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Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

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    Michael Berkeley talks to broadcaster and political commentator Jonathan Dimbleby.
  2. Michael Berkeley talks to comedian Sue Perkins, who chooses Britten, Mozart and Pergolesi.
  3. Michael Berkeley's guest is Polish-born children's book illustrator Jan Pienkowski.
  4. Michael Berkeley's guest is writer Janice Galloway, who chooses pieces by both Schumanns.
  5. Michael Berkeley talks to actor Paul Rhys, whose choices include Bach's St Matthew Passion
  6. Michael Berkeley's guest is Rick Wakeman, who chooses works by Prokofiev, Smetana and Part
  7. Michael Berkeley meets New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
  8. Michael Berkeley's guest is writer David Almond, who chooses music by Mozart and Puccini.
  9. Michael Berkeley's guest is choreographer Richard Alston, whose choices include Bach.
  10. Michael Berkeley meets Marcia Schofield, an NHS doctor and former keyboardist in The Fall.

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