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‘As we gear up to unveil the return of the Proms as we know them, after two
strange and uncertain years for music and the arts, we can now rejoice in the arrival
of the Spring and Summer seasons, with a fantastic choice of performances
happening on stages in concert halls, outdoor venues and from our studios across
the UK. Passion, emotion, drama and space to reflect – food for the heart and
soul is the core of Radio 3 this Spring, with a season of exciting and stimulating
programmes of music, drama, poetry and ideas. Music and Art for Everyone – that’s
the continuing spirit of BBC Radio 3 as we make sense of the world around us.’

The roster of artists featured is as impressive as the locations, with performances on
the cards from the likes of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of
Wales, BBC Singers; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chineke! Chamber
Ensemble, Royal Northern Sinfonia, The Sixteen, Takács Quartet, Magdalena
Kožená, Golda Schultz, Anne Sofie von Otter and BBC Radio 3 New Generation
Artists.

The season also sees popular Radio 3 programmes hit the road, including Breakfast,
which will see Petroc Trelawny travelling across the Great Glen in Scotland to
explore how landscape and history intertwine with culture and music. Jess Gillam
also heads out of the studio, taking her award-wining This Classical Life on the road
to UK festivals for the first time. She will be sitting down for a listening party with
festival audiences to chat about the music they love most from any era, genre or
style.

Opera on 3 presents new productions from UK opera houses, including:
Britten’s Peter Grimes and Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila rom the Royal Opera
House. Plus there’s Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen from English National Opera
and Wagner’s Parsifal from Opera North.

Drama fans will enjoy Drama on 3, which marks the centenary of T.S. Eliot’s The
Waste Land with a special radio performance. It’s part of a varied season of dramatic
radio premieres including Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra in a new version with
Adjoa Andoh and Tim McInnerny.

The Vaughan Williams 150th anniversary will be celebrated with a four-
week Composer of the Week focus, and a special series of programmes across all
schedules throughout May, including: BBC Philharmonic and The Hallé completing
the Vaughan Williams’s Symphony Cycle; and Between the Ears presenting a re-
imagining of The Lark Ascending with sampled lark birdsong.

All that, plus a celebration of jazz icon Charles Mingus, Nielsen in concert and the
long-awaited return of Clemency Burton-Hill, who presents Classical Fix as part of a
special ‘Mindfulness and Nature’ strand.

Tune in or visit bbc.co.uk/radio3 for more details.

Photo: Jess Gillam