He’s revered today as the man who wrote The Four Seasons, but until the 1950s Antonio Vivaldi's huge output of sacred and secular music was largely forgotten. We hear from musicologist Joanna Tondys who brings to life the man known as The Red Priest and reveals the amazing re-discovery of his music.

We meet two young Australian folk musicians, Kate Burke and Ruth Hazleton, exploring the deeper and darker sides of life through the lens of folksong.

We celebrate 50 years since the release of John Coltrane’s ‘humble prayer’ to God - his jazz suite A Love Supreme. Recognised as a jazz classic, and a spiritual declaration of great intensity, A Love Supreme has inspired music lovers around the world including our guest Dr Chris Coady.

It’s seen as the quintessential Arabic instrument, but as Joseph Tawadros explains, the oud (lute) has a long history dating back to the time of the Pharaohs and beyond. The young Egyptian-born Australian performs songs from his new album Truth Seekers, Lovers & Warriors, whose inspiration ranges from Coptic and Islamic chant to gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

We travel to Alice Springs where South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir and the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir came together to sing and celebrate their Christian faith. Our live recording features rousing South African gospel songs with Lutheran psalms and hymns in the indigenous languages of Western Arrarnta and Pitjantjatjara.

We trace the history of one of most famous freedom songs, ‘We Shall Overcome’, which has been prominent at prayer vigils for victims of the recent Charleston shootings. How did a simple hymn rise to become what the the US Library of Congress calls ‘one of the most powerful songs of the 20th century’?

With its own stars, a massive festival circuit and now the first International Day of Yoga, the yoga music scene is taking off around the world. From new kirtan to electro-yoga, we meet the future sound of yoga.

Over centuries the Baka forest people of Cameroon in Central Africa have developed a unique music for ritual, hunting, enchantment and celebration. Today their rainforest life is threatened but the music that has linked Baka society may also help save it, as Martin Cradick and Su Hart from the Afro-Celtic group Baka Beyond explain.

He's a world-class musician who regularly performs on stage with Patti Smith and Philip Glass, but Tenzin Choegyal was born into a family of nomads in the Himalayas.

Meet three young Tongan-Australian singers from Western Sydney, members of the Siasi ‘O Tonga Hou’Eiki Sydney (Church of Tonga Hou’Eiki Sydney) choir, who are keeping traditional unaccompanied Tongan gospel alive for a new generation.