
15/04/2025
Ian Skelly celebrates 30 years of 91热爆 Radio 3's Private Passions, with interview clips and music selections from some of the show's most unforgettable guests.
Ian Skelly refreshes your morning with the best classical music, today celebrating 30 years of 91热爆 Radio 3's Private Passions, with interview clips and music selections from some of the show's most unforgettable guests.
91热爆 Radio 3鈥檚 Private Passions is 30 this week! Michael Berkeley hosts the show where guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates and talk about the influence music has had on their lives. We鈥檙e celebrating all day on Radio 3 by uncovering gems from the Private Passions archive. This morning Ian Skelly includes clips from some of the remarkable figures who have appeared on the show over the years. Journalists Steve Rosenberg and Sathnam Sanghera, singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, actors Peter Ustinov and Judi Dench, philosopher Isaiah Berlin, and poet Imtiaz Dharker choose music by composers including John Tavener, Mozart, John Rutter, Schubert, Debussy and Chopin.
Plus, plenty of familiar classical favourites, musical surprises and daily features including:
1000 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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