The BBC has announced that it has a sustainable plan for the future of the BBC Singers, in association with The VOCES8 Foundation.
The threat to reduce the staff of the three English orchestras by 20% has not been lifted, but it is being reconsidered.
See the BBC press release here.

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SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00m6ztp)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00m891z)
Martin Handley


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00m8921)


SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b00hwwjp)
The Daffodil Maiden


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00m897v)
Thomas Ravenscroft - Harmony to please, varietie to delight

01 Thomas Ravenscroft
The marriage of the frogge and the mouse

02 Thomas Ravenscroft
New Oysters; Come follow me merrily; New Oysters (reprise)

03 Thomas Ravenscroft
3 Fantasias for viol

04 Thomas Ravenscroft
Three Blind Mice; Browning Madame

05 Thomas Ravenscroft
Who liveth so merry; Give us once a drink

06 William Parsons (artist)
The Lamentation
Performer: William Parsons

07 John Dowland
All people that on Earth do dwell… (Psalm 100)

08 Thomas Ravenscroft
Laboravi in gemitu meo; Ne laeteris inimical mea

09 Thomas Ravenscroft
Remember O Thou Man (Anthem from Melismata)

10 Thomas Ravenscroft
We Be Soldiers Three

11 Thomas Ravenscroft
Cryers Song of Cheape-Side


SAT 14:00 BBC Proms (b00m5613)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM 05 - Llyr Williams


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00m89cj)
Gnawa and World Music Festival 2009


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00m89cg)
Billy Taylor

01 Billy Taylor (artist)
I Wish I Knew How It Felt to Be Free
Performer: Billy Taylor

02 Ben Webster (artist)
Poutin'
Performer: Ben Webster

03
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Hot House

04 Billy Taylor (artist)
Night and Day
Performer: Billy Taylor

05 Billy Taylor Trio (artist)
You Tempt Me
Performer: Billy Taylor Trio

06 Billy Taylor Trio (artist)
Earl May
Performer: Billy Taylor Trio

07 Don Redman (artist)
Chant of the Weeds
Performer: Don Redman

08 Billy Taylor (artist)
Cu-Blue
Performer: Billy Taylor

09 Billy Taylor (artist)
That's Where it Is
Performer: Billy Taylor

10 Billy Taylor (artist)
Naima
Performer: Billy Taylor

11 Billy Taylor (artist)
Line for Lyons
Performer: Billy Taylor


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00m8b65)


SAT 18:00 Words and Music (b007rww9)
Iberia


SAT 19:30 BBC Proms (b00m8b67)
Prom 50: Fidelio
Part 1


SAT 20:50 BBC Proms (b00m8b69)
Proms Plus
Middle-Eastern Literature


SAT 21:10 BBC Proms (b00m8qp0)
Prom 50: Fidelio
Part 2


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00m8b6f)
Michael Finnissy



SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2009


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00m8gkm)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00m8gkp)
Martin Handley


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00m8gkr)
Pastoral Pleasures


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00g3tzb)


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00d9wpk)
Ich bin ein Hamburger


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00m8gkw)
Fiona Talkington


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00m5rdn)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00m8gky)
Verdi's Otello


SUN 18:30 BBC Proms (b00m8gl0)
Prom 51: Haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms
Part 1


SUN 19:30 BBC Proms (b00m8gl2)
Proms Plus
Literary Composers


SUN 19:50 BBC Proms (b00m8gl4)
Prom 51: Haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms
Part 2


SUN 20:45 Drama on 3 (b00m8gl6)
The Hybernaculum


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00m8gl8)
Full of Noises

01
Shakespeare
The Tempest “…the isle is full of noises…” read by John Paul Connolly

02 00:00:30 George Frideric Handel
Eternal source of light divine (from Birthday ode for Queen Anne)

03 00:04:23
EM Forster
Howard’s End “Whether you are like Mrs Munt… read by Rebecca Hall

04 00:05:31 Ludwig van Beethoven
C:Symphony No.5 in C minor (mvts III: Allegro & IV: Allegro)

05 00:11:30
PG Wodehouse
The Mating Season “The concert was slated to begin at eight-fifteen … read by John Paul Connolly

06 00:13:31 Oscar Straus
My Hero (from The Chocolate Soldier)

07 00:15:15 Maurice Ravel
L'Heure espagnol (beginning)

08 00:17:12
Thomas Middleton
Midnight (from Blurt, Master Constable) read by Rebecca Hall

09 00:17:13 Maurice Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges - The Garden (excerpt)

10 00:18:42
Walter de la Mare
Seaton’s Aunt “We stood leaning over the staircase … read by John Paul Connolly

11 00:19:00 Salvatore Sciarrino
Introduzione all:oscuro - excerpt

12 00:20:12
William Stafford
Listening read by John Paul Connolly

13 00:20:49 Johann Sebastian Bach
Allemande (from Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV.828) - excerpt

14 00:28:09
Archibald Lampman
Sight read by Rebecca Hall

15 00:28:16 Felix Mendelssohn
Octet (mvt I: Allegro con fuoco) - conclusion

16 00:32:39
Thomas Hardy
After the Burial read by John Paul Connolly

17 00:33:37 György Ligeti
Lontano (beginning, excerpt)

18 00:39:28
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden “But as she was listening to the wind … read by Rebecca Hall

19 00:41:29 Steve Reich
Music for mallet instruments, voices and organ - excerpt

20 00:44:32
Brian Keenan
An Evil Cradling “I knew they had a motor-generator … read by John Paul Connolly

21 00:45:57 Trad (artist)
Olomelekan
Performer: Trad

22 00:48:51
Ian McEwan
Atonement “She rested her palm against her forehead … read by Rebecca Hall

23 00:50:08 György Ligeti
Continuum (beginning)

24 00:51:18 Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (mvts III: Allegro non troppo & IV: Largo (beginning))

25 00:55:27
Walt Whitman
Beat! Beat! Drums! read by John Paul Connolly

26 00:57:31 Boyce (artist)
Symphony No. 4 in F major (mvt II: Vivace ma non troppo)
Performer: Boyce

27 00:59:14
Jane Austen
Pride & Prejudice “Elizabeth Bennett had been obliged… read by Rebecca Hall

28 01:01:22 Boyce (artist)
Symphony No. 4 in F major (mvt III: Gavot)
Performer: Boyce

29 01:03:29
George Herbert
Deniall read by John Paul Connolly

30 01:04:37 Thomas Tallis
Miserere nostri

31 01:06:50
TS Eliot
Four Quartets: The Dry Salvages (excerpt) read by Rebecca Hall

32 01:08:25 Arvo Pärt
Cantus in memorian Benjamin Britten


SUN 23:30 Jazz Line-Up (b00m8glb)
Kind of Blue Celebration



MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00m8lt3)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00m8lt5)
Rob Cowan


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00m8ltc)
James Jolly


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00m8lth)
Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)
Episode 1

01 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Napeve

02 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Her Picture (To a Portrait), Op 40 No 4 (1935-6)

03 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Song-Idyll: Sonata No 8 in D minor, Op 83 (1949) - 2nd mvt

04 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Cello Concerto in C minor, Op 66 (1944)

05 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Allegro assai e molto risoluto (Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 3 (1908) - 3rd mvt


MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b00m8ltp)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM 06 - Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Denes Varjon


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00m8ltt)
Prom 39/Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00m8lty)


MON 19:30 BBC Proms (b00m8lv2)
Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich
Part 1


MON 20:10 BBC Proms (b00m8p01)
Proms Plus
Schnittke and Shostakovich


MON 20:30 BBC Proms (b00m8p03)
Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich
Part 2


MON 21:45 The Lebrecht Interview (b00m8q26)
Stephen Hough


MON 22:30 New Generation Artists (b00m9xyb)
Elizabeth Watts, Mahan Esfahani


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00ctlkn)
The Future's Not What it Used to Be
Broken Dreams


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00m8p0m)
Bill Frisell at the 2008 Cheltenham Jazz Festival



TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00m8p6k)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00m8p6m)
Rob Cowan


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00m8p6p)
James Jolly


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00m8p6r)
Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)
Episode 2

01 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
The Moon and the Mist, Op 4 No 13 (1905)

02 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Reminiscences, Op 29 (1927) - excerpts

03 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
String Quartet No 3 in D minor, Op 33 (1930) - 1st mvt

04 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Alastor in C minor, Op 14 after Shelley (1912)


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00m8pd5)
Edinburgh International Festival 2009
Episode 1


TUE 14:30 Afternoon Concert (b00m8pd7)
Prom 40/Stravinsky, Beethoven


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00m8pd9)


TUE 19:00 BBC Proms (b00m8pdc)
Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn
Part 1


TUE 20:00 BBC Proms (b00m8pdf)
Proms Plus
Proms Anniversary Composers


TUE 20:20 BBC Proms (b00m8pdh)
Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn
Part 2


TUE 21:30 Music Feature (b00m8pdk)
The Art of Noises


TUE 22:15 BBC Proms (b00m8pdm)
2009
Prom 54 - Michael Nyman


TUE 23:45 Late Junction (b00m8pdp)
Fiona Talkington



WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00m8pg1)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00m8pg3)
Rob Cowan


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00m8pg5)
James Jolly


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00m8pg7)
Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)
Episode 3

01 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Romance (You are leaving for the wars), Op 40 No 8 (1935-6)

02 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 5 in D, Op 18 (1918) - 1st mvt

03 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Piano Sonata No 4 in C minor, Op 27 (1924-5) - 1st mvt

04 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 6 in E flat minor, Op 23 (1921-3) - 4th mvt


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00m8pjw)
Edinburgh International Festival 2009
Episode 2


WED 14:15 Afternoon Concert (b00m8pjy)
Prom 38/Ravel, Unsuk Chin, Stravinsky


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00m8pk0)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00m8pk2)


WED 19:30 BBC Proms (b00m8pk4)
Prom 55: Adams, Mozart, Strauss
Part 1


WED 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b00m8pk6)
Wunderkind


WED 20:40 BBC Proms (b00m8pk8)
Prom 55: Adams, Mozart, Strauss
Part 2


WED 21:45 Sunday Feature (b00gsq8n)
Creating Burns's Reputation


WED 22:30 New Generation Artists (b00m9yl7)
Shai Wosner


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00ctkws)
The Future's Not What it Used to Be
Trust Me, I'm a Scientist


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00m8pmg)
Fiona Talkington



THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00m8ptm)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00m8ptp)
Rob Cowan


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00m8ptr)
James Jolly


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00m8ptt)
Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)
Episode 4

01 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
The Moscow New Opera Orchestra

02 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 12 in G minor, Op 35 (1931-2) - 3rd mvt

03 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Violin Concerto in D minor Op 44 (1938) - 2nd mvt

04 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 19 in E flat for wind orchestra, Op 46 (1939) - 3rd, 4th mvts

05 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
String Quartet No 5 in E minor, Op 47 (1938-9) - 4th mvt


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00m8ptw)
Edinburgh International Festival 2009
Episode 3


THU 14:15 Afternoon Concert (b00m8pty)
Prom 43/Falla, Andriessen, Ravel


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00m8pv0)
Petroc Trelawny


THU 19:30 BBC Proms (b00m8pv2)
Prom 56: Saunders, Chopin, Strauss
Part 1


THU 20:25 BBC Proms (b00m8pv4)
Proms Plus
Proms Literary Festival - Mountain Writing


THU 20:45 BBC Proms (b00m8pv6)
Prom 56: Saunders, Chopin, Strauss
Part 2


THU 22:15 Sunday Feature (b00bg4q3)
Paradise or Nightmare - DH Lawrence in Cornwall


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00ctl29)
The Future's Not What it Used to Be
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00m8pwt)
Fiona Talkington



FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00m8pxx)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00m8pxz)
Rob Cowan


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00m8py1)
James Jolly


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00m8py3)
Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)
Episode 5

01 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Sonata No 5 in B, Op 64 (1944) - 3rd mvt

02 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 21 in F sharp minor, Op 51 (1940) - excerpt

03 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Sonata No 2 in A minor for cello and piano, Op 81 (1948-9) - 2nd mvt

04 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
String Quartet No 13 in A minor, Op 86 (1949) - 2nd, 3rd mvts

05 Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No 27 in C minor, Op 85 (1949)


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00m8pzl)
Edinburgh International Festival 2009
Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman


FRI 14:15 Afternoon Concert (b00m8pzn)
Prom 44/Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00m8pzq)


FRI 19:00 BBC Proms (b00m8pzs)
Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
Part 1


FRI 20:00 BBC Proms (b00m8pzv)
Proms Plus
Agon


FRI 20:20 BBC Proms (b00m8pzx)
Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
Part 2


FRI 21:30 Sunday Feature (b00dp1ph)
The First War on Terror


FRI 22:15 BBC Proms (b00m8q1k)
2009
Prom 58 - Andriessen, Martland, de Bondt


FRI 23:45 World on 3 (b00m8q1m)
Mary Ann Kennedy