I'm on #PrivatePassions this Sunday, midday on BBC Radio3 innit
April 19, 2024 at 7:59 AM
I'm on #PrivatePassions this Sunday, midday on BBC Radio3 innit
#BBCRadio3 at noon then #BBCSounds: As part of its #USA road trip #PrivatePassions at BBCRadio3 features Vanessa Williams currently starring in The Devil Wears Prada in London. She brings Copland, Bernstein, Bach and Delius to presenter Michael Berkeley.
January 11, 2026 at 11:43 AM
#BBCRadio3 at noon then #BBCSounds: As part of its #USA road trip #PrivatePassions at BBCRadio3 features Vanessa Williams currently starring in The Devil Wears Prada in London. She brings Copland, Bernstein, Bach and Delius to presenter Michael Berkeley.
I really enjoyed reflecting on my fantastic lack of musical knowledge with Michael Berkeley. You can hear how ignorant I am tomorrow at noon on BBC Radio 3. #PrivatePassions
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I really enjoyed reflecting on my fantastic lack of musical knowledge with Michael Berkeley. You can hear how ignorant I am tomorrow at noon on BBC Radio 3. #PrivatePassions
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Whatever you may think of his politics, it is very refreshing to hear Kier Starmer talking with knowledge and passion about music, rather than politicians choosing pieces they think the electorate might want them to listen to! #privatepassions
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Whatever you may think of his politics, it is very refreshing to hear Kier Starmer talking with knowledge and passion about music, rather than politicians choosing pieces they think the electorate might want them to listen to! #privatepassions
I really loved doing #PrivatePassions on @BBCRadio3 - available for re-listening on BBC Sounds, and I made a Spotify playlist too.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Aw0g…www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...le
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Aw0g…www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...le
April 21, 2024 at 2:04 PM
I really loved doing #PrivatePassions on @BBCRadio3 - available for re-listening on BBC Sounds, and I made a Spotify playlist too.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Aw0g…www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...le
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Aw0g…www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...le
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Carl Orff, Gunild Keetman, Unnamed Ensemble & Carl Orff:
🎵 Street Song (Schulwerk)
#BBCRadio3 #CarlOrff #GunildKeetman #UnnamedEnsemble
October 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Carl Orff, Gunild Keetman, Unnamed Ensemble & Carl Orff:
🎵 Street Song (Schulwerk)
#BBCRadio3 #CarlOrff #GunildKeetman #UnnamedEnsemble
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Erik Satie, Elly Ameling & Rudolf Jansen:
🎵 La diva de l'empire
#BBCRadio3 #ErikSatie #EllyAmeling #RudolfJansen
October 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Erik Satie, Elly Ameling & Rudolf Jansen:
🎵 La diva de l'empire
#BBCRadio3 #ErikSatie #EllyAmeling #RudolfJansen
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Robert Schumann, Alexander Melnikov & Jerusalem Quartet:
🎵 Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt)
#BBCRadio3 #RobertSchumann #AlexanderMelnikov #JerusalemQuartet
May 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Robert Schumann, Alexander Melnikov & Jerusalem Quartet:
🎵 Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt)
#BBCRadio3 #RobertSchumann #AlexanderMelnikov #JerusalemQuartet
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Ariel Ramírez, Ariel Ramírez, Hector Zeoli & Mercedes Sosa:
🎵 Alfonsina Y El Mar
#BBCRadio3 #ArielRamírez #HectorZeoli #MercedesSosa
October 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Ariel Ramírez, Ariel Ramírez, Hector Zeoli & Mercedes Sosa:
🎵 Alfonsina Y El Mar
#BBCRadio3 #ArielRamírez #HectorZeoli #MercedesSosa
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Alfredo Rosales, Noberto Ambros, Vincenzo Capezzuto, L’Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar:
🎵 Zamba para no morir
#BBCRadio3 #AlfredoRosales #NobertoAmbros #VincenzoCapezzuto #LArpeggiata #ChristinaPluhar
October 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Alfredo Rosales, Noberto Ambros, Vincenzo Capezzuto, L’Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar:
🎵 Zamba para no morir
#BBCRadio3 #AlfredoRosales #NobertoAmbros #VincenzoCapezzuto #LArpeggiata #ChristinaPluhar
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
George Frideric Handel, Simone Kermes, La magnifica comunità & Isabella Longo:
🎵 Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
#BBCRadio3 #GeorgeFridericHandel #SimoneKermes #Lamagnificacomunità #IsabellaLongo
October 4, 2026 at 11:18 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
George Frideric Handel, Simone Kermes, La magnifica comunità & Isabella Longo:
🎵 Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
#BBCRadio3 #GeorgeFridericHandel #SimoneKermes #Lamagnificacomunità #IsabellaLongo
Looking forward to tuning in at 12:00 today #PrivatePassions @imtiazdharker.bsky.social + Michael Berkeley #illustration #poetry (currently available on BBC Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🎨🖌️📻
Private Passions - Imtiaz Dharker - BBC Sounds
Michael Berkeley's guest is the poet Imtiaz Dharker.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Looking forward to tuning in at 12:00 today #PrivatePassions @imtiazdharker.bsky.social + Michael Berkeley #illustration #poetry (currently available on BBC Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🎨🖌️📻
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#PrivatePassions
- Francis Fukuyama, political scientist
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
▶️ Relisten on BBCSounds
#PrivatePassions
- Francis Fukuyama, political scientist
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
▶️ Relisten on BBCSounds
BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Francis Fukuyama, political scientist
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#PrivatePassions
- Francis Fukuyama, political scientist
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
▶️ Relisten on BBCSounds
#PrivatePassions
- Francis Fukuyama, political scientist
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama.
▶️ Relisten on BBCSounds
It has to be said, Starmer is not a great deployer of the phrase "oh really, I didn't know that".
#PrivatePassions
#PrivatePassions
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It has to be said, Starmer is not a great deployer of the phrase "oh really, I didn't know that".
#PrivatePassions
#PrivatePassions
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Dorothy Fields & Richard Leonard:
🎵 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
#BBCRadio3 #DorothyFields #RichardLeonard
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Dorothy Fields · An Evening With Dorothy Fields · Song · 1998
open.spotify.com
October 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Dorothy Fields & Richard Leonard:
🎵 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
#BBCRadio3 #DorothyFields #RichardLeonard
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Always been a fan of Bob Crowley but his passion for radio here (66 min's in) just confirms he's one of the good guys. #PrivatePassions #BBCRadio3 #BBCSounds
This has been wonderful, set and costume designer, Bob Crowley. Private Passions (always fantastic) on Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 3 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Always been a fan of Bob Crowley but his passion for radio here (66 min's in) just confirms he's one of the good guys. #PrivatePassions #BBCRadio3 #BBCSounds
Pam Ayres: This Sunday on #BBCRadio3 I am the guest on #PrivatePassions. It’s a lovely programme [wonderfully hosted by Michael Berkeley] and I so enjoyed being part of this Christmassy one. [on at noon then #BBCSounds]
![Pam Ayres: This Sunday on #BBCRadio3 I am the guest on #PrivatePassions. It’s a lovely programme [wonderfully hosted by Michael Berkeley] and I so enjoyed being part of this Christmassy one. [on at noon then #BBCSounds]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:44vryxuypemvgsck5xkhppf3/bafkreidod3uwsxno3flhxlgnypcmfe76qsrsrj5f3yz3bhi4ydklkrfnva)
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Pam Ayres: This Sunday on #BBCRadio3 I am the guest on #PrivatePassions. It’s a lovely programme [wonderfully hosted by Michael Berkeley] and I so enjoyed being part of this Christmassy one. [on at noon then #BBCSounds]
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould:
🎵 Partita no.2 in C minor BWV.826 (Sinfonia)
#BBCRadio3 #JohannSebastianBach #GlennGould
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
Johann Sebastian Bach, Glenn Gould · Glenn Gould plays Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830; Chromatic Fantasy BWV 903; Italian Concerto BWV 971; The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (excerpts); Preludes, Fugues & Fantasies · Song · 1957
open.spotify.com
October 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould:
🎵 Partita no.2 in C minor BWV.826 (Sinfonia)
#BBCRadio3 #JohannSebastianBach #GlennGould
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #PrivatePassions
Robert Johnson & Robert Johnson:
🎵 Kind Hearted Woman Blues
#RobertJohnson
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson · Song · 1937
open.spotify.com
May 5, 2024 at 11:25 AM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #PrivatePassions
Robert Johnson & Robert Johnson:
🎵 Kind Hearted Woman Blues
#RobertJohnson
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
This week's #PrivatePassions on BBC R3 was pure joy with guest Pam Ayres. Available on BBC Sounds very shortly. Love this programme. Thanks Michael Berkley ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 3 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This week's #PrivatePassions on BBC R3 was pure joy with guest Pam Ayres. Available on BBC Sounds very shortly. Love this programme. Thanks Michael Berkley ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Great selections by former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves, Michael Berkeley's guest on #BBCRadio3: #PrivatePassions
January 18, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Great selections by former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves, Michael Berkeley's guest on #BBCRadio3: #PrivatePassions
Great selections by former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves, Michael Berkeley's guest on #BBCRadio3: #PrivatePassions
January 18, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Great selections by former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves, Michael Berkeley's guest on #BBCRadio3: #PrivatePassions
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Jake Thackray & Jake Thackray:
🎵 Remember Bethlehem
#BBCRadio3 #JakeThackray
December 22, 2024 at 12:38 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #PrivatePassions
Jake Thackray & Jake Thackray:
🎵 Remember Bethlehem
#BBCRadio3 #JakeThackray
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #PrivatePassions
Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Karl Bohm:
🎵 Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Tristan und Isolde)
#BBCRadio3 #RichardWagner #BirgitNilsson #BayreuthFestivalOrchestra #KarlBohm
June 23, 2024 at 11:37 AM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #PrivatePassions
Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Karl Bohm:
🎵 Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Tristan und Isolde)
#BBCRadio3 #RichardWagner #BirgitNilsson #BayreuthFestivalOrchestra #KarlBohm