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three weeks explores French composers Rameau, Hélène de Montergoult and Ravel
(from Monday 4 July for three weeks). Other composes featured this Spring include
Handel, Dvořák, Victoria, Beethoven and Monteverdi, with a week dedicated to 19th
century French ballet music.

Free Thinking

This Spring, Free Thinking explores a range of topics including the works of
Shakespeare (Wednesday 20 April), May Day rituals (Thursday 28 April), the Tudors
(Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 May), Modernism, Bastille Day, and Rana Mitter in
discussion with the authors shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2022 (Tuesday
7 June).

Inside Music

This Spring, Radio 3’s weekly series where guests from a variety of musical
backgrounds explore a selection of music, features: pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
(Saturday 23 April); Julian Lloyd-Webber (Saturday 21 May); accordionist Ksenija
Sidorova (Saturday 28 May); and soprano Mary Bevan (Saturday 25 June), among
others.

Private Passions

Michael Berkeley’s guests sharing their musical passions and revealing which pieces
bring them joy and sustain them through hard times include: ornithologist Tim
Birkhead (17 April), fashion designer Osman Yousefzada (1 May), doctor Waheed
Arian (15 May), musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker (29 May), former lady-in-
waiting Anne Glenconner (5 June), author Francesca Simon (12 June), and
psychotherapist Gwen Adshead (3 July), among others.