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Sunday Feature Episodes

  1. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau at 100

    Benjamin Appl presents a personal tribute to the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

  2. Queer Gothic

    Sarah Waters traces the queer roots of early gothic literature and architecture

  3. Make Everybody as Uneasy as Possible: Edward Gorey at 100

    Chris Riddell celebrates the centenary of the American artist and writer Edward Gorey.

  4. Conscripting Beethoven

    How two women used Beethoven's piano music to shape wartime culture in Germany and Britain

  5. Tango Goes East

    Juliette Bretan hears how tango danced east to Poland and beyond in the interwar years.

  6. Troubadour of the Caucasus

    Lucy Ash focuses on a giant of world cinema, the Armenian director Sergei Parajanov.

  7. Flamenco Is Like the Sun

    Robert Elms explores his passion for flamenco music in Andalusia.

  8. Afterwords: Pierre Boulez at 100

    An exploration of Pierre Boulez - composer, conductor and writer.

  9. Afterwords: Anthony Burgess

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

  10. Afterwords: Pauline Oliveros

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

  11. Suster Bertken

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

  12. Anthony Minghella and Music

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

  13. Hepworth and the Cornish Landscape

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

  14. New Generation Thinkers: Clay and Collapse

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

  15. New Generation Thinkers: Sweden and the Holocaust

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

  16. The Search for a Lost Ugandan Opera

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

  17. 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.

  18. An Organ for the Sultan

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

  19. Skid Row Messiah

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

  20. Wolf Hall - the Music

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

  21. Cathedral Music In Crisis

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

  22. Faur茅 and Me

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

  23. New Generation Thinkers: The Lost Writings of Mina Loy

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

  24. A Little History of Surreal Music

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

  25. Ishmael Reed - American Trickster

    Lindsay Johns meets the polymathic American writer Ishmael Reed.

  26. New Generation Thinkers: Anjin, the Pilot

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

  27. Light Fantastic

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

  28. Schoenberg in the USA

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

  29. Home of Hope and Glory

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

  30. Music of the Vikings

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

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