BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature

The Cello and the Nightingale

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

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

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

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

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

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the lingering rites of Roman Bathing.

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

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

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

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