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 11 JULY 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00lfrbx)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00lms39)
Alistair Appleton


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00lk4g9)
Building a Library: Handel's Acis and Galatea


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00lms3c)
Susan Graham/French piano music/Neville Cardus/Louis Braille


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00ln0s5)
Unquiet Thoughts: Melancholic Music of Elizabethan England


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lfptq)
Vilde Frang/Julien Quentin


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00lmsln)
Changui de Guantanamo


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00lmslq)
Teddy Edwards

01 Teddy Edwards (artist)
Taking Off
Performer: Teddy Edwards

02 Howard McGhee (artist)
Up In Dodo's Room
Performer: Howard McGhee

03 Howard McGhee (artist)
Dial-ated Pulis
Performer: Howard McGhee

04 Teddy Edwards Quartet (artist)
Blues in Teddy's Flat
Performer: Teddy Edwards Quartet

05 Benny Carter (artist)
Come on Back
Performer: Benny Carter

06 Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee (artist)
Together Again
Performer: Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee

07 Clifford Brown (artist)
Sunset Eyes
Performer: Clifford Brown

08 Dexter Gordon (artist)
The Duel
Performer: Dexter Gordon

09 Teddy Edwards (artist)
The Sermon
Performer: Teddy Edwards

10 Teddy Edwards (artist)
Going Home
Performer: Teddy Edwards


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00lk4vk)


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00lmsls)
Britten's Peter Grimes


SAT 21:00 Night Music (b00lk4vp)


SAT 21:55 Pre-Hear (b00lk4vr)


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00lk4vt)



SUNDAY 12 JULY 2009


SUN 00:00 Jazz Library (b007qv9l)
Pat Metheny


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00lk52g)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00lk6v2)
Alistair Appleton


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00lk6v4)


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00lk6v6)
Richard Hudson


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00lk6v8)


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00lk6vb)
Chi-chi Nwanoku

01 Richard Rodgers (artist)
Carousel Waltz
Performer: Richard Rodgers

02 Giovanni Paisiello (artist)
Concerto for mandolin in E flat major
Performer: Giovanni Paisiello

03 Morten Lauridsen
Sure on this Shining Night

04 Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet Op 26

05 Licinio Refice (artist)
Cecilia
Performer: Licinio Refice

06 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 (A Musical Joke)

07 Bud Powell (artist)
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
Performer: Bud Powell

08 Gustav Mahler
Symphony no 2 "Resurrection"


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00lfq8r)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00lk6vd)
Harrison Birtwistle


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b00lk6vg)
The Kodaly Method

01 Zoltán Kodály
Este (Evening)

02 Zoltán Kodály
Too Late

03 Zoltán Kodály
Norwegian Girls

04 Zoltán Kodály
Psalmus Hungaricus – Finale: You, My Lord, Are True In Your Judgment

05 Zoltán Kodály
Jesus And The Traders

06 Zoltán Kodály
Hary Janos – Act 2: Soldier's Chorus

07 Zoltán Kodály
Missa Brevis: Credo

08 Zoltán Kodály
"Hippity Hoppity" (extract - part of package)

09 Zoltán Kodály
King Laszló's Men

10 Zoltán Kodály
See the Gypsies

11 Zoltán Kodály
Hymn of Zrinyi


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b00lk6vj)
The Idylls of the King


SUN 22:00 Sunday Feature (b00lk6vl)
The State of Tel Aviv


SUN 22:45 Words and Music (b00bvmvq)
The Soft Machine


SUN 23:45 Jazz Line-Up (b00lk6vq)
Tom Arthurs/Iain Ballamy/Thomas Stronen/Gareth Williams



MONDAY 13 JULY 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00lk6yc)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00lk6yf)
Rob Cowan


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lk6yh)
James Jolly


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk7s5)
Jonathan Harvey (1939-)
Episode 1

01 Jonathan Harvey
The Angels (1994) for unaccompanied double SATB chorus

02 Jonathan Harvey
Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980, remixed 1999) for quadraphonic tape

03 Jonathan Harvey
Chant (1992) for solo viola

04 Jonathan Harvey
Jubilus (2003) for viola and ensemble of 8 players

05 Jonathan Harvey
Song Offerings (1985) for soprano and ensemble of 8 players [settings of poems by Rabindra


MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lk7s7)
Ebène Quartet


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lk7s9)
Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups
BBC Concert Orchestra


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00lk7sc)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00lk7sf)


MON 21:15 Night Waves (b00lk7sh)
Antichrist/Harvey Klehr/Desperate Romantics/Shaw and Priestley/Margot Fonteyn


MON 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk7s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00c5qjv)
Nature in China
Wild Water - Swimming in the Ice


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00lk7sw)
Paris Jazz at Kings Place



TUESDAY 14 JULY 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00lk8t1)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00lk8t3)
Rob Cowan


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lk8t5)


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk8t7)
Jonathan Harvey (1939-)
Episode 2

01 Jonathan Harvey
Homage to Cage, à Chopin (und Ligeti ist auch dabei) (1998) for piano and tape

02 Jonathan Harvey
Nataraja (1983) for flute and piano

03 Jonathan Harvey
Flight-Elegy (1983/9) for violin and piano

04 Jonathan Harvey
The Riot (1993) for flute/piccolo, bass clarinet and piano

05 Jonathan Harvey
String Trio (2004)


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lk8t9)
City of London Festival 2009
Tai Murray, Giles Vonsattal


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lk8tc)
Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups
BBC Philharmonic


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00lk91q)
14/07/09 Elin Manahan Thomas, Ashley Wass and Alexander Zemtsov


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00lk8th)
Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg


TUE 21:15 Night Waves (b00lk8tk)
A New Age of Austerity?


TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk8t7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00c5qy9)
Nature in China
Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00lk8vg)
Verity Sharp



WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00lk916)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00lk918)
Rob Cowan


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lk91b)


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk91d)
Jonathan Harvey (1939-)
Episode 3

01 Jonathan Harvey
One Evening … (1993–4) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, ensemble of 8 players and electronics –

02 Jonathan Harvey
How Could the Soul Not Take Flight (1996) for unaccompanied double SATB chorus

03 Jonathan Harvey
Speakings (2007–8) for orchestra and electronics


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lk91g)
City of London Festival 2009
Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lk91j)
Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/BBC Singers


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00lk91l)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00lk93s)


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00lk93v)
Till Fellner


WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00lk93x)
Amartya Sen/Mark Ravenhill/Richard English/Schumann


WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk91d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00c5qyw)
Nature in China
Wild Mountain - Beginnings


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00lk93z)
Verity Sharp



THURSDAY 16 JULY 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00lk97x)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00lk97z)
Rob Cowan


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lk981)
James Jolly


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk983)
Jonathan Harvey (1939-)
Episode 4

01 Jonathan Harvey
Moving Trees (2002) for ensemble of 18 players

02 Jonathan Harvey
Chu (2002) for soprano, clarinet/contrabass clarinet and cello

03 Jonathan Harvey
Bird Concerto with Pianosong (2001) for solo piano and sampler, and ensemble of 17 players


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lk985)
City of London Festival 2009
Shai Wosner


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lk987)
Handel: Fernando, Re di Castiglia


THU 14:02 Handel Opera Cycle (b00lp4c3)
Fernando, Re di Castiglia


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00lk989)


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00lk98c)
2009 BBC Proms Preview Evening


THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00lk98f)
Hanif Kureishi


THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00lk983)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00c5qzl)
Nature in China
Wild Mountain - Endings


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00lk9cd)
Verity Sharp



FRIDAY 17 JULY 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00lk9df)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00lk9dk)
Rob Cowan


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lk9dm)


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00lkhbt)
Jonathan Harvey (1939-)
Episode 5

01 Jonathan Harvey
Sufi Dance (1997) for solo guitar

02 Jonathan Harvey
Marahi (1999) for unaccompanied SATB chorus

03 Jonathan Harvey
Scena (1992) for violin and ensemble of 9 players

04 Jonathan Harvey
Messages (2007) for double SATB chorus and orchestra


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lkhbw)
City of London Festival 2009
Mahan Esfahani


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lkhtg)
Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups
Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00llq7c)


FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b00llqct)
Prom 01: First Night of the Proms
Part 1


FRI 20:10 Twenty Minutes (b00llqhh)
Moving Pianos


FRI 20:30 BBC Proms (b00llqhk)
Prom 01: First Night of the Proms
Part 2


FRI 20:55 Twenty Minutes (b00llqjb)
1934 in History


FRI 21:15 BBC Proms (b00llqjd)
Prom 01: First Night of the Proms
Part 3


FRI 22:30 Composer of the Week (b00lkhbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 23:30 World on 3 (b00llrbw)