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 09 AUGUST 2008


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00cwf2m)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00cwxdw)
Breakfast


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00cwxdy)


SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b007r9z0)
Is This a Record?


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008dmwg)
Bach's Art of Fugue


SAT 14:00 BBC Proms (b00ct3z0)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM3 - Grieg, Tchaikovsky


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00cwxgt)
World Routes in China
Silk and Bamboo music, the gugin and Pingtan music

01
Disappearing culture
Lucy Duran drives to a local theatre in the city of Suzhou. She learns that the culture of the countryside is disappearing including ‘pingtan’, a form of storytelling music.
Duration 00:06:24

02 00:01:09 Local Suzhou performers (artist)
unknown
Performer: Local Suzhou performers
Duration 00:00:47

03 00:06:25
Pingtan performance
We hear an extract of pingtan performed at a theatre in Suzhou. The story of the song just heard is explained. The whole story takes 15 performances to complete.
Duration 00:11:38

04 00:06:25 Suzhou City Pingtan Troop (artist)
unknown
Performer: Suzhou City Pingtan Troop
Duration 00:04:49

05 00:15:37 Suzhou City Pingtan Troop (artist)
Unknown
Performer: Suzhou City Pingtan Troop
Duration 00:02:08

06 00:18:04
Silk music and the gugin
Lucy tells the history of Suzhou. Visiting a silk museum she tells how silk has produced some of China’s most beautiful music. We hear the gugin, a 7 string zither dating from the 13th century.
Duration 00:06:33

07 00:20:10 Mr Lin Youren (artist)
The drunken fisherman
Performer: Mr Lin Youren
Duration 00:04:27

08 00:24:38
The gugin
Mr Lin demonstrates the gugin and talks about how most music was banned during the Cultural Revolution. He worries that the modern generation has lost touch with their culture.
Duration 00:11:45

09 00:30:52 Mr Lin Youren (artist)
unknown
Performer: Mr Lin Youren
Duration 00:05:31

10 00:36:24
Background to silk and bamboo music
Lucy goes in search of some ‘silk and bamboo’ music. Her guide Anxi explains the background of silk and bamboo music. A performer explains the character of the music.
Duration 00:11:10

11 00:39:19 unknown (artist)
unknown silk and bamboo music
Performer: unknown
Duration 00:03:39

12 00:45:46 unknown (artist)
unknown silk and bamboo music
Performer: unknown
Duration 00:01:48

13 00:47:35
Chinese bamboo flute and changes to the gugin
Mr Dai plays the Chinese bamboo flute. His daughter, Dai Wei joins in on the gugin. Dai Wei tells Lucy about the changes in playing the gugin due to outside influences.
Duration 00:11:08

14 00:47:35 Mr Dai (artist)
unknown
Performer: Mr Dai
Duration 00:02:30

15 00:55:12 Mr Dai and Dai Wei (artist)
Plumb Tree Blossom
Performer: Mr Dai and Dai Wei
Duration 00:03:31


SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b00cwxj1)


SAT 17:30 Jazz Record Requests (b00cwxj3)


SAT 18:30 New Generation Artists (b00cwxkx)
Gwilym Simcock


SAT 19:00 BBC Proms (b00cwxkz)
Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra
Prom 31 - Part 1


SAT 19:45 Twenty Minutes (b007smzf)
The Bargain


SAT 20:05 BBC Proms (b00cwylv)
Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra
Prom 31 - Part 2


SAT 21:00 The Wire (b0092bt1)
Lullaby of Shadows


SAT 21:45 Pre-Hear (b00cwyrc)


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00cwz4p)



SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2008


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b00c8x5d)
Charles Burney - Journeyman, Historian and Composer

00 00:30:24 Gregorio Allegri
Miserere
Ensemble: A Sei Voci
Conductor: Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Duration 00:14:16

00 00:15:02 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Exsultate Deo
Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Director: George Guest
Duration 00:02:33

00 00:59:40 Girolamo Montesardo
Scherzo di Ninfe
Singer: Mathieu Abelli
Ensemble: Fuoco e Cenere
Director: Jay Bernfeld
Duration 00:01:23

00 00:09:20 André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
Overture: L'Amitie a l'epreuve
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne
Conductor: Stefan Sanderling
Duration 00:03:19

00 00:20:53 Niccolò Piccinni
"Venga pur: che bel piacere" from "Le Donne vindicate"
Singer: Sylva Pozzer
Singer: Giuliana Castellani
Singer: Vincenzo di Donato
Singer: Maura Buda
Ensemble: I Barocchisti
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Duration 00:07:15

00 00:47:18 Alessandro Scarlatti
Il Nerone
Singer: Elisabeth Scholl
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo
Director: Federico Maria Sardelli
Duration 00:08:44

01 00:47:18 Stefan Sanderling (artist)
Gretry: Overture L?Amitié a l?épreuve
Conductor: Stefan Sanderling
Performer: Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne
Duration 00:03:21

02 00:03:21 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Exsultate Deo - motet for 5 voices [1584]
Conductor: George Guest
Performer: St John's College Cambridge Choir
Duration 00:02:33

03 00:05:54 Diego Fasolis (artist)
Piccinni ? ?Venga pur: che bel piacere? from Le Donne vindicate
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Performer: Mauro Buda
Performer: I Barocchisti
Duration 00:07:23

04 00:13:17 Gregorio Allegri
Miserere mei Deus [Psalm 51] for 9 voices
Conductor: Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Performer: A Sei Voci
Duration 00:14:25

05 00:27:42 Federico Maria Sardelli (artist)
Alessandro Scarlatti ? Il Nerone
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
Performer: Elisabeth Scholl
Performer: Modo Antiquo
Duration 00:08:54

06 00:36:36 Jay Bernfield (artist)
Girolamo Montesardo ? Scherzo di Ninfe
Performer: Jay Bernfield
Performer: Mathieu Abelli
Performer: Fuoco e Cenere
Duration 00:01:27


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00cwzc8)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00cwzcd)
Breakfast


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00cwzcg)


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00cwzgx)
Kiran Desai


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00cwzgz)
Dr John Bull


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00cwzh1)


SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (b00cwzj2)


SUN 16:00 BBC Proms (b00cx15p)
2008
Prom 32: BBC Singers


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00cx15r)
Schwanengesang

01 Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang - song-cycle for voice and piano (D.957)


SUN 18:30 New Generation Artists (b00cx15t)
Eduard Kunz, Martin Helmchen, Aronowitz Ensemble


SUN 19:30 BBC Proms (b00cx15w)
Prom 33: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Prom 33 - Part 1


SUN 20:30 Proms Short Story (b00czj23)


SUN 20:50 BBC Proms (b00cx18x)
Prom 33: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Prom 33 - Part 2


SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b00cx18z)
A Brief History of Cunning


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00cx19y)
Crushed



MONDAY 11 AUGUST 2008


MON 00:00 The Early Music Show (b00c8p1m)
Charles Burney's German Journey

00 00:12:26 Carl Friedrich Abel
Sonata for viola da gamba in G major
Performer: Susanne Heinrich
Duration 00:02:44

00 00:00:20 George Frideric Handel
See the Conquering Hero Comes (excerpt)
Performer: Adrian Gebruers
Duration 00:00:31

00 00:51:58 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq.62'2
Performer: Miklós Spányi
Duration 00:04:33

00 00:45:20 Johann Joachim Quantz
Concerto in A major no.256: 3rd movement
Performer: Rachel Brown
Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort
Conductor: Roy Goodman
Duration 00:04:13

00 00:18:55 Christoph Willibald Gluck
Aria 'Par un pere cruel' from 'Iphigenie en Aulide'
Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter
Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Duration 00:04:13

00 00:25:46 Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in A minor, Op.20 no.6: 2nd movement (Adagio)
Ensemble: Hagen Quartett
Duration 00:05:18

00 00:34:13 Johann Adolf Hasse
Aria 'Digli che io son fedele' from 'Cleofide'
Singer: Emma Kirkby
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis
Conductor: William Christie
Duration 00:07:05

00 00:04:33 Johann Stamitz
Concerto for viola & orchestra in G major: 1st movement
Performer: Jan Pěruška
Orchestra: Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek
Duration 00:05:35

01 00:04:33 George Frideric Handel
See The Conquering Hero Comes (excerpt)
Duration 00:05:35

02 00:04:33 Johann Stamitz (artist)
Concerto for viola & orchestra in G major (1st movement)
Performer: Johann Stamitz
Duration 00:05:35

03 00:04:33 Carl Friedrich Abel
Sonata for viola da gamba in G major
Duration 00:05:35

04 00:04:33 Christoph Willibald Gluck
Par un père cruel (Iphigénie en Aulide)
Duration 00:05:35

05 00:04:33 Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in A minor Op.20 No.6 H.III:36 (2nd movement: Adagio)
Duration 00:05:35

06 00:04:33 Johann Adolf Hasse
Digli che io son fedele (Cleofide)
Duration 00:05:35

07 00:04:33 Johann Joachim Quantz (artist)
Concerto in A major No.256 (3rd movement)
Performer: Johann Joachim Quantz
Duration 00:05:35

08 00:04:33 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keyboard Sonata in G major Wq.62'2
Duration 00:05:35

09 00:03:13 George Frideric Handel
See The Conquering Hero Comes (excerpt)
Duration 00:00:30

10 00:07:25 Johann Stamitz (artist)
Concerto for viola & orchestra in G major (1st movement)
Performer: Johann Stamitz
Duration 00:05:35

11 00:15:18 Carl Friedrich Abel
Sonata for viola da gamba in G major
Duration 00:02:43

12 00:21:46 Christoph Willibald Gluck
Par un pere cruel (from 'Iphigenie en Aulide')
Duration 00:04:05

13 00:28:36 Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in A minor, Op.20 No.6 (2nd movement - Adagio)
Duration 00:05:19

14 00:37:05 Johann Adolf Hasse
Aria 'Digli che io son fedele' (from the opera 'Cleofide')
Duration 00:07:03

15 00:48:11 Johann Joachim Quantz (artist)
Concerto in A major No.256 (3rd movement - Presto)
Performer: Johann Joachim Quantz
Duration 00:04:12

16 00:54:50 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq.62'2
Duration 00:04:31


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00cx1bv)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00cx28v)


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cx28x)


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b007qs5g)
Gioachino Rossini
Episode 1


MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b00cx28z)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM4 - Messiaen's Harawi


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cx291)


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00cx2f5)


MON 19:30 BBC Proms (b00cx2h0)
Prom 34: Rachmaninov, Puccini
Prom 34 - Part 1


MON 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b00cx88f)
Proms Plus: Il tabarro


MON 20:40 BBC Proms (b00cx88h)
Prom 34: Rachmaninov, Puccini
Prom 34 - Part 2


MON 22:00 The Lebrecht Interview (b00d19kh)
Peter Jonas


MON 22:45 Artist Focus (b00cx88m)
Proms Artist Focus (Paul Hillier)
Paul Hillier


MON 23:00 The Essay (b007smpm)
Life But Not As We Know It
Episode 1


MON 23:15 World on 3 (b00cx8n2)
WOMAD 2008



TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2008


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00cx8r3)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00cx8v6)


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cy2sc)


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b007qsgl)
Gioachino Rossini
Episode 2


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cxbhb)
Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008
Episode 1


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cxc28)


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00d140j)


TUE 19:00 BBC Proms (b00cxc2b)
Prom 35: Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Rimsky-Korsakov
Prom 35 - Part 1


TUE 19:55 Twenty Minutes (b00cyyzc)


TUE 20:15 BBC Proms (b00cxc2d)
Prom 35: Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Rimsky-Korsakov
Prom 35 - Part 2


TUE 21:30 Sunday Feature (b008qhxh)


TUE 22:15 BBC Proms (b00cxcbr)
2008
Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers


TUE 23:30 Late Junction (b00cxcbt)



WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST 2008


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00cx90d)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00cx8v8)


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cy2s5)


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b007qthq)
Gioachino Rossini
Episode 3


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cxbj5)
Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008
Episode 2


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cxlmn)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00d13zb)


WED 19:30 BBC Proms (b00cxlmq)
Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Prom 37 - Part 1


WED 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b00cxlms)


WED 20:40 BBC Proms (b00cxlmv)
Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Prom 37 - Part 2


WED 22:00 BBC Proms (b00cxlr2)
BBC Proms Composer Portrait
Anders Hillborg


WED 22:45 Artist Focus (b00cxlr4)
Proms Artist Focus (Paul Hillier)
Episode 2


WED 23:00 The Essay (b007snnh)
Life But Not As We Know It
Episode 3


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00cxlr6)



THURSDAY 14 AUGUST 2008


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00cx90g)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00cx8vb)
Rob Cowan


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cy2s7)


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b007qtwy)
Gioachino Rossini
Episode 4


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cxbj7)
Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008
Episode 3


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cxmdx)


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00d13zd)


THU 19:00 BBC Proms (b00cxmdz)
Prom 38: Daniel Barenboim - West-Eastern Divan
Prom 38 - Part 1


THU 19:50 Twenty Minutes (b00cxmf1)
Final Exposure


THU 20:10 BBC Proms (b00cxmf3)
Prom 38: Daniel Barenboim - West-Eastern Divan
Prom 38 - Part 2


THU 21:15 Sunday Feature (b00cznsf)
The childhood landscape of Elizabeth Bishop


THU 22:15 BBC Proms (b00cxqnf)
2008
Prom 39: Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra


THU 23:30 Late Junction (b00cxqnh)
Verity Sharp



FRIDAY 15 AUGUST 2008


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00cx90j)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00cx8vd)
Rob Cowan


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cy2s9)


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b007qv9d)
Gioachino Rossini
Episode 5


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cxbj9)
Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008
Episode 4


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cxqnr)


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00d13zg)


FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b00cxqp8)
Prom 40: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janaceck
Prom 40 - Part 1


FRI 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b00cxqqp)


FRI 20:40 BBC Proms (b00cxqqr)
Prom 40: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janaceck
Prom 40 - Part 2


FRI 21:30 Sunday Feature (b00c0rgn)
Piano fever in China


FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b00cxqsw)
Jimmy McGriff

01 Jimmy McGriff Organ and Blues Band (artist)
The Worm
Performer: Jimmy McGriff Organ and Blues Band

02 The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet (artist)
Right Turn on Blue
Performer: The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet

03 The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet (artist)
Splanky
Performer: The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet

04 Jimmy McGriff and Groove Holmes (artist)
The Squirrel
Performer: Jimmy McGriff and Groove Holmes

05 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
I've Got a Woman (parts 1 and 2)
Performer: Jimmy McGriff

06 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
Gospel Time
Performer: Jimmy McGriff

07 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
Every Day I Have The Blues
Performer: Jimmy McGriff

08 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
Down For The Count
Performer: Jimmy McGriff

09 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
Groove Grease
Performer: Jimmy McGriff

10 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
All About My Girl
Performer: Jimmy McGriff

11 The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet (artist)
The Masher
Performer: The Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet


FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b00cxqsy)
David Torn's Prezens