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.
RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 3
Unofficial Weekly Listings for BBC Radio 3 — supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/
| Ballad singer Sheila Adams. | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:22:14 | Duration 00:13:11 | Link | |
| Fiddler Benton Flippen. | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | Duration 00:07:46 | Link | ||
| Interview with Benton Flippen. | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:07:47 | Duration 00:08:36 | Link | |
| Joe Thompson string band player | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:41:52 | Duration 00:09:38 | Link | |
| More stories from Sheila Adams. | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:35:26 | Duration 00:06:20 | Link | |
| Richard Wagner - Overture to Tannhäuser | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | ||
| Richard Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre) | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | ||
| Square Dances. | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:51:30 | Duration 00:07:24 | Link | |
| The Appalachian dulcimer. | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:16:20 | Duration 00:05:53 | Link | |
| (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist) | Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:56:19 | Duration 00:01:16 | Link |
| Archie Shepp (artist) | The Mac Man | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist) | Cackling Hen | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:10:27 | Duration 00:01:57 | Link |
| Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist) | Cotton Eyed Joe | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:02:36 | Duration 00:02:20 | Link |
| Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist) | Fortune | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:05:32 | Duration 00:02:14 | Link |
| Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist) | June Apple | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:13:20 | Duration 00:02:59 | Link |
| Billy Mayerl (artist) | Jill All Alone | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Booker T. & The MG’s (artist) | Green Onions | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Desmond Dekker & the Aces (artist) | Israelites | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Eddie Jefferson with Rashied Ali's Quintet (artist) | Pennies from Heaven | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Harald Saeverud arr. Garbarek (artist) | Rondo Amoroso | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Irish Trad (artist) | Johnny, I Hardly Knew You | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Jimmy Webb (artist) | The Moon's a Harsh Mistress | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist) | Georgie Buck | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:43:07 | Duration 00:01:49 | Link |
| Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist) | Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:46:29 | Duration 00:02:33 | Link |
| John Adams | Loops and Verses' from 'Shaker Loops | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Coltrane (artist) | Compassion | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Coltrane (artist) | Manifestation | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Coltrane (artist) | Peace on Earth (opening) | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Coltrane (artist) | Venus | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco (artist) | Guitar Concerto no.1 in D Major | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Marion Brown (artist) | Why Not | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Maurice Ravel | Le Tombeau De Couperin | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Maurice Ravel | Prélude from 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Max Reger | Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-26 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-27 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition) - arr for Moog synthesiser | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-28 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov (1872 version) - Act 3, Sc 1 | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-27 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov (1872 version) - Act 4, Sc 1 (excerpt) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-27 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov (1872 version) - Prologue, Sc 2 (Coronation Scene) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-27 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Joshua - also known as Jesus Navin (1874-7) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-29 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Khovanschina (1872-80) - Act 4, Sc 1 (live recording) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-29 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Khovanschina - close of Act 5 (live recording) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-29 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) - 1879 | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-30 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-28 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Songs and Dances of Death (1875-7) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-29 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Sorochintsy Fair (1874-80) - excerpt from Act 1 | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-30 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Sorochintsy Fair (excerpt from Act 2) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-30 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Sorochintsy Fair - concluding chorus of Act 3 (Hopak) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-30 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Sunless (1874) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-28 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | The Marriage (1868) - Sc 2 | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-26 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | The Nursery (1868-72) | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-26 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Two Russian Folksongs (words by AK Tolstoy) - 1877: Misfortune; Softly the spirit flew up | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-30 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Two early orchestral pieces (1858): Chorus of People in the Temple (Oedipus in Athens); Sc | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-26 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Two piano pieces: On the southern shore of the Crimea - Gurzuf (1879); Near the southern s | Composer of the Week | 2009-10-30 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Moondog (artist) | Bird's Lament | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Morten Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna (excerpt) | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Paul Simon (artist) | Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Rashied Ali Quintet (artist) | Lourana | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Rashied Ali with Prima Materia (artist) | Iris | Jazz Library | 2009-10-24 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Rick Ward (artist) | A Soldier and a Lady | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:16:20 | Duration 00:05:53 | Link |
| Rick Ward (artist) | Bald Headed End of the Broom (from the singing of Lee Monroe Presnell) | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:21:43 | Duration 00:00:30 | Link |
| Sheila Kay Adams (artist) | Pretty Saro (from the singing of Mary Sands) | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:37:12 | Duration 00:04:40 | Link |
| Sheila Kay Adams (artist) | The Daemon Lover (from the singing of Dellie Chandler Norton) | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:25:13 | Duration 00:04:15 | Link |
| Sheila Kay Adams (artist) | The Farmer's Cursed Wife (from the singing of Inez Chandler) | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:31:47 | Duration 00:03:38 | Link |
| Stewart Copeland (artist) | Gene Pool (excerpt) | Private Passions | 2009-10-25 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist) | Pumpkin Pie | World Routes | 2009-10-24 | 15:00 | 00:51:30 | Duration 00:02:06 | Link |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Cosi Fan Tutte | Radio 3 Requests | 2009-10-25 | 14:00 | Duration | Link | |