| Episode | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20061112 | 1/2. Walter Hussey (1909-1985) was described as the last great patron of arts in the Church of England. David Owen Norris explores how the works he commissioned for his parish in Northampton, from the likes of Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and Benjamin Britten, revolutionised the way Anglicans engaged with modern art. |
| 02 LAST | 20061119 | 2/2. David Owen Norris looks at the continuing influence of Walter Hussey (1909-1985) on church art and debates whether his original vision has been lost or realised. When Hussey was made Dean of Chichester in 1956, he continued his passion for modern art, installing controversial works by Sutherland, Chagall and John Piper in the cathedral, and commissioning Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Featured music includes: Walton: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (extracts) Choir of St Johns College, Cambridge Christopher Whitton (organ) Christopher Robinson (conductor) William Albright: Mass, Sanctus and Benedictus Chichester Cathedral Choir Alan Thurlow (conductor) Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, first movement Vienna Youth Choir Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Geoffrey Burgon: Songs of Creation (extracts) Chichester Cathedral Choir James Thomas (organ) Alan Thurlow (conductor) Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, extract from third movement Vienna Youth Choir Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Kenneth Leighton: Let all the World (extracts) Finzi Singers Andrew Lumsden (organ) Paul Spicer (director). |