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Midsummer Dreaming

From sunset until sunrise on the solstice, Verity Sharp presents a special dream-like night of radio documentaries from Radio 3's archives - accompanied by music for enchantment.

From sunset until sunrise on the solstice, Verity Sharp presents a speical dream-like night of radio documentaries from Radio 3's archives.

A special celebration of the vast imaginative possibilities of the radio and Between the Ears - Radio 3's own strand of adventurous feature-making - and of Radio 3's predecessor The Third Programme.

Midsummer Dreaming features radio signals bouncing off the moon, documentaries woven from our dreams and dancers performing in duet with their younger selves, interspersed with a specially chosen playlist of music and field recordings to fit this magic moment of each year.

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