Private Passions is a weekly music discussion programme that has been running since 15 April 1995 on BBC Radio 3, presented by the composer Michael Berkeley.
The producers are Elizabeth Burke, Jane Greenwood and Olivia Seligman.
Every week Berkeley interviews a notable guest about their life and musical interests and plays a selection of their favourite pieces.
"[4] The Private Passions book charts the show's first decade, listing all the guests and their choices of music.
[4] The programme's theme tune is Berkeley's own "The Wakeful Poet" (from Music from Chaucer) performed by the Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet.