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Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics by BBC

Aug 25, 20129:38Music

Gavin Bryars's mould-breaking 1971 score Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a work which came about almost accidentally, when Bryars found a recording of an elderly homeless man singing lines from a Victorian hymn. Cult...

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Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is an episode from Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics by BBC. Gavin Bryars's mould-breaking 1971 score Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a work which came about almost accidentally, when Bryars...

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Published Aug 25, 2012, 9:38 long, audio available.

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Gavin Bryars's mould-breaking 1971 score Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a work which came about almost accidentally, when Bryars found a recording of an elderly homeless man singing lines from a Victorian hymn. Cultural historian Robert Hewison makes the case for why the work is important, and commentary comes from author and musician David Toop.

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Published Aug 25, 2012 and 9:38 long