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Ian Skelly celebrates 30 years of 蜜芽传媒 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 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3's Private Passions, with interview clips and music selections from some of the show's most unforgettable guests.

蜜芽传媒 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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With thanks to Classic Arts and Loftus Media for their work on Private Passions before 2023.

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  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March (The Love for Three Oranges - suite)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records : CKD519.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op 38 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo vivace)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • DIVOX.
    • 3.

  • John Rutter

    What sweeter music

    Performer: Peter Stevens. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • A Festival Of Nine Lessons and Carols.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    April (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Anna Shelest.
    • Donna Voce Vol. 2: Women of Legend.
    • Music and Arts Programs of America.
    • 04.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le Matin' (1st mvmt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn: Symphony No. 6 In D Major "Le Matin; Symphony No. 7 IN C Major "Le Midi";.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Ensemble: Band And State Trumpeters Of The Royal Horse Guards.
    • The Band & State Trumpeters of The Royal Horse Guards.
    • Tradition Records.
    • 9.

  • Anonymous Peruvian

    Cachua for the Birth of Christ our Lord

    Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Fiesta Mestiza en el Peru.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 2.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic (2nd mvmt, Nocturne)

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.
    • Cedille.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Sibelius and the Kalevala.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Luigi Alva. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Mozart: Don Giovanni.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 230.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt, Larghetto affettuoso)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    April (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Anna Shelest.
    • Donna Voce Vol. 2: Women of Legend.
    • Music and Arts Programs of America.
    • 04.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in F major Op.6`12 (Giga)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 6, Concerti Grossi.
    • Linn Records.
    • 33.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt, Aria con espressione)

    Performer: Mihaly Berecz.
    • BRU ZANE.

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Sirens of the Ball (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • John Tavener

    The Protecting Veil (opening)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    April (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Anna Shelest.
    • Donna Voce Vol. 2: Women of Legend.
    • Music and Arts Programs of America.
    • 04.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons (April - Snowdrop)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; 18 Morceaux; Aveu Passion茅 in E minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Thomas Morley

    April is in my Mistress' Face

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • An Immortal Legacy.
    • CORO.
    • 6.

  • V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩

    April Preludes (No 4, Vivo)

    Performer: Leonie Karatas.
    • La Vita - Leonie Karatas plays V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩.
    • EuroArts Music International.
    • 7.

  • John Foulds

    April- England

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • LYRITA.

  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 103.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Silouan's Song

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • WARNER.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • Rubinstein Plays Chopin.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 7.

  • Helvi Leivisk盲

    Suite No 2 for Orchestra, Op 11

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviska: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Bis.
    • 2-5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A, D959 (2nd mvt: Andantino)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D.959/No.20; Hungarian Melody; 16 German Dances etc.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Membra Jesu nostri (No 2, Ad genua)

    Conductor: Magnus Kjellson. Ensemble: Gothenburg Baroque.
    • Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75.
    • Proprius.
    • 102.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 11.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Brukdown

    Ensemble: Bone-afide.
    • DOYEN.

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