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.
RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 3
Unofficial Weekly Listings for BBC Radio 3 — supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/
| Alexandre Dumas | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:53:50 | Duration | Link | |
| Emily Dickinson | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:58:19 | Duration | Link | |
| James Tate | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:29:24 | Duration | Link | |
| Li Bai | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:09:14 | Duration | Link | |
| Lord Byron | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:02:39 | Duration | Link | |
| Maya Angelou | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:24:28 | Duration | Link | |
| Michael Drayton | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:13:44 | Duration | Link | |
| Michael Drayton | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:46:37 | Duration | Link | |
| Philip Larkin | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:34:46 | Duration | Link | |
| Stevie Smith | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:54:46 | Duration | Link | |
| Tomas Transtromer | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:37:09 | Duration | Link | |
| Tomas Transtromer | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:40:43 | Duration | Link | |
| Traditional - All Through the Night | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:05:35 | Duration | Link | |
| Untitled | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | ||
| Untitled | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | ||
| W.B.Yeats | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 01:02:25 | Duration | Link | |
| Walt Whitman | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:19:59 | Duration | Link | |
| William Wordsworth | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:04:41 | Duration | Link | |
| Ws Merwin | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:43:04 | Duration | Link | |
| Albertus Bryne (artist) | Suite in A minor | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Alexander Scriabin (artist) | Prelude in C sharp minor for left hand op 9 no1 | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:44:04 | Duration | Link |
| Alfonso X Of Castille (artist) | Entre Av'e Eva | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Anon (artist) | Office Hymn: Creator of the earth and sky | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Anon. (artist) | Cantigas de Santa Maria - Cantiga 320 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Arthur Sullivan | Pineapple Poll: Opening Dance | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:01:03 | Duration 00:03:27 | Link |
| Bedrich Smetana | Vltava (Ma Vlast) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:43 | Duration 00:11:38 | Link |
| Benjamin Britten | Anthem: Hymn to St Cecilia | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Benjamin Britten | The Sally Gardens | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:20:56 | Duration | Link |
| Bob Crewe And Bob Gaudio. (artist) | The sun Ain't gonna shine | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:21:48 | Duration | Link |
| Camille Saint‐Saëns | Marche militaire française | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:02 | Duration 00:03:43 | Link |
| Christopher Simpson (artist) | Suite in D | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine & The Johnny Dankworth Seven (artist) | Easy Living | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine & The Johnny Dankworth Seven (artist) | Mr and Mississippi | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine (artist) | A Child Is Born | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine (artist) | Bill | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine (artist) | It was a Lover and His Lass | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine (artist) | Just a Sittin' and A Rockin' | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine (artist) | Oh Tell me The Truth About Love | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine (artist) | Shall I Compare thee to a Summer's Day | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth (artist) | No One Is Alone | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine and John Williams (artist) | He Was Beautiful | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine and Ray Charles (artist) | Summertime | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Cleo Laine, Nash Ensemble - Elgar Howarth (conductor) (artist) | Pierrot Lunaire | Jazz Library | 2009-11-14 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Daniel Purcell (artist) | Cupid, make your virgins tender | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Daniel Purcell (artist) | O ravishing delight from The Judgement of Paris | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Dieterich Buxtehude | Organ Voluntary: Praeludium in G minor BuxWV149 | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Dom Dinis (artist) | Cantiga 3 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Dom Dinis (artist) | Cantiga 4 & 5 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Dom Dinis (artist) | Cantigas 1 & 2 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Dom Dinis (artist) | Cantigas 6 & 7 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Dom Dinis (artist) | Levantous' a velida (text – King Dinis, melody – Higginson) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Domenico Gabrielli (artist) | Trumpet sonata no 4 in D Major - Presto | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:36:16 | Duration | Link |
| Domenico Scarlatti | Iste confessor | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:56 | Duration 00:03:15 | Link |
| Frederic Rzewski | Theme from six variations on 'The People United will never be Defeated!' | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:18 | Duration 00:02:47 | Link |
| Frederick Delius | Song of the High Hills – With quiet easy movement | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 01:03:14 | Duration | Link |
| Fritz Kreisler (artist) | Liebesfreud | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:06 | Duration 00:03:32 | Link |
| Gabriel Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:47:08 | Duration | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | 'Bacchus, ever fair and young' from 'Alexander's Feast' | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:36:50 | Duration 00:05:06 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | 'His Yoke is easy' from 'Messiah' | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:57:29 | Duration 00:02:31 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | 'Me infelice' and 'Del mio caro Bacco amabile' from 'Serse' | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:22:13 | Duration 00:02:00 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | 'Romilda invida' & 'Troppo oltraggi la mia fede' from 'Serse' | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:16:32 | Duration 00:02:47 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | 1st movement from Organ Concerto Op.7 no.3 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:51:12 | Duration 00:05:20 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | A Sinfony - Allegro Postillions (Belshazzar's Feast) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | A sinfony (Allegro Postillions)from 'Belshazzar's Feast' | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:04:14 | Duration 00:01:38 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Alexander's Feast: Bacchus, ever fair and young | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Chorus & Air from Act 2, scene 2 of 'Belshazzar's Feast' | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:08:22 | Duration 00:05:36 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Chorus: Ye tutelary gods of our empire; Air: Let the deep bowl thy praise confess (Belshaz | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Country Dance I & II from Water Music suite in G / G major, HWV.349/350 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:25:19 | Duration 00:00:58 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Country Dance I; II | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Dixit Dominus (1st movement) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:44:03 | Duration 00:05:11 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Dixit Dominus (1st mvt) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Let thy hand be strengthened | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:03 | Duration 00:07:31 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Messiah: His Yoke is easy | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Organ concerto, Op 7 No 3 (1st mvt - Allegro) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Recit: Me infelice; Arietta: Del mio caro Bacco amabile (Serse) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Recit: Romilda infida; Aria: Troppo oltraggi la mia fede (Serse) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Rigaudon (Water Music Suite in D/G, HWV 349/350) | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| George Frideric Handel | Rigaudon from Water Music suite in D / G major, HWV.349/350 | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:27:44 | Duration 00:01:50 | Link |
| George Gershwin | Lady be good | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:22 | Duration 00:06:27 | Link |
| Giovanni Benedetto Platti (artist) | Concerto in G minor "per Oboe" | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:01:07 | Duration 00:11:22 | Link |
| Hector Berlioz | Harold in Italy (1st movement – extract) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:01:45 | Duration 00:07:46 | Link |
| Henry Lawes, arr. Gant (artist) | Zadok, the Priest | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Henry Purcell | 'When I am laid in earth' [Dido's Lament] from Dido & Aeneas | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-18 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Henry Purcell | Abdelazer (Overture) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:02 | Duration 00:03:15 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | Canticles in G minor | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Henry Purcell | Dido's Lament | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:07 | Duration 00:04:34 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | Fairest Isle (Song Tune) from King Arthur | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Henry Purcell | Hear my prayer | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-17 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Henry Purcell | Introit: Remember not, Lord, our offences | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Henry Purcell | O Solitude, my sweetest choice | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:14:36 | Duration | Link |
| Henry Purcell | Sonata XX in D | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Hoagy Carmichael (artist) | Skylark | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:55 | Duration 00:04:10 | Link |
| James Rhodes (artist) | Rêverie | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:37 | Duration 00:04:12 | Link |
| Jeremiah Clarke | Prince of Denmark's March [arr. Simon Preston] | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-17 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Suite No 2 in D minor – Prelude | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:30:24 | Duration | Link |
| John Blow | Act III from Venus & Adonis | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-18 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | I was glad when they said unto me | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-17 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | Lovely Selina, innocent and free from The Princess of Cleve | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | No, Lesbia, you ask in vain (Elegy on the death of | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-17 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | Quam diligo legem tuam | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | Salvator Mundi | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Blow | What is't to us? | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Eccles | Belinda | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Eccles | Can life be a blessing? from Troilus & Cressida | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Jenkins (artist) | Fantasia a 3 | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| John Surman (artist) | In the distance | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:39 | Duration 00:03:18 | Link |
| John Weldon | Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing from The Tempest | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 69 in C major H1/69 – 1st movement | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:42 | Duration 00:08:15 | Link |
| Louis Grabu: (artist) | Suite in G major [also known as Incidental Music from Act III of Rochester's play 'Valenti | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-18 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Louis Spohr | Clarinet concerto no 1 in c minor op 26 - Adagio | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:59:03 | Duration | Link |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 2 Op 19 in B flat major (Final movement) | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:13 | Duration 00:06:06 | Link |
| Martín Codax | Cantiga: Mandad'ei comigo | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-14 | 13:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Matthew Locke (artist) | Act III from Psyche | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Matthew Locke (artist) | Be thou exalted, Lord | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-17 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Matthew Locke (artist) | Suite No 5 (Consort of Four Parts) | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Michel van der Aa (artist) | Michel Van Der Aa | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:25 | Duration 00:04:26 | Link |
| Monk & Turle (artist) | Psalms: 93, 94 | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Ned Rorem (artist) | Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair - Jacques Imbrailo [tenor] | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:54 | Duration 00:04:50 | Link |
| Paul Dukas | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:42 | Duration 00:09:34 | Link |
| Pelham Humfrey (artist) | A Hymn to God the Father | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Pelham Humfrey (artist) | O Lord my God | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-17 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Percy Grainger | Brigg Fair | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:52 | Duration 00:03:05 | Link |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist) | The Tsarina's Slipper: A little apple tree was blossoming in the garden … (Act I) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:21 | Duration 00:06:26 | Link |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist) | The Tsarina's Slipper: Cossack Dance (Act III) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:10 | Duration 00:03:12 | Link |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist) | The Tsarina's Slipper: Finale | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:32 | Duration 00:02:16 | Link |
| Poems set by Henry Lawes, William Lawes, Francesco Corbetta and John Wilson (artist) | Henry Lawes' Select Ayres & Dialogues (1669) | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-18 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| PROKOFIEV transcribed by Borisowski (artist) | Dance of the Knights (Romeo & Juliet) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:01:19 | Duration 00:05:31 | Link |
| Purcell, arr. CH Trevor (artist) | Trumpet Tune | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| PURCELL, realised by Tippett (artist) | An evening hymn | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:01:56 | Duration 00:03:52 | Link |
| RACHMANINOV transcribed by Borisowski (artist) | Cello Sonata in G minor (3rd movement: Andante) | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:01:31 | Duration 00:06:19 | Link |
| Regina Carter (artist) | N'Teri | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:00:31 | Duration 00:02:12 | Link |
| Richard Leveridge | The Roast Beef of Old England | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| Richard Leveridge (artist) | The Roast Beef of Old England | The Early Music Show | 2009-11-15 | 13:00 | 00:32:10 | Duration 00:00:42 | Link |
| Richard Strauss | Ein Heldenleben op 40 – Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | Duration | Link | |
| Robert Muczynski (artist) | Three Preludes for unaccompanied Flute - Allegro | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:12:55 | Duration | Link |
| Rose Murphy (artist) | Me and My shadow | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:10:12 | Duration | Link |
| Rued Langgaard (artist) | String Quartet No. 6 In one movement on a Swedish folk tune 1918-1919 | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:38:33 | Duration | Link |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Cinderella | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:55:16 | Duration | Link |
| Thelonious Monk (artist) | Round Midnight | Words and Music | 2009-11-15 | 22:15 | 00:26:12 | Duration | Link |
| Thomas Armstrong | Sinfonietta for small orchestra | In Tune | 2009-11-18 | 17:00 | 00:01:11 | Duration 00:06:49 | Link |
| Thomas Tomkins | Responses | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Treboeth (artist) | Final Hymn: Praise the Lord | Choral Evensong | 2009-11-18 | 16:00 | Duration | Link | |
| William Child (artist) | Holy, holy, holy | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| William Child (artist) | O Lord, grant the King a long life | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| William Child (artist) | The earth is the Lord's | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-16 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| William Croft (artist) | Ayres in the comedy of Courtship A La Mode | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-20 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| William Croft (artist) | How severe is my fate | Composer of the Week | 2009-11-19 | 12:00 | Duration | Link | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Fantasia in D minor, KV 397 | In Tune | 2009-11-19 | 17:00 | 00:00:35 | Duration 00:07:12 | Link |