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 23 AUGUST 2008


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00d0wjs)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3jx2)
Martin Handley


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00d3jx4)


SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b00d3jx6)


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00d3jyg)
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Chant Wars


SAT 14:00 BBC Proms (b00d0p99)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM5 - Savall in Marais, Ortiz, Sanz and Hume


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00d3jzg)
Music from the Festival on the Niger 2008
Episode 2

01 Neba Solo (artist)
Festival Sur Le Niger
Performer: Neba Solo

02 Afel Bocoum (artist)
Bambarare
Performer: Afel Bocoum

03
Lucy Duran interviews Afel Bocoum

04 Afel Bocoum (artist)
Ijoyo
Performer: Afel Bocoum

05
Lucy Duran interviews Mamadou Diabate

06 Mangala Camara (artist)
Mali Sadjo
Performer: Mangala Camara

07
Lucy Duran interviews Mangala Camara

08 Mangala Camara (artist)
Yiri do lay
Performer: Mangala Camara

09 Mangala Camara (artist)
Minye Minye
Performer: Mangala Camara


SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b00d3kbk)


SAT 17:30 Jazz Record Requests (b00d3kbm)


SAT 18:30 BBC Proms (b00d3kbp)
Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland
Prom 49 - Part 1


SAT 19:30 BBC Proms (b00d3kbr)
Proms Literary Festival
Proms Literary Festival: Classical Music in Fiction


SAT 19:50 BBC Proms (b00d3kbt)
Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland
Prom 49 - Part 2


SAT 21:00 The Wire (b008xh05)
Moonmen


SAT 22:00 Between the Ears (b00d3kbw)
Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00d3kcd)



SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2008


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b00d0fgw)
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00d3kh6)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3khb)
Martin Handley


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00d3khd)
Festivals


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00d3khg)
Richard Fortey


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00d3khj)
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Sacred and Secular Songs from Corsica


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00d3klm)


SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (b00d3klp)


SUN 16:00 BBC Proms (b00d3klr)
2008
Prom 50: Bach Day - Simon Preston


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b007gbd4)
Vaughan Williams Flos Campi

01 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flos campi - suite for viola, small chorus and orchestra


SUN 18:30 New Generation Artists (b00d3klw)
Danjulo Ishizaka, Ronan Collett


SUN 19:00 BBC Proms (b00d3kt8)
2008
Prom 51: Bach Day - St John Passion


SUN 21:15 Sunday Feature (b00d3ktb)
Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth


SUN 22:00 BBC Proms (b00d3ktd)
2008
Prom 52: Bach Day - Jian Wang


SUN 23:15 Words and Music (b00d3ktg)
The Ring Cycle



MONDAY 25 AUGUST 2008


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00d3mph)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3mpm)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00d3mpp)


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00d3mpr)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Stage Works: Who Wants the English Composer?

01 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea

02 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps – Extract:Overture

03 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hugh the Drover - Extract: Act II

04 Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Symphony – Extract: final mvt (orig version)


MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b00d3mpt)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM6 - Lambert, Marais, Monteclair, Couperin


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00d3mpw)


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00d3npp)


MON 19:00 BBC Proms (b00d3npr)
Prom 53: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
Prom 53 - Part 1


MON 19:50 BBC Proms (b00d3npt)
Proms Literary Festival
Proms Literary Festival: Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson


MON 20:10 BBC Proms (b00d3npw)
Prom 53: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
Prom 53 - Part 2


MON 21:15 The Lebrecht Interview (b00d3npy)
Christoph von Dohnanyi


MON 22:00 New Generation Artists (b00d3nq0)
Ronan Collett, Eduard Kunz


MON 22:30 Artist Focus (b00d3nq2)
Proms Artist Focus (Lang Lang)
Episode 1


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00d3nq4)
Vaughan Williams in the BBC Archives
Episode 1


MON 23:15 World on 3 (b00d3nq6)
Lopa Kothari - WOMAD 2008



TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2008


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00d3p1m)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3p1r)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00d3p1t)


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00d3p1w)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Stage Works - A Vision of Albion

01 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Merciless beauty - 3 rondels vers. for voice & str trio

02 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains - pastoral episode in 1 Act

03 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Nicola Benedetti
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Donald Runnicles

04 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Old King Cole - ballet for orchestra with optional chorus

05 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Pastoral symphony (Symphony no.3)


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00d3p1y)
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
Episode 1


TUE 14:15 Afternoon Concert (b00d3p20)


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00d3p40)


TUE 19:30 BBC Proms (b00d3p8v)
Prom 54: Vaughan Williams
Prom 54 - Part 1


TUE 20:40 Twenty Minutes (b00d3p8x)
Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music


TUE 21:00 BBC Proms (b00d3p8z)
Prom 54: Vaughan Williams
Prom 54 - Part 2


TUE 22:15 Sunday Feature (b0080fpz)
MindMaps
Geneva


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00d3p91)
Vaughan Williams in the BBC Archives
Episode 2


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00d3p93)



WEDNESDAY 27 AUGUST 2008


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00d3p22)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3p26)


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00d3p28)


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00d3p2b)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Stage Works: Shakespearean Portraits

01 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three Elizabethan partsongs: O Mistress Mine

02 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sir John in Love – Extract: Act IV Sc 2

03 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Six Studies in English Folk Song

04 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Tudor portraits – Extract: no. 1: Ballad – The Tunning of Elinor Rumming


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00d3p2d)
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
Episode 2


WED 14:15 Afternoon Concert (b00d3p2g)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00d3p42)


WED 19:00 BBC Proms (b00d3q83)
Prom 55: Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Eotvos, Ravel
Prom 55 - Part 1


WED 19:35 Twenty Minutes (b00d3q85)
The Pattern of Lanes


WED 19:55 BBC Proms (b00d3qcl)
Prom 55: Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Eotvos, Ravel
Prom 55 - Part 2


WED 21:15 Sunday Feature (b0080zwp)
MindMaps
Manchester: Masters and Men


WED 22:00 BBC Proms (b00d5b57)
2008
Prom 56: Rautavaara and Tavener


WED 23:30 Late Junction (b00d3qg5)



THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2008


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00d3p2j)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3p2n)


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00d3p2q)


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00d3p2s)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Stage Works - A Masterpiece and a Problem Opera

01 Ralph Vaughan Williams
With Rue my Heart is Laden (from Along the field)

02 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Riders to the Sea – Extract

03 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Poisoned Kiss – Extract: Act 3

04 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Job - Extract


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00d3p2v)
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
Episode 3


THU 14:20 Afternoon Concert (b00d3p2x)


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00d3p44)


THU 19:30 BBC Proms (b00d3qm6)
Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky
Prom 57 - Part 1


THU 20:25 BBC Proms (b00d3qm8)
Proms Literary Festival
Proms Literary Festival: Literature inspired by birds


THU 20:45 BBC Proms (b00d3qmb)
Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky
Prom 57 - Part 2


THU 21:45 BBC Proms (b00d3qmd)
BBC Proms Composer Portrait
Steven Stucky


THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b00d3qmg)
Proms Artist Focus (Lang Lang)
Episode 2


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00d3qmj)
Vaughan Williams in the BBC Archives
Episode 3


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00d3qml)



FRIDAY 29 AUGUST 2008


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00d3p2z)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00d3p33)


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00d3p35)


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00d3p37)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime

01 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tired

02 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Epithalamion-Extract

03 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The lake in the mountains

04 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fifth symphony – Extract:mvt 2

05 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Pilgrim's Progress Extract: Act II sc 2


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00d3p39)
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
Episode 4


FRI 14:30 Afternoon Concert (b00d3p3c)


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00d3p46)


FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b00d3qwx)
Prom 58: Ravel, Bartok, Tchaikovsky
Prom 58 - Part 1


FRI 20:15 Twenty Minutes (b00d3qwz)
A profile of the New York Philharmonic


FRI 20:35 BBC Proms (b00d3qx1)
Prom 58: Ravel, Bartok, Tchaikovsky
Prom 58 - Part 2


FRI 21:45 Sunday Feature (b0081t7v)
MindMaps
Chicago: Factory of the Future


FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b00d3qx3)
Antonio Carlos Jobim

01 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Desafinado
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

02 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Canção em Modo Menor
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

03
Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina - Modinha

04 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Águas de Março
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

05 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Borzeguim
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

06 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Inútil Paisagem
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

07 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Matita Perê
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

08 Edu Lobo (artist)
Luisa
Performer: Edu Lobo

09 Antônio Carlos Jobim (artist)
Lígia
Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim

10 Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vincius de Moraes / Norman Gimbel (artist)
The Girl From Ipanema
Performer: Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vincius de Moraes / Norman Gimbel

11
Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina - Chovendo Na Roseira


FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b00d3qx5)
Double Header: Tyft/Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet