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  1. Today21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Style IconMiles Beyond

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

  2. Tomorrow21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    A New StandardMiles Beyond

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

  3. Monday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Nikolai Roslavets: Doomed RadicalThe Other Shostakoviches

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

  4. Tuesday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Georgy Sviridov: Soul and VoiceThe Other Shostakoviches

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

  5. Next Wednesday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Galina Ustvolskaya: Violence and RitualThe Other Shostakoviches

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

  6. Next Thursday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Alexander Mosolov: Wild At HeartThe Other Shostakoviches

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

  7. Next Friday21:45
    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.

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. 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)

  11. 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)

  12. 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)

  13. Mon 22 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    On Not Being a JazzerJazz Among the British

    Geoffrey Smith reflects on perceptions of jazz in Britain and questions the term 'jazzer'.(R)

  14. Tue 23 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The British AudienceJazz Among the British

    Geoffrey Smith looks at the how the audience for jazz in Britain has evolved over time.(R)

  15. Wed 24 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Americans in BritainJazz Among the British

    Geoffrey Smith on how Britain influenced the work of two celebrated American jazz artists.(R)

  16. Thu 25 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Stan TraceyJazz Among the British

    4/5Geoffrey Smith on the work of Stan Tracey, paragon of British jazz and of jazz in Britain.(R)

  17. Fri 26 Jun 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Sonny RollinsJazz Among the British

    Geoffrey Smith on the connection Sonny Rollins forged with his British audience.(R)