Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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When the Words Leave
Caroline Bird demystifies the art of writing when you feel like the words have left you.
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Sir Henry Unton's Music
Christina Faraday looks at possibly the first image of amateur music playing in England.
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The Waltz Paradox
John Suchet unlocks the complex makeup of the Waltz King, Johann Strauss II.
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Requiems for the Firestorm - Dresden's Musical Aftermath
Katja Hoyer explores many musics created in the aftermath of Dresden's fiery destruction.
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The Artificial Composer - Music and AI
Composer Tarik O'Regan explores the collision of classical music and AI in Silicon Valley.
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Joining the dots - 200 years of Braille Music
The story of Braille music and its impact on blind musicians over the last 200 years.
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The Man Who Played The Kremlin's Tune
Lucy Ash uncovers the murky story of Tikhon Khrennikov, Stalin’s musical enforcer.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Paul Laurence Dunbar
Leah Broad explores Coleridge-Taylor's musical settings of Dunbar's poetry.
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Delius - A Yorkshireman?
Presenter Nick Ahad explores the influence of Bradford on the composer Frederick Delius.
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Sound Sources
Elizabeth Alker joins the dots between rock, pop and the classical avant garde.
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The Hiawatha Phenomenon
Uchenna Ngwe charts the changing fortunes of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha.
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Erik Satie - the Minimalist Muse
Jude Rogers explores the unique legacy of composer Erik Satie, 100 years after his death.
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The February House
When a house share in Brooklyn became an epicentre of Western music and literature.
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New Generation Thinkers: How Lullabies Work
Historian (and father) Oskar Jensen on the history and the magic behind Hush-a-bye Baby.
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Liza Lehmann
Naomi Paxton on the life and music of singer and composer Liza Lehmann (1862-1918).
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Behind the Voice
Benjamin Appl presents a personal tribute to the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
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Queer Gothic
Sarah Waters traces the queer roots of early gothic literature and architecture
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Make Everybody as Uneasy as Possible: Edward Gorey at 100
Chris Riddell celebrates the centenary of the American artist and writer Edward Gorey.
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Conscripting Beethoven
How two women used Beethoven's piano music to shape wartime culture in Germany and Britain
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Tango Goes East
Juliette Bretan hears how tango danced east to Poland and beyond in the interwar years.
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Troubadour of the Caucasus
Lucy Ash focuses on a giant of world cinema, the Armenian director Sergei Parajanov.
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Flamenco Is Like the Sun
Robert Elms explores his passion for flamenco music in Andalusia.
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Afterwords: Pierre Boulez at 100
An exploration of Pierre Boulez - composer, conductor and writer.
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Afterwords: Anthony Burgess
An exploration of the musical ambitions of the novelist Anthony Burgess.
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Afterwords: Pauline Oliveros
An exploration of the work of composer and 'deep listening' pioneer, Pauline Oliveros.
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Suster Bertken
Janina Ramirez uncovers a 500-year-old story about a woman who ran away from this world.
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Anthony Minghella and Music
How music shaped the films and plays of the Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella.
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Hepworth and the Cornish Landscape
Barbara Hepworth and the ancient stones of Cornwall - through the eyes of the Stone Club.
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New Generation Thinkers: Clay and Collapse
Historian Eleanor Barraclough visits the Roman kilns found in London woodland.
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New Generation Thinkers: Sweden and the Holocaust
Daniel Lee hears stories of refugees and aid volunteers at Stockholm's Holocaust Museum.