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The EssayEpisodes

  1. Monday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Recasting Ella: PhilanthropistFull Moon on Progress St

    Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.(R)

  2. Tuesday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Big Mama Thornton’s Ball and ChainFull Moon on Progress St

    Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.(R)

  3. Wednesday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Billie Holliday in Love at MoMAFull Moon on Progress St

    Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.(R)

  4. Thursday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Nina Simone’s Political RomanceFull Moon on Progress St

    Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.(R)

  5. Next Friday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Billie Holiday: Strange FruitFull Moon on Progress St

    Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.(R)

  6. Mon 25 May 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Black BeautyMiles Beyond

    How Miles Davis navigated racial politics in his life and music.

  7. Tue 26 May 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The Man With The HornMiles Beyond

    How Miles Davis changed the tone of the trumpet.

  8. Wed 27 May 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Sound AdventurerMiles Beyond

    How Miles Davis used technology to expand the sound palette in jazz, and beyond.

  9. Thu 28 May 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Style IconMiles Beyond

    Miles Davis’s image evolved alongside his music, making him a style icon.

  10. Fri 29 May 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    A New StandardMiles Beyond

    How Miles Davis broadened the jazz repertoire, covering pop hits in the 1980s.

  11. Mon 1 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Nikolai Roslavets: Doomed RadicalThe Other Shostakoviches

    Chris Addison unravels the story of doomed musical revolutionary Nikolai Roslavets.

  12. Tue 2 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Georgy Sviridov: Soul and VoiceThe Other Shostakoviches

    Chris Addison explores the music of Soviet regime favourite Georgy Sviridov.

  13. Wed 3 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Galina Ustvolskaya: Violence and RitualThe Other Shostakoviches

    Chris Addison tries to make sense of the brutal, strange music of Galina Ustvolskaya.

  14. Thu 4 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Alexander Mosolov: Wild At HeartThe Other Shostakoviches

    Chris Addison explores the wild life and music of ill-fated composer Alexander Mosolov.

  15. Fri 5 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Zara Levina: Simple GiftsThe Other Shostakoviches

    Chris Addison explores the work of Zara Levina, a composer still little known in the West.

  16. Mon 8 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    City of Dreams: Vienna, Psychoanalysis and MeMusicians on the Couch

    An eclectic look at music and the mind, from Liszt to Gould to Taylor Swift.(R)

  17. Tue 9 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Music, Madness and Unusual Ways of Seeing…Musicians on the Couch

    An eclectic look at music and the mind, from Liszt to Gould to Taylor Swift.(R)

  18. Wed 10 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    When Margaret Met Carl: Music TherapyMusicians on the Couch

    An eclectic look at music and the mind, from Liszt to Gould to Taylor Swift.(R)

  19. Thu 11 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Music and Mystery… Psychology and the UnexplainedMusicians on the Couch

    An eclectic look at music and the mind, from Liszt to Gould to Taylor Swift.(R)

  20. Fri 12 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Lisztomania: Music, mood and mass hysteria!Musicians on the Couch

    An eclectic look at music and the mind, from Liszt to Gould to Taylor Swift.(R)