Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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An Organ for the Sultan
A fearless craftsman risks his life in a swashbuckling tale of cultural diplomacy.
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Skid Row Messiah
New music feature for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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Wolf Hall - the Music
Documentary following composer Debbie Wiseman's work on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's new series of Wolf Hall.
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Cathedral Music In Crisis
Eleanor Oldroyd investigates the major challenges facing British cathedral choirs today.
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Fauré and Me
Kathryn Stott celebrates Gabriel Fauré, on the eve of the centenary of his death.
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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.
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A Little History of Surreal Music
Ian McMillan finds out why Breton was wrong to exclude music from the Surrealist project.
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Ishmael Reed - American Trickster
Lindsay Johns meets the polymathic American writer Ishmael Reed.
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New Generation Thinkers: Anjin, the Pilot
Nandini Das tells the story of William Adams, the first Englishman in Japan.
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Light Fantastic
Singer and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the story of British light music.
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Schoenberg in the USA
Marin Alsop explores the impact of Schoenberg's emigration to the United States.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ of Hope and Glory
Katie Derham delves into the fascinating history and legacy of 'Land of Hope and Glory'.
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Music of the Vikings
What was the soundtrack to a Viking feast? Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough investigates.
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Undine Smith Moore - The Dean of Black Women Composers
Discovering a unique 20th-century composer and teacher - and her enduring influence.
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Cinema City
Alistair Fraser delves into the little-known history of Glasgow’s forgotten cinemas.
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The Marvellous, Magical, Musical Box
Art in an age of mechanical reproduction is a surprisingly inspirational, human story.
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A Most Queer House
The story of a London house with a legacy of queer creative and bohemian residents.
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Searching for the Songs of Bukhara
A musical journey into the ancient court music of Central Asia.
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Everything Stops
The composer Gavin Higgins considers how Tourette syndrome and OCD has informed his music.
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The Cello and the Nightingale
Kate Kennedy examines the events surrounding one of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's first outside broadcasts.
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Sakamoto - Art Is Long, Life Is Short
Reflecting on the legacy of Ryuichi Sakamoto, a year on from the composer's passing.
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Never Failed Me Yet
The story of Gavin Bryars' iconic composition, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.
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The Golden Age of the MGM Musical
To mark the centenary of MGM, Neil Brand looks at the magic of Hollywood musicals.
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Flaming Creatures - Sound of Cinema Sunday
Diarmuid Hester re-examines Flaming Creatures, a film swamped by its notorious reputation.
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Bath Time
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the lingering rites of Roman Bathing.
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Waiting for the Flood
As we brace ourselves for storm tides, storm surges are a way of life in the Wadden Sea. (R)
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American Rhapsody
Olivia Giovetti examines the legacy of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
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Time Canvasses: Morton Feldman and Abstract Expressionism
How friendship with Philip Guston and Mark Rothko took American music in new directions.
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Bayard Rustin: Activism and Early Music
How the African American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin used Early Music in activism.
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Classical Africa
Leon Bosch explores the remarkable - often unheard - array of art music from Africa.