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

Wolf Hall - the Music

Documentary following composer Debbie Wiseman's work on the BBC's new series of Wolf Hall.

• 44 mins

Skid Row Messiah

The story of the annual Messiah performance in Skid Row, LA, and in Handel's London.

• 44 mins

An Organ for the Sultan

A fearless craftsman risks his life in a swashbuckling tale of cultural diplomacy.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: At Home with Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas

Sophie Oliver guides us inside the remarkable home of Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas.

• 14 mins

The Search for a Lost Ugandan Opera

Mugabi Turya traces the forgotten legacy of pioneering composer Solomon Mbabi Katana.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: Sweden and the Holocaust

Daniel Lee hears stories of refugees and aid volunteers at Stockholm's Holocaust Museum.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers: Clay and Collapse

Historian Eleanor Barraclough visits the Roman kilns found in London woodland.

• 14 mins

Hepworth and the Cornish Landscape

Barbara Hepworth and the ancient stones of Cornwall - through the eyes of the Stone Club.

• 44 mins

Anthony Minghella and Music

How music shaped the films and plays of the Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella.

• 44 mins

Suster Bertken

Janina Ramirez uncovers a 500-year-old story about a woman who ran away from this world.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Pauline Oliveros

An exploration of the work of composer and 'deep listening' pioneer, Pauline Oliveros.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Anthony Burgess

An exploration of the musical ambitions of the novelist Anthony Burgess.

• 44 mins