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 16 FEBRUARY 2008


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b008xkv8)


SAT 05:00 Through the Night (b008xkv9)
Through the Night


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b008z2zh)


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b008z2zj)
Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater RV 621


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b008z2zk)


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008z2zl)
Lully's Paris


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b008z5nb)


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b008zc3s)
World Routes in Azerbaijan
The Saz and Mugham singer Alin Qasimov

01 Ali Mustafayev (on Saz) (artist)
Ruhani (trad)
Performer: Ali Mustafayev (on Saz)

02
Introducing the Saz
Introducing the Saz, the stringed lute used by the Ashigs, the Azerbaijani troubadours, played here by Ali Mustafayev.
Duration 00:02:18

03 00:02:19
Mugham singer Alim Qasimov
Mugham singer Alim Qasimov recorded at a concert at the Baku jazz Centre. Two songs and an interview with Alim Qasimov and with Dr Sanubar Baghirova, a writer and expert on the music of Azerbaijan.
Duration 00:12:22

04 00:02:19 Alim Qasimov (artist)
: Ay qiz Leyla (trad)
Performer: Alim Qasimov
Duration 00:12:22

05 00:02:19 Alim Qasimov (artist)
: Bayati Shiraz (trad)
Performer: Alim Qasimov
Duration 00:12:22

06 00:14:42
A visit to Yanar Dag.
A visit to Yanar Dag, a natural wonder – a hillside town outside Baku which is constantly on fire. It is said to have inspired the Zoroastrians who have lived in this region for over 2,000 years.
Duration 00:01:52

07 00:16:35
Mirza Alakbar Sabir's House.
A special session at the House of Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862-1911) a celebrated Azeri poet and philosopher in Shamakhy, the ancient capital of Azerbaijan.
Duration 00:04:15

08 00:16:35 Shirzad Fataliyev (on Balaban) (artist)
Mirzayi (trad)
Performer: Shirzad Fataliyev (on Balaban)
Duration 00:04:15

09 00:20:51
Yanzar Badalov sings folk songs.
Yanzar Badalov, an Ashig (rural troubadour) who, by tradition, sings folk songs from the Azeri mythology and accompanies himself with a Saz.
Duration 00:08:53

10 00:20:51 Yanzar Badalov (artist)
Pishrov (trad)
Performer: Yanzar Badalov
Duration 00:08:53

11 00:20:51 Zulfiyya Ibadova & Gulara Azafly (artist)
Bash Muxammas (trad)
Performer: Zulfiyya Ibadova & Gulara Azafly
Duration 00:08:53

12 00:29:05
Female Ashigs.
Lucy and Sanubar talk about female Ashigs. Two well known female Ashigs , Zulfiyya Ibadova & Gulara Azafly, both sing and play the Saz.
Duration 00:12:43

13 00:29:05 Konul Xasiyeva (artist)
: Mugham Sega (trad)
Performer: Konul Xasiyeva
Duration 00:12:43

14 00:29:05 Gochaq Askarov (artist)
Zabul Tasnif/Mugham Segah/Agh Gecha
Performer: Gochaq Askarov
Duration 00:12:43

15 00:41:49
A modern wedding in Baku.
A modern wedding at “the House of Joy” wedding venue in Baku. Azeri vocalist Konul Xasiyerva performs during a wedding with a group including electric guitar.
Duration 00:04:34

16 00:46:26
Oil business of Azerbaijan.
Lucy talks about the oil business of Azerbaijan and the pollution disaster caused by the old business and visits a concert of 28 years old Mugham singer Gochaq Askerov.
Duration 00:11:58


SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b008z5pd)


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b008z5pf)


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b008z5vl)
Puccini's Manon Lescaut


SAT 21:45 Between the Ears (b008z5vm)
Mobius Strip and the Confidence Trickster


SAT 22:15 Pre-Hear (b008z5vn)


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b008z5vp)



SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2008


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b008xgtj)


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b008z64m)


SUN 04:00 Through the Night (b009014k)
Through the Night


SUN 05:00 Through the Night (b008z64n)
Through the Night


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b008z64p)


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b008z64q)


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b008z64r)


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008z64s)
Le Concert Spirituel


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b008z6w3)


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b008z6wd)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b008z6xp)
Electronic Music

01 Edgard Varèse
Poeme electronique for tape

02 Karlheinz Stockhausen (artist)
Gesang der Junglinge for tape (No.8)
Performer: Karlheinz Stockhausen

03 Olivier Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, piano, violin and cello - no.2; Vocalise pour l

04 William Byrd
Mass for 5 voices - Benedictus

05 Jonathan Harvey
Mortuos plango, vivos voco for electronic tape


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b008z6xq)


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b008z6xr)
The Cool Bag Baby, by Katie Hims


SUN 21:15 BBC Singers (b008zbnv)


SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b008z6xs)
South American Currents
Peru - The Padlocked Town


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b008z6y4)
This Is New York

01 Leonard Bernstein
Prologue

02 00:00:06
Emma Lazarus
The New Colossus read by Laurel Lefkow

03 00:02:07
Federico Garcia Lorca
Dawn read by William Hope

04 00:02:58 Ned Rorem (artist)
Violin Concerto
Performer: Ned Rorem

05 00:07:47 Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint

06 00:08:42
Kenneth Fearing
Manhattan read by William Hope

07 00:12:37 Tom Waits (artist)
Somewhere (from West Side Story)
Performer: Tom Waits

08 00:16:30
Langston Hughes
Good Morning read by Laurel Lefkow

09 00:17:31 Duke Ellington (artist)
Echoes of Harlem
Performer: Duke Ellington

10 00:20:35 Lou Reed (artist)
Walk On The Wild Side
Performer: Lou Reed

11 00:24:12
Sara Teasdale
Broadway read by Laurel Lefkow

12 00:25:06
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart - I Could Write a Book

13 00:28:28
William Carlos Williams
The Great Figure read by William Hope

14 00:28:37 Steve Reich
Different Trains

15 00:33:17
Walt Whitman
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry read by Laurel Lefkow

16 00:35:17 George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

17 00:51:41
Wislawa Szymborska
Photograph from September 11th read by William Hope

18 00:51:59 Charles Ives
Central Park in the Dark

19 00:58:45
Audre Lord
A Trip on the Staten Island Ferry read by Laurel Lefkow

20 00:59:37 Thomas Newman
Ellis Island

21 01:01:41
Allen Ginsberg
My Sad Self read by William Hope

22 01:01:48 Morton Feldman
For Frank O'Hara

23 01:11:40
E.B. White
Here is New York read by William Hope

24 01:12:52 Antonín Dvořák
Suite in A Major 'American'

25 01:16:05
C.K. Williams
from War read by William Hope

26 01:17:28 John Adams
On the Transmigration of Souls



MONDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2008


MON 00:00 The Early Music Show (b008xhwh)
A Day in the Life of Louis XIV

01 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (3rd Air)

02 François Couperin
Pièces de clavecin 9 – 4th ordre (Le Réveil-matin)

03 Henry Desmarest (artist)
De profundis (Et lux perpetua)
Performer: Henry Desmarest

04 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Confitebor tibi Domine (Intellectus bonus; Gloria)

05 Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
Pieces in D major (Chaconne de Galatée)

06 Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Les Plaisirs de Versailles (Overture)

07 Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Reprise de la Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs

08 François Couperin
Deuxième Concert Royal (Air tendre)

09 André Danican Philidor (artist)
La Chasse
Performer: André Danican Philidor

10 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (1st Air)

11 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
La grande pièce royale S.161

12 Marin Marais
Sarabande

13 Robert de Visée
Suite in D minor (Sarabande)

14 00:03:42 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (3rd Air)
Duration 00:02:12

15 00:08:48 François Couperin
Le Reveil-matin (from Pieces de clavecin 9, 4th ordre)
Duration 00:02:09

16 00:12:05 Henry Desmarest (artist)
De profundis (Et lux perpetua)
Performer: Henry Desmarest
Duration 00:01:40

17 00:16:30 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Confitebor tibi Domine (Intellectus bonus; Gloria)
Duration 00:05:16

18 00:23:47 Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
Pieces in D major (Chaconne de Galatee)
Duration 00:02:14

19 00:28:10 Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Les Plaisirs de Versailles: Overture
Duration 00:01:53

20 00:31:34 Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Reprise de la Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs
Duration 00:01:20

21 00:34:34 François Couperin
Deuxieme Concert Royal (Air tendre)
Duration 00:02:41

22 00:39:17 Andre Philidor (artist)
La Chasse
Performer: Andre Philidor
Duration 00:00:48

23 00:41:34 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Concert de trompettes pour les Festes sur le canal de Versailles (1st Air)
Duration 00:01:30

24 00:43:08 Michel‐Richard de Lalande
La grande piece royale S.161
Duration 00:08:28

25 00:54:16 Marin Marais
Sarabande
Duration 00:03:08

26 00:59:00 Robert de Visée
Suite in D minor (Sarabande)
Duration 00:01:54


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b008z71v)


MON 05:00 Through the Night (b008z71w)
Through the Night


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b008z71x)


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b008z738)


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0090mt2)
Giuseppe Verdi
Episode 1


MON 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008z8z9)


MON 17:00 In Tune (b008z8zb)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008z97w)


MON 20:45 Composer of the Week (b0090mt2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 21:45 Night Waves (b008z97x)


MON 22:30 Artist Focus (b008z97y)


MON 23:00 The Essay (b007gbtr)
Death and the Philosopher
Episode 1


MON 23:15 Lopa Kothari (b008zbqt)



TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2008


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b008z98r)


TUE 05:00 Through the Night (b008z98s)
Through the Night


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b008z98t)


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b008z98v)


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0090ng1)
Giuseppe Verdi
Episode 2


TUE 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008z9bv)


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b008z9d6)
In Tune


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008z9gd)


TUE 20:45 Composer of the Week (b0090ng1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 21:45 Night Waves (b008z9gf)


TUE 22:30 Artist Focus (b008z9gg)


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b007gbv6)
Death and the Philosopher
Episode 2


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b008z9gt)



WEDNESDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2008


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b008z9jv)
Through the Night


WED 04:25 Through the Night (b00920ll)
Through the Night


WED 05:13 Through the Night (b008z9jw)
Through the Night


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b008z9jx)


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b008z9jy)


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0090nk2)
Giuseppe Verdi
Episode 3


WED 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008z9k0)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b008z9d7)
In Tune


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008z9k1)


WED 20:45 Composer of the Week (b0090nk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 21:45 Night Waves (b008z9k2)


WED 22:30 Artist Focus (b008z9k3)


WED 23:00 The Essay (b007gbvm)
Death and the Philosopher
Episode 3


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b008z9k4)



THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2008


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b008z9nl)
Through the Night


THU 04:30 Through the Night (b008z9nm)
Through the Night


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b008z9nn)


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b008z9np)


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0090nn9)
Giuseppe Verdi
Episode 4


THU 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008z9nr)


THU 17:00 In Tune (b008z9d8)


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008z9ns)


THU 20:45 Composer of the Week (b0090nn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 21:45 Night Waves (b008z9nt)


THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b008z9nv)


THU 23:00 The Essay (b007gbw1)
Death and the Philosopher
Episode 4


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b008z9nw)



FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2008


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b008z9qj)


FRI 05:00 Through the Night (b008z9qk)
Through the Night


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b008z9ql)


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b008z9qm)


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0090nsr)
Giuseppe Verdi
Episode 5


FRI 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008z9qp)


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b008z9d9)


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008z9qq)


FRI 20:45 Composer of the Week (b0090nsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 21:45 The Verb (b008z9qr)


FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b008z9r6)
Abdullah Ibrahim


FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b008z9r7)
Evan Parker and Dave Liebman at the Vortex