passiontide and Easter music and readings from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible and reflected on in poems by RS Thomas and Ted Walker.

The world-famous choir sing seasonal hymns, beginning with There Is a Green Hill Far Away, and well-known choral music, including Allegri's Miserere, Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, extracts from Handel's Messiah and pieces by Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Lotti, Gibbons, Bainton and Wood.

Season 2012

Easter from King's 2012

Episode: 2012-04-07 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2012

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An Easter commemoration featuring the world famous choir of King's College, Cambridge. Jesus' death and resurrection have inspired some of the most beautiful and moving words and music ever written. Pieces by Handel, Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Franck, Mendelssohn, Victoria, Vaughan Williams and others are sung by the choir led by director of music Stephen Cleobury from the candle-lit college chapel.

The story of Passiontide and Easter is told in words from the King James' Bible, Robert Frost, Alice Meynell and Francis Kilvert.

Season 2013

Easter from King's 2013

Episode: 2013-03-30 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2013

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Music and readings for Easter from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

The world-famous choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing choral music for Passiontide including Allegri's Miserere and Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus. The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible and reflected on in poems by GK Chesterton and John Updike, all in the glorious setting of King's College Chapel.

Season 2014

Easter from King's 2014

Episode: 2014-04-19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2014

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Music and readings for Easter from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

The world-famous choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the most beautiful music ever written for Holy Week and Easter, including Allegri's Miserere and pieces by Mozart, Byrd, Vaughan Williams and Handel. The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible, with poetry by John Donne, George Herbert and Siegfried Sassoon, all in the stunning setting of King's College Chapel.

Season 2015

Easter from King's 2015

Episode: 2015-04-04 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2015

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Music and readings for Easter from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

The world-famous choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the most beautiful music ever written for Holy Week and Easter, including Crucifixus (Lotti), Wash Me Throughly (SS Wesley), Greater Love Hath No Man (Ireland), Surrexit Christus Hodie (Scheidt) and pieces by Duruflé, Mozart, WH Harris, Hadley and Tavener. The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible, with poetry by Malcolm Guite, Vassar Miller and Wilfred Owen, all in the stunning setting of King's College Chapel.

Season 2016

Easter from King's 2016

Episode: 2016-03-26 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2016

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The world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the most beautiful music ever written for Good Friday and Easter, including Miserere Mei (Allegri), Panis Angelicus (Franck), Crucifixus (Lotti), Light Out of Darkness (Elgar), and pieces by Bairstow, Duruflé, Bruckner and Ouseley. Hymns include My Song Is Love Unknown, This Joyful Eastertide and Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.

The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible, with poetry by George Herbert and Kenneth Stevens, all in the stunning setting of King's College Chapel.

Season 2017

Easter from King's 2017

Episode: 2017-04-15 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2017

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Music and readings for Holy Week and Easter from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The world-famous Choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the best-loved choral music for the season, including God So Loved the World (Stainer), Hallelujah (Handel's Messiah) and Ubi Caritas (Durufle). The Choir is joined by mezzo soprano Kiandra Howarth for a glorious performance of the Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni).

The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible and reflected on in poems by Rowan Williams, Phineas Fletcher and Edmund Spenser, all in the magnificent setting of King's College Chapel.

Season 2018

Easter from King's 2018

Episode: 2018-03-31 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2018

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Music and readings for Holy Week and Easter from the stunning Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The world-famous choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the best-loved choral music for the season, including Were You There? (arr Bob Chilcott), Greater Love (John Ireland), Wash Me Throughly (SS Wesley), Worthy is the Lamb and Amen (GF Handel from Messiah) and This Joyful Eastertide (arr Charles Wood). The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is taken from the Gospel of John and told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible by members of King's College. Easter hymns include My Song Is Love Unknown and Ye Choirs Of New Jerusalem.

Season 2019

Easter from King's 2019

Episode: 2019-04-20 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2019

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Music and readings for Holy Week and Easter, from the magnificent chapel of King's College, Cambridge, featuring the world-famous choir directed by Stephen Cleobury.

Season 2020

Easter from King's 2020

Episode: 2020-04-11 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2020

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Music and readings for Holy Week and Easter from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The world-famous choir, directed by Daniel Hyde, sing some of the best-loved choral music for the season and the story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told by members of King's College, from the Bible and poems written by Patrick Carey and Malcolm Guite. Hymns include Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem and Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.

Season 2021

Easter from King's 2021

Episode: 2021-04-03 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2021 (60 min)

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Music and readings from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

Season 2022

Easter from King's 2022

Episode: 2022-04-16 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2022

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Music and readings for Holy Week and Easter from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, with the world-famous Choir directed by Daniel Hyde.

Popular and poignant choral music includes Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart), God So Loved the World (Stainer), Greater Love Hath No Man (Ireland) and a performance by soprano Anita Monserrat of I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Handel, from Messiah). The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told from the Bible by members of King's College, and the service is introduced by the Dean, the Revd Dr Stephen Cherry.

Season 2023

2023

Episode: 2023-04-08 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2023

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The traditional celebration of Easter with music and readings recorded in the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, with the college's world-renowned choir under director Daniel Hyde.

Members of the college will read from the King James Bible, and there is music from Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The service is led by the Dean, the Revd Dr Stephen Cherry.

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