Tranquility Inc - The Great New Ambient Wave

Elizabeth Alker traces the hidden history of Japan’s environmental music scene.

• 44 mins

Reclaiming the Bridgetower Sonata

Chi-chi Nwanoku's journey to restore Beethoven's dedication to George Bridgetower.

• 44 mins

Then there was Light - Stockhausen's LICHT, his opera for the seven days of the week

How German avant-garde composer Stockhausen wrote an opera for each day of the week.

• 44 mins

Staycationing in the style of abroad

Dr Seán Williams explores Little Switzerlands — a long way from the Alps.

• 14 mins

Great Scott

A fresh perspective on Sir Walter Scott, more than 250 years on from his birth.

• 44 mins

Studio in the Sky

How 9/11 influenced the work of artists who were part of a residency in the Twin Towers.

• 44 mins

The Many Diagnoses of Robert Schumann

Phil Hebblethwaite traces the explanations for Schumann‘s illness and death.

• 44 mins

How to Rebuild a City

Dr Lisa Mullen tells the story of how postwar Coventry became the City of Tomorrow.

• 44 mins

Dear Phillis

The legacy of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet.

• 44 mins

The Gorbals - Past and Present

A New Generation Thinker brings their research into the modern mainstream.

• 14 mins

Malcolm Arnold, the Tortured Composer

Simon Heffer champions one of Britain’s greatest symphonists, composer Malcolm Arnold.

• 44 mins

A Trip to My Grave

Sophie Coulombeau reflects on the contemporary reluctance to face death.

• 14 mins

Nuit Blanche

What is it about the night? Artists and writers reveal their nocturnal creative processes.

• 44 mins

A Tree Story

Martin Handley traces the journey of a violin from forest to concert hall via its builder.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Simone de Beauvoir

A portrait of Simone de Beauvoir through her own words and those of critics and admirers.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Mary Oliver

A dive into the world of American writer Mary Oliver, with recordings of the poet herself.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Stuart Hall

The writer and academic Stuart Hall in his own words and those of admirers of his work.

• 44 mins

In Search of the Sublime

In Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, artist Emma Stibbon RA explores the idea of the sublime.

• 44 mins

This Land of Words and Water

A journey into the Ireland of Louis MacNeice’s poetic imagination.

• 44 mins

Aida at 150

Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens.

• 44 mins

Tchaikovsky's Island of Inspiration

How a trip to a remote island monastery inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.

• 44 mins

Breaking the Ice

Seán Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.

• 14 mins

The Pigeons at the British Museum

Will Abberley reconsiders Richard Jefferies's essay The Pigeons at the British Museum.

• 14 mins

Hidden Women and Silenced Scores

Leah Broad uncovers the sometimes shocking stories of three marginalised female composers.

• 44 mins

The Primitivism of Primitivism

Alastair Sooke reassesses the origins and relevance of primitivism in art history.

• 44 mins

The Art of a Day

Why do writers and audiences keep coming back to one-day artworks like Joyce's Ulysses?

• 44 mins

A Chinese Odyssey: Artists, Poets and Exiles in Interwar London

Paul French explores a unique moment in British-Chinese solidarity between 1937 to 1945.

• 44 mins

Nixon in China

Exploring John Adams' opera on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.

• 44 mins

Marian Anderson - Of Thee We Sing

The life and legacy of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson presented by Linton Stephens.

• 44 mins

Florence Price’s Chicago and the Black Female Fellowship

How a unique Chicago musical sisterhood helped the music of Florence Price to thrive.

• 44 mins