Radio 3's Breakfast programme presented by Elizabeth Alker, broadcasting live from the Radio 3 Free Thinking pop-up studio in the foyer of Sage, Gateshead. Show more
Sarah Walker presents a live edition of Sunday Morning from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage, Gateshead, and is joined by the saxophonist and composer Tim Garland. Show more
Michael Berkeley's guest is Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan, with choices of music including Arvo Part, Miles Davis and Jane Birkin. Show more
Artists including Paul Watkins and Vadim Gluzman introduce their recordings of great works for soloists with candid glimpses into their world as the one amongst the many. Show more
At Radio 3's Free Thinking weekend, Lucie Skeaping and Dr Joanne Paul discuss Thomas More's socio-political satire 'Utopia', with music from the period sung by The Ebor Singers. Show more
An archive recording from Chichester Cathedral. Show more
Greg Beardsell presents a special edition of the programme from Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead including performances from Musical Originals and Voices of Hope. Show more
The Listening Service
The Listening Service at Free Thinking
30 minutes
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Tom Service explores the idea of polyphony - a musical democratic utopia? Or are some voices always going to be more equal than others? Live at the Free Thinking Festival. Show more
A special edition of Words and Music, recorded earlier as part of the Free Thinking Festival. Carolyn Pickles and Jonathan Keeble read texts on 'The One and the Many'. Show more
Simon Russell Beale explores the complex dynamic relationship in concertos between soloist and ensemble, from the Baroque to the virtuosity of the Romantic era to today's music. Show more
Clemency Burton-Hill presents highlights from a concert the Basel Chamber Orchestra gave at the La Chaux-de-Fonds Music Society Festival in 2017. Show more
A cast of actors local to Gateshead perform extracts from some of the little-known plays by over 400 female playwrights who were helping in the campaign for votes for women. Show more
Elin Manahan Thomas presents highlights of a concert of Handel given by Magdalena Kozena and the Venice Baroque Orchestra in Bucharest. Show more
Pianist Leon McCawley plays music by Haydn, Hans Gal, Chopin and Beethoven. Show more
Catriona Young introduces a live performance of Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil (Vespers) from BBC Proms 2017 Latvian Radio Choir directed by Sigvards Kļava. Show more
