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 07 JUNE 2008


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00bvq7d)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00c1l8n)


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00bz0zw)
Building a Library: Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C K465, “Dissonance”


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00bz0zy)


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00bz100)
Nicholas Kraemer


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00bz102)


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00bz104)


SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b00bz106)


SAT 17:30 Jazz Record Requests (b00bz108)


SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (b00bz10b)
Gounod's Romeo et Juliette


SAT 21:30 Between the Ears (b00bz11t)
Staring at the Wall


SAT 22:00 Pre-Hear (b00bz11w)


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00bz11y)



SUNDAY 08 JUNE 2008


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b007gbwn)
The Mandolin


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00c116v)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00c1m7x)


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00bz1gv)


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00bz1gx)


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00bz1gz)


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00bz1h1)


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00bz1h3)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00bz1h5)
Mendelssohn Overtures

01 Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture (Op.26)

02 Felix Mendelssohn
Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt - overture (Op.27)

03 Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music (Op.61)


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b00bz1h7)

01 Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder - [18] waltzes for pf duet & 4 vv ad lib. (Op.52) - no.8; Wenn so lind dein A

02 Heinrich Schütz
Musikalische Exequien (SWV.279-81) - Part 3; Herr nun lassest/Selig sind (SWV.281)[2 ch. &

03 Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610] - Lauda, Jerusalem [7 voices & bc]

04 Thomas Morley (artist)
O griefe, even on the bud for 5 voices [1597a]
Performer: Thomas Morley

05 George Frideric Handel
Jephtha - Act 2 [no.50]; How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees [chorus]

06 Jean Mouton
Nesciens mater virgo virum for 8 voices

07 Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata no. 20 (BWV.20) "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort"

08 Benjamin Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia for chorus (Op.27) 9:40

09 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro - opera in 4 acts (K.492) End of Act 3: andante amici

10 Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches requiem (Op.45) - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b007g8m0)
True West


SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b00bz1hc)
A Tale of Two Skulls


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00bz1hf)
The Sky Smiles Down

01 Modest Mussorgsky
Tuileries (Pictures at an Exhibition)

02 00:00:25
Emily Dickinson
My Garden, read by Fiona Shaw

03 00:01:03
Wordsworth
Summer Vacation from The Prelude, read by Robert Glenister

04 00:01:49 Judith Weir
Sumer is i-cumen in (Themes and Variations)

05 00:04:00
William Blake
The Schoolboy, read by Robert Glenister

06 00:05:23 Joan Baez (artist)
Never dreamed you'd leave in summer
Performer: Joan Baez

07 00:08:08 Gustav Mahler
po di Menuetto (Symphony no 3)

08 00:08:16
August Kleinzahler
The Damselfly, read by Fiona Shaw

09 00:18:03
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Summer in the South, read by Robert Glenister

10 00:18:17 Olivier Messiaen
Les Orioles (Des Canyons aux Etoiles)

11 00:24:27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
from The Great Gatsby, read by Fiona Shaw

12 00:25:51 Charlie Parker's Reboppers (artist)
Once upon a summertime
Performer: Charlie Parker's Reboppers

13 00:29:18
Qabbani
In the summer, read by Fiona Shaw

14 00:29:18
Walt Whitman
from Song of Myself, read by Fiona Shaw

15 00:30:45 Manuel de Falla
Danza Lejana - Nights in the Gardens of Spain

16 00:36:01
Mark Doty
After the Fourth, read by Robert Glenister

17 00:37:46 John Cage
Summer (The Seasons)

18 00:43:38
Mark Strand
My mother on an evening in late summer, read by Fiona Shaw

19 00:46:07 Gerald Finzi
In five-score Summers

20 00:47:51 Zoltán Kodály
Summer Evening

21 00:53:17 Stephen Sondheim (artist)
Night Waltz (A Little Night Music)
Performer: Stephen Sondheim

22 00:56:06
Carol Ann Duffy
Midsummer Night, read by Fiona Shaw

23 00:57:53 Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream

24 01:02:45
Seamus Heaney
Night Drive, read by Robert Glenister

25 01:03:40
A Teasdale
Summer Night, Riverside, read by Fiona Shaw

26 01:04:51 George Gershwin
Summertime

27 01:08:08
John Clare
Summer Evening, read by Robert Glenister

28 01:09:05 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Water Mill

29 01:12:27
Ted Hughes
The Harvest Moon, read by Fiona Shaw

30 01:12:57 Toru Takemitsu
Rain Tree Sketch II

31 01:16:28
John Burnside
Summer, read by Fiona Shaw

32 01:17:26 Antonín Dvořák
Adagio (Symphony no 8)



MONDAY 09 JUNE 2008


MON 00:00 The Early Music Show (b007gbhc)


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00bz3n6)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00bz663)


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00bz3nd)


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00bz3ng)
Paul Hindemith
A Boy's Remarkable Talent


MON 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b00bz4kw)


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00bz4ky)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00bz60x)


MON 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00bz3ng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 21:45 Night Waves (b00bz60z)


MON 22:30 Artist Focus (b00bz611)


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00bz613)
Greek and Latin Voices (Cicero)
Episode 1


MON 23:15 World on 3 (b00bz615)



TUESDAY 10 JUNE 2008


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00bz1gn)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00bz66g)


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00bz665)


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00bz667)
Paul Hindemith
The Sins of Youth


TUE 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b00bz6c1)


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00bz6c3)


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00bz6hy)


TUE 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00bz667)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 21:45 Night Waves (b00bz6j0)


TUE 22:30 Artist Focus (b00bz6j2)


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00bz6z4)
Greek and Latin Voices (Cicero)
Episode 2


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00bz70k)



WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2008


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00bz669)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00c2081)


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00bz66j)


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00bz66l)
Paul Hindemith
The Hindemith Case


WED 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b00bz6c5)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00bz6c7)


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00bz6j4)


WED 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00bz66l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 21:45 Night Waves (b00bz6j6)


WED 22:30 Artist Focus (b00bz6j8)


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00bz6z6)
Greek and Latin Voices (Cicero)
Episode 3


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00bz6z8)



THURSDAY 12 JUNE 2008


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00bz66n)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00bz66s)


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00bz66v)


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00bz66x)
Paul Hindemith
A Composer's new World


THU 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b00bz6c9)


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00bz6cc)


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00bz6jb)


THU 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00bz66x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 21:45 Night Waves (b00bz6jd)


THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b00c18qx)


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00bz6zb)
Greek and Latin Voices (Cicero)
Episode 4


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00bz6zd)



FRIDAY 13 JUNE 2008


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00bz66z)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00bz673)


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00bz675)


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00bz677)
Paul Hindemith
A Legacy


FRI 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b00bz6cf)


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00bz6ch)


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00bz6jg)


FRI 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00bz677)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 21:45 The Verb (b00bz6jj)


FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b00bz6vz)
Roy Haynes


FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b00bz6zg)
The Necks