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 14 MARCH 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00j41q6)
Jonathan Swain


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00j4k0q)
Louise Fryer


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00j4htg)
Haydn: Piano Trio No 43 in C


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00j4htj)
Music Matters


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00j4htl)
Gainsborough's Georgian England

01 John Hebden (artist)
Concerto for Strings No 3 in E major – 3rd movement (Gigue)
Performer: John Hebden

02 Thomas Arne
"Honour, riches, marriage-blessing"

03 George Frideric Handel
Overture to 'Acis and Galatea'

04 Francesco Geminiani
3 Scotch Airs with Variations from "A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Music": No.1 -

05 Joseph Gibbs
Violin Sonata No.1

06
Karl Friedrich Abel - Vivace for six string bass viol (abridged)

07 James Oswald
Divertimento for English Guitar No 9

08 Johann Christian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in F minor III - Prestissimo

09 Thomas Linley
Cantata: "In Yonder Grove" – Air: "Tune Philomel"


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j15z0)
James Ehnes (violin) and Andrew Armstrong (piano)


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00j4htn)
Oliver Mtukudzi and Baaba Maal


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00j4htq)
Peter Ind

01 Martin Taylor (artist)
Minor Truth
Performer: Martin Taylor

02 Bass Clef International (artist)
Bitter Sweet
Performer: Bass Clef International

03 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra (artist)
Singin The Blues
Performer: Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

04 Eddie Thompson, Matt Ross (artist)
What's New?
Performer: Eddie Thompson, Matt Ross

05 Peter Ind / Rufus Reid (artist)
317 Easy 32nd Street
Performer: Peter Ind / Rufus Reid

06 Duke Jordan (artist)
Embraceable You
Performer: Duke Jordan

07 Peter Ind (artist)
Topsy
Performer: Peter Ind

08
Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh - Two-part Invention in A minor

09
Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh - Star Eyes


SAT 17:00 Opera on 3 (b00j4hvj)
Live from the Met
Dvorak's Rusalka


SAT 21:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00j4hts)


SAT 22:00 The Wire (b007m6xg)
The Third Trial


SAT 22:45 Hear and Now (b00j4hvp)
Stephen Montague



SUNDAY 15 MARCH 2009


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b00hwwrj)
Art and Early Music Month
Cesare Vecellio's Venetian Costumes


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00j4j0y)
Jonathan Swain


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00j4j10)
Louise Fryer


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00j4j12)
Gardens


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00j4j14)
Jane Asher


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00j4j16)
Art and Early Music Month
The Baroque Theatre of Cesky Krumlov

01 František Ignác Tuma
Partita in A minor [2nd movement - Andante] (excerpt)

02 Antonio Vivaldi
Armida al camp d'Egitto RV.699-A [Sinfonia] (excerpt)

03 Jan Zach (artist)
Sinfonia in G [1st movement – Allegro non tanto]
Performer: Jan Zach

04 Myslivicek, Josef (artist)
Quintet No.6 in B flat [2nd movement – Largo]
Performer: Myslivicek, Josef

05 Zach (artist)
Sinfonia in G [3rd movement – Menuett] (excerpt)
Performer: Zach

06 Antoine Forqueray (artist)
Le Leclair [2nd Divertissement] (excerpt)
Performer: Antoine Forqueray

07 Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Premier & Deuxième airs des Matelots [Hippolyte et Aricie] (excerpt)

08 Antonio Vivaldi
Aria: 'Dalle superne sfere lieto, Imeneo, discendi' [from Andromeda Liberata]

09 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" [from 'Die Zauberflöte']

10 Domenico Scarlatti
"Vorrestim si, vorresti" [Scritte con falso inganno]

11 Nicola Porpora
Or che d'orrido Verno [Sinfonia]

12 Antonio Vivaldi
Argippo [Overture]

13 Alessandro Scarlatti
L'amor Generoso [Closing scene]

14 00:02:30 František Ignác Tuma
Partita in A minor (excerpt)
Duration 00:00:12

15 00:05:41 Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia from 'Armida al camp d'Egitto' (excerpt)
Duration 00:00:18

16 00:06:33 Jan Zach (artist)
1st movement from Sinfonia in G major
Performer: Jan Zach
Duration 00:02:43

17 00:11:10 Josef Myslivecek
2nd movement from Quintet No.6 in B flat
Duration 00:04:03

18 00:16:36 Jan Zach (artist)
Sinfonia in G major (excerpt)
Performer: Jan Zach
Duration 00:00:27

19 00:21:10 Antoine Forqueray (artist)
Le Leclair (2nd Divertissement - excerpt)
Performer: Antoine Forqueray
Duration 00:02:13

20 00:25:07 Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Airs des Matelots from 'Hippolyte et Aricie' (excerpt)
Duration 00:00:42

21 00:28:15 Antonio Vivaldi
'Dalle superne sfere lieto, Imeneo, discendi' from 'Andromeda Liberata'
Duration 00:02:47

22 00:32:20 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja' (from 'Die Zauberflote')
Duration 00:02:21

23 00:36:07 Domenico Scarlatti
'Vorrestim si, vorresti'
Duration 00:04:19

24 00:42:48 Nicola Porpora
Or che d'orrido Verno (Sinfonia)
Duration 00:02:37

25 00:52:21 Antonio Vivaldi
Agrippo - overture
Duration 00:05:18

26 00:58:29 Alessandro Scarlatti
Closing scene from 'L'amor Generoso'
Duration 00:01:02


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00j4j18)
Chi-chi Nwanoku


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00j18mp)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00j4j1b)
Vivaldi's Gloria


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b00j4j1d)
New Choirs Revisited


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b00j4j1g)
Synge: 100 Years On


SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b00j4j1j)
From Ecstasy to Infinity


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00j15vn)
Sport

01
Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland extract read by Angela Wynter

02 Various Artists (artist)
BBC theme tunes: Test Cricket, Ski Sunday, Grandstand
Performer: Various Artists

03 Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet Montagues and Capulets

04
Classified Football Results
Reader: James Alexander Gordon (BBC sound archive)

05
Ian Mcmillan
Home Support read by Ian McMillan

06 Charles Ives
Yale-Princeton Football Game

07
Simon Armitage
The Catch 1992 read by Ioan Meredith

08 Gustav Holst
Jupiter

09
The Haka
The New Zealand rugby team (BBC Sports Archive)

10
Gwyneth Lewis
Reply to the Haka read by Ioan Meredith

11 John Hughes
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)

12
UA Fanthorpe
Hang Gliders in January read by Angela Wynter

13 James Rhodes (artist)
Jeux Poème dansé
Performer: James Rhodes

14
Prageeta Sharma
Ode to Badminton read by Angela Wynter

15 Fortran 5 (artist)
Heavy Clouds Gather
Performer: Fortran 5

16
SJ Litherland
Bad Light read by Angela Wynter

17
Sir Henry Newbolt
Vitai Lampada ("They Pass On The Torch of Life") read by Ioan Meredith

18 Edward Elgar
Sospiro

19
Wole Soyinka
Muhammad Ali at the Ringside, 1985 read by Wole Soyinka (Our Souls have Grown Deep Like Rivers) RHINO RHI780122, CD 2 Tr 1

20 Georges Bizet
Les Voici! Les Voici!

21
Jean Binta Breeze
On Cricket, Sex and Housework read by Angela Wynter

22 Arthur Honegger
Rugby

23
Seamus Heaney
The Salmon Fisher to the Salmon read by Ioan Meredith

24 Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A D667 "The Trout" – II Andante

25
Ted Hughes
Pike read by Ted Hughes (Hughes, Ted: Reading his Own Poetry) HARPER COLLINS HCCD 1165, Track: Tr 9

26
David Craig
Into Rock read by Angela Wynter

27 Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians

28
William Wordsworth
Ice-skating extract from The Prelude read by Ioan Meredith

29 Maurice Ravel
Bolero

30
Douglas Dunn
In Ten Seconds read by Ioan Meredith

31
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II - You'll Never Walk Alone and Liverpool v Real Ma


SUN 23:30 Jazz Line-Up (b00j4j1n)
Joshua Redman Interview



MONDAY 16 MARCH 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00j5b5d)
Jonathan Swain


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00j5b5g)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j5b5j)
Sarah Walker


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5b5l)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Episode 1


MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j5b5n)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j5b5q)
2008 Lucerne Festivals
Episode 1


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00j5b5s)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j5b5v)
Halle/Mark Elder


MON 21:15 Night Waves (b00j5b5x)
Slavoj Zizek


MON 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5b5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00j5b5z)
A Tribute to Mr Purcell
Purcell and Royalty


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00j5b61)
The Missing Bits



TUESDAY 17 MARCH 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00j5bcv)
Jonathan Swain


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00j5bcx)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j5bcz)
Sarah Walker


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5bd1)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Episode 2


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j5bd3)
Rachmaninov Plus Series
Episode 1


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j5bd5)
2008 Lucerne Festivals
Episode 2


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00j5bd7)


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j5bd9)
Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen


TUE 21:15 Night Waves (b00j5bdr)
The Origins of Magic Books


TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5bd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00j5bdt)
A Tribute to Mr Purcell
Purcell in Performance


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00j5bdw)
Verity Sharp



WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00j5bgy)
Jonathan Swain


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00j5bh0)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j5bh2)
Sarah Walker


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5bh4)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Episode 3


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j5bh6)
Rachmaninov Plus Series
Episode 2


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j5bh8)
2008 Lucerne Festivals
Episode 3


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00j5bhb)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00j5bhd)


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j5bhg)
Roger Norrington 75th Birthday Concert


WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00j5bhj)
Madame de Sade


WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5bh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00j5blt)
A Tribute to Mr Purcell
Purcell on the Stage


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00j5blw)
Verity Sharp

01 Antony and the Johnsons (artist)
Everglade
Performer: Antony and the Johnsons

02 00:03:00 Johann Christian Bach
Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582



THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00j5ch2)
Jonathan Swain


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00j5ch4)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j5cjk)
Sarah Walker


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5cjm)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Episode 4


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j5cjp)
Rachmaninov Plus Series
Episode 3


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j5cjr)
2008 Lucerne Festivals
Handel: Muzio Scevola


THU 14:02 Handel Opera Cycle (b00j7r26)
Muzio Scevola - Acts 2 and 3


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00j5cjt)


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j5cjw)
Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak
Thu 19th March 2009 - Part 1


THU 19:50 Twenty Minutes (b00cq39c)
Pasternak and Creativity


THU 20:10 Performance on 3 (b00j6jcy)
Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak
Thu 19th March 2009 - Part 2


THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00j5cjy)
Landmarks: Jules et Jim


THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5cjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00j5ckq)
A Tribute to Mr Purcell
Purcell's Reputation


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00j5ck0)
Late Junction Sessions
AGF and Gudrun Gut

01 Hussein Zahawy (percussion) & Jenna Reid (fiddle) (artist)
On The Surface
Performer: Hussein Zahawy (percussion) & Jenna Reid (fiddle)

02 00:07:00 Jean-François Vrod (artist)
C'est Les Vacances
Performer: Jean-François Vrod

03 00:14:00 Eveline Paris (artist)
Tout près de ma Fenêtre
Performer: Eveline Paris

04 00:16:00 Tiersen (artist)
Toujours Là
Performer: Tiersen

05 00:17:00 Fraxinelles (artist)
L'intermittent
Performer: Fraxinelles

06 00:21:00 Évelyne Girardon, Sylvie Berger, Marie-Pierre Villermaux, Sylvie Géniaux, Patrice Combey (artist)
Le Gibier d'amour, L'amoureux
Performer: Évelyne Girardon, Sylvie Berger, Marie-Pierre Villermaux, Sylvie Géniaux, Patrice Combey

07 00:24:00 Hauschka (artist)
Ginsterweg
Performer: Hauschka

08 00:28:00 Phillip Bimstein (artist)
Saturday Night Roundup
Performer: Phillip Bimstein

09 00:33:00 Trad (artist)
Springdans (Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances Op. 17)
Performer: Trad

10 00:35:00 Jon Boden (artist)
Don't' Wake Me Up Til Tomorrow
Performer: Jon Boden

11 00:41:00 AGF & Gudrun (artist)
Drilling an Ocean For You
Performer: AGF & Gudrun

12 00:41:00 AGF & Gudrun (artist)
Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt
Performer: AGF & Gudrun

13 00:41:00 AGF & Gudrun (artist)
Betongiessen
Performer: AGF & Gudrun

14 00:00:58 Beti Kamanga (voice and bangwe raft zither) (artist)
Ndalama ndi Satana
Performer: Beti Kamanga (voice and bangwe raft zither)

15 01:00:00 Lansiné Kouyate (balafon) & David Neerman (vibes) (artist)
Here
Performer: Lansiné Kouyate (balafon) & David Neerman (vibes)

16 01:03:00 Kassé Mady Diabaté (artist)
Kaldu Man Kene
Performer: Kassé Mady Diabaté

17 01:10:00 Antony and the Johnsons (artist)
Dust and Water
Performer: Antony and the Johnsons

18 01:13:00 Hykes (artist)
Rainbow Voice
Performer: Hykes

19 01:20:00 Olivier Messiaen
Offrande au Saint Sacrement

20 01:26:00 John Cage
Raga 6 – Raga 9

21 01:32:00 AGF & Gudrun Gut (artist)
Constructing with Words
Performer: AGF & Gudrun Gut

22 01:36:00 Black Flowers (artist)
Polly on the Shore
Performer: Black Flowers

23 01:42:00 Aram Saroyan (artist)
Crickets
Performer: Aram Saroyan



FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00j5cn0)
Jonathan Swain


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00j5cn2)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j5cn4)
Sarah Walker


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5cn6)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Episode 5


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j5cn8)
Rachmaninov Plus Series
20/03/2009


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j5cnb)
2008 Lucerne Festivals
Episode 5


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00j5cnd)


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j5cng)
The Sixteen 30th Birthday


FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00dryg9)
Shlomo


FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j5cn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00j5cnl)
A Tribute to Mr Purcell
Purcell Re-Interpreted


FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00j5cnn)
Lopa Kothari