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broadcast of the Young’uns folk drama The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff recorded live
in their home town of Stockton-on-Tees.

• A four-week Composer Of The Week focus on Ralph Vaughan Williams as part of
Vaughan Williams Today, and a special series of programmes across all schedules
throughout May marking the composer’s 150th anniversary, including: BBC
Philharmonic and The Hallé completing the Vaughan Williams’ Symphony Cycle, and
Between the Ears presenting a re-imagining of The Lark Ascending with sampled lark
birdsong.

• Opera on 3 presenting new productions from UK opera houses, including: Britten’s
Peter Grimes and Saint-Saëns’ Samson Et Dalila from the Royal Opera House;
Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen from English National Opera; and Wagner’s
Parsifal from Opera North

• Radio 3 Breakfast presenting a new week of programmes on the move, with Petroc
Trelawny travelling across the Great Glen in Scotland, and exploring how landscape
and history intertwine with culture and music.

• The Verb, marking #BBC100 throughout the season with new commissions from
contemporary poets paired with broadcasts of historical readings from the BBC
Archives.

• The Essay, featuring poet Oksana Maksymchuk who co-edits Words For War, a
collection of new poems from Ukraine; and other series including: Marlene Dietrich In
Five Songs, and Larkin And Believing, marking Philip Larkin's centenary year with
contributions from five contemporary UK poets.

• Clemency Burton-Hill returning to Classical Fix for two special programmes as part of
Mental Health Awareness Week, and a station-wide focus on mindfulness and nature
including Lucy 'Lapwing' Hodson introducing Signs Of Spring as part of Sunday
Breakfast; The Music & Meditation Podcast series; and a special Slow Radio
dedicated to A Day In The Life Of A Dog.

Alan Davey

Radio 3 Spring Highlights in detail

BBC Radio 3 at Festivals across the UK