Recording on the Nomads' Trail

A journey into the work of Deben Bhattacharya, an uncelebrated pioneer of field recording.

• 44 mins

While Shepherds Watched: The hidden world of the South Yorkshire village carol sings

Elizabeth Alker steps into the world of South Yorkshire village pub carol sings.

• 44 mins

The Divine Ms Bernhardt

Ms Bernhardt lived in a blaze of publicity. We celebrate the first global superstar.

• 44 mins

Classical Africa

Leon Bosch explores the remarkable - often unheard - array of art music from Africa.

• 44 mins

Bayard Rustin: Activism and Early Music

How the African American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin used Early Music in activism.

• 44 mins

Time Canvasses: Morton Feldman and Abstract Expressionism

How friendship with Philip Guston and Mark Rothko took American music in new directions.

• 44 mins

American Rhapsody

Olivia Giovetti examines the legacy of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

• 44 mins

Waiting for the Flood

As we brace ourselves for storm tides, storm surges are a way of life in the Wadden Sea.

• 14 mins

Bath Time

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the lingering rites of Roman Bathing.

• 14 mins

Flaming Creatures - Sound of Cinema Sunday

Diarmuid Hester re-examines Flaming Creatures, a film swamped by its notorious reputation.

• 14 mins

The Golden Age of the MGM Musical

To mark the centenary of MGM, Neil Brand looks at the magic of Hollywood musicals.

• 44 mins

Never Failed Me Yet

The story of Gavin Bryars' iconic composition, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.

• 44 mins

Sakamoto - Art Is Long, Life Is Short

Reflecting on the legacy of Ryuichi Sakamoto, a year on from the composer's passing.

• 44 mins

The Cello and the Nightingale

Kate Kennedy examines the events surrounding one of the BBC's first outside broadcasts.

• 44 mins

Everything Stops

The composer Gavin Higgins considers how Tourette syndrome and OCD has informed his music.

• 44 mins

Searching for the Songs of Bukhara

A musical journey into the ancient court music of Central Asia.

• 44 mins

A Most Queer House

The story of a London house with a legacy of queer creative and bohemian residents.

• 44 mins

The Marvellous, Magical, Musical Box

Art in an age of mechanical reproduction is a surprisingly inspirational, human story.

• 14 mins

Cinema City

Alistair Fraser delves into the little-known history of Glasgow’s forgotten cinemas.

• 14 mins

Undine Smith Moore - The Dean of Black Women Composers

Discovering a unique 20th-century composer and teacher - and her enduring influence.

• 44 mins

Music of the Vikings

What was the soundtrack to a Viking feast? Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough investigates.

• 44 mins

Home of Hope and Glory

Katie Derham delves into the fascinating history and legacy of 'Land of Hope and Glory'.

• 44 mins

Schoenberg in the USA

Marin Alsop explores the impact of Schoenberg's emigration to the United States.

• 44 mins

Light Fantastic

Singer and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the story of British light music.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: Anjin, the Pilot

Nandini Das tells the story of William Adams, the first Englishman in Japan.

• 14 mins

Ishmael Reed - American Trickster

Lindsay Johns meets the polymathic American writer Ishmael Reed.

• 44 mins

A Little History of Surreal Music

Ian McMillan finds out why Breton was wrong to exclude music from the Surrealist project.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: The Lost Writings of Mina Loy

Mina Loy (1882–1966) was a key figure of the European and American modernist avant-garde.

• 14 mins

Fauré and Me

Kathryn Stott celebrates Gabriel Fauré, on the eve of the centenary of his death.

• 44 mins

Cathedral Music In Crisis

Eleanor Oldroyd investigates the major challenges facing British cathedral choirs today.

• 44 mins