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 28 NOVEMBER 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00nyw6m)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00p2kmt)
Saturday - Fiona Talkington


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00p2kmw)
Discs of the Week: Two versions of Mahler's Symphony No 9


SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b00p2kmy)
Reviving Robin


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00p2kn0)
John Stanley

01 John Stanley
Organ Voluntary in A minor, Op 7 No 8

02 John Stanley
Organ Concerto No 2 in D

03 John Stanley
Concerto for strings, Op 2 No 4

04 Maurice Greene
Anthem: Lord Let Me Know Mine End

05 George Frideric Handel
Streams of Pleasure (duet from Theodora)

06 George Frideric Handel
All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus from Messiah)

06 John Stanley
Cantata: The choice of Hercules (overture and march)

07 John Stanley
Arcadia/Shepherd's Wedding (excerpt)


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00nyg43)
Anna Caterina Antonacci


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00p2kn2)
Timitar Festival 2009
Episode 1


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00p2kn4)
Lionel Hampton

01 Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra (artist)
Shine
Performer: Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra

02 Benny Goodman (artist)
I Got Rhythm
Performer: Benny Goodman

03 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (artist)
Sweethearts On Parade
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

04 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (artist)
Twelfth Street Rag
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

05 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (artist)
Chasin' With Chase
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

06 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (artist)
Flying Home
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

07 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (artist)
Midnight Sun
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

08 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (artist)
Tempo's Birthday
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

09 Lionel Hampton Orchestra (artist)
Frio
Performer: Lionel Hampton Orchestra

10 Lionel Hampton and His Giants (artist)
Plaid
Performer: Lionel Hampton and His Giants

11 Lionel Hampton (artist)
Ring Dem Bells
Performer: Lionel Hampton

12 Lionel Hampton and the Golden Men of Jazz (artist)
Flying Home
Performer: Lionel Hampton and the Golden Men of Jazz


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00p2kn6)


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00p2kn8)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Taverner


SAT 20:20 New Generation Artists (b00p2knb)
Shai Wosner, Pavel Haas Quartet


SAT 21:30 Between the Ears (b00p2knd)
Bal Bazaar


SAT 22:00 Pre-Hear (b00p3lzg)


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00p2kng)
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009



SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2009


SUN 00:00 Jazz Library (b00dw24r)
Junior Mance

01 Junior Mance (artist)
Junior's Tune (part)
Performer: Junior Mance

02 Gene Ammons (artist)
Hot Springs
Performer: Gene Ammons

03 Gene Ammons (artist)
Stringin' The Jug Parts 1 and 2
Performer: Gene Ammons

04 Lester Young (artist)
Ding Dong
Performer: Lester Young

05 Cannonball Adderley (artist)
Miss Jackie's Delight
Performer: Cannonball Adderley

06 Dizzy Gillespie (artist)
There is no greater love
Performer: Dizzy Gillespie

07 Dizzy Gillespie (artist)
Swing Low Sweet Cadillac
Performer: Dizzy Gillespie

08 Junior Mance (artist)
Junior's Tune
Performer: Junior Mance

09 Junior Mance (artist)
Hackensack
Performer: Junior Mance

10 Dinah Washington (artist)
Love For Sale
Performer: Dinah Washington

11 Junior Mance / Martin Rivera (artist)
Prelude to a Kiss
Performer: Junior Mance / Martin Rivera

12 Junior Mance (artist)
Falling in love with love
Performer: Junior Mance


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00p2kyq)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00p2kys)
Sunday - Fiona Talkington


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00p2kyv)
Iain Burnside - Prodigies


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00p300j)
Bill Bailey


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00p300l)
Renaissance Swansongs


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00p300n)
Fiona Talkington


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00p305g)


SUN 17:30 Discovering Music (b00p305j)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at 75


SUN 19:00 Choir and Organ (b00p305l)
Gaelic Choral Music, Handel's Messiah


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b00p308y)
The Changeling


SUN 22:00 Sunday Feature (b00p3090)
The Good Old Days?


SUN 22:45 Words and Music (b00p3092)
The Metaphysical Soul


SUN 23:45 Jazz Line-Up (b00p3094)
Bobby Hutcherson, Tom Gibbs



MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00p310v)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00p310x)
Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00p310z)
Monday - James Jolly


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00p3111)
Opera-Comique
Episode 1

01 Georges Bizet
Carmen : L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

02 Jules Massenet
Manon (Act 2) : Adieu, notre petite table …..Quelqu'un? Il ne faut pas de trouble fête

03 François‐Adrien Boïeldieu (artist)
La dame blanche (Act 1) : Sonnez, sonnez, sonnez cors et musettes; Ah! Quel plaisir que d'
Performer: François‐Adrien Boïeldieu

04 Daniel François Esprit Auber
Le Domino Noir (Act 2) : Téméraire! Impie!....La bonne affaire!

05 Gaetano Donizetti
La fille du regiment : A mes amis, quel jour de fête! ….Le camarade est amoureux!


MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00p3113)
Arcanto Quartet, Silke Avenhaus


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00p3115)
A Tribute to Edward Downes
Episode 1


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00p3117)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00p3119)
Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits


MON 21:15 Night Waves (b00p311c)
Tariq Ali/Johann Zoffany/Julia Lovell/Departures


MON 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00p3111)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00p311f)
Smith/Hume
Part 1


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00p311h)
Joel Harrison at the 2009 London Jazz Festival



TUESDAY 01 DECEMBER 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00p311w)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00p314x)
Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00p314z)
Tuesday - James Jolly


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00p3151)
Opera-Comique
Episode 2

01 André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
L'épreuve villageoise : Overture

02 André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
Richard, Coeur de Lion (Act 3): Trio - Le Gouverneur, pendant la danse; Sire Williams

03 Rousseau (artist)
Le devin du village : Je vais revoir ma charmante mâitresse
Performer: Rousseau

04 Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck - La rencontre imprevue (Act 2, no 11): Air vous ressemblez à l

05 André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry - Zémire et Azor (Act 4): Ah! je tremble; Le soleil s'est

06 Étienne Méhul
L'Irato ou l'Emporté: Ah, les maudites gens…… O ciel, que faire


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00p31gx)
LSO St Luke's French Connections
Amedeo Modigliani Quartet


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00p31gz)
A Tribute to Edward Downes
Episode 2


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00p31h1)


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00p31h3)
CBSO/Nelsons


TUE 21:15 Night Waves (b00p31jg)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00p3151)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00p31jj)
Smith/Hume
Part 2


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00p31jl)
Verity Sharp



WEDNESDAY 02 DECEMBER 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00p31r3)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00p31r5)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00p31r7)
Wednesday - James Jolly


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00p31r9)
Opera-Comique
Episode 3

01 François‐Adrien Boïeldieu (artist)
La Fête du village voisin: Boléro
Performer: François‐Adrien Boïeldieu

02 François‐Adrien Boïeldieu (artist)
La Dame Blanche (Act 2) : Ce domaine est celui des comtes d'Avenel …. Foyons ….laissons lu
Performer: François‐Adrien Boïeldieu

03 Gioachino Rossini
Le Comte Ory : Trio from Act 2 - A la faveur de cette nuit obscure

04 Daniel François Esprit Auber
Fra Diavolo (Act 2): "Oui, c'est demain, qu'enfin l'on nous marie"

05 Adolphe Adam
Adolphe Adam - Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (Act 1) : Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire; Un mo


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00p31rc)
LSO St Luke's French Connections
Psophos Quartet


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00p31rf)
A Tribute to Edward Downes
Episode 3


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00p31rh)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00p31rk)


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00p31rm)
British Composer Awards 2009


WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00p31rp)
Richard Linklater


WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00p31r9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00p31rr)
Smith/Hume
Part 3


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00p31rt)
Verity Sharp



THURSDAY 03 DECEMBER 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00p31wm)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00p31wp)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00p31wr)
Thursday - James Jolly


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00p31wt)
Opera-Comique
Episode 4

01 Charles-François Gounod
Philémon et Baucis: Si, Philémon m'aimerait Encore

02 Ferdinand Hérold
Zampa : Overture

03 Charles-François Gounod
Mireille: O, légère hirondelle

04 Ambroise Thomas
Mignon: Je suis Titania

05 Léo Delibes
Lakmé (Act 2): C'est un pauvre qui mendie…Lakme ton doux regard se voile ...

06 Giacomo Meyerbeer
Dinorah : Ombre légère

07 Georges Bizet
Djamileh : Finale


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00p31ww)
LSO St Luke's French Connections
BBC Singers/Bob Chilcott


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00p31wy)
A Tribute to Edward Downes
Handel: Imeneo


THU 14:02 Handel Opera Cycle (b00p4p03)
Imeneo


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00p31x0)

01 00:02:00 Antonín Dvořák
Mazurek, Op.49
Duration 00:05:48

02 00:08:00 Antonio Vivaldi
Veni, veni me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans)
Duration 00:07:17

03 00:17:00 Modest Mussorgsky
Memories of Childhood
Duration 00:02:34

04 00:26:00 Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen Op.15 (nos. 6-10)
Duration 00:07:24

05 00:39:00 Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (no. 4, Promenade and no.5)
Duration 00:04:25

06 00:44:00 Jan Křtitel Jiři Neruda (artist)
Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Performer: Jan Křtitel Jiři Neruda
Duration 00:15:34

07 01:03:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture, Idomoneo
Duration 00:04:28

08 01:09:00 Johannes Brahms
Sonata in F Major Op 99 (1st mvt.)
Duration 00:08:50

09 01:26:00 Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in A Major Sonata,Op 69, final mvt.
Duration 00:09:00

10 01:35:00 John Wilbye
Draw on Sweet Night
Duration 00:04:51

11 01:40:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in a minor
Duration 00:11:56

12 01:54:00 Gabriel Fauré
Libera Me (Requiem)
Duration 00:04:43


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00p31x2)
Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek
Part 1


THU 19:45 Twenty Minutes (b00p31x4)
The Imperial Mathematician and the Moon


THU 20:05 Performance on 3 (b00p31x6)
Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek
Part 2


THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00p31x8)
Free Thinking 2009
Free Thinking - The Future of Men


THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00p31wt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00p31xb)
Smith/Hume
Part 4


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00p31xd)
Verity Sharp



FRIDAY 04 DECEMBER 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00p33rq)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00p33rs)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

01 00:03:00 Jean Sibelius
Suite: Scènes historiques 1, Op.25 – All'overturea

02 00:08:00 Isaac Albéniz
Triana from Iberia – book 2

03 00:13:00 Henry Purcell
Chacony

04 00:02:00 Franz Schubert
An die musik D547

05 00:24:00 Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No.4

06 00:31:00 James Rhodes (artist)
Pour les degrees chromatiques from Etudes book 2
Performer: James Rhodes

07 00:34:00 Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso No.4 in D major

08 00:45:00 Roger Quilter (artist)
Now sleeps the crimson petal
Performer: Roger Quilter

09 00:48:00 Gioachino Rossini
The Silken Ladder - overture

10 00:55:00 George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah Chorus

11 01:04:00 Bernard Herrmann
Currier & Ives Suite

12 01:09:00 Toru Takemitsu
Day Signal

13 01:11:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for piano and violin in C major K303

14 01:22:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn – duet

15 01:31:00 Henry Charles Litolff (artist)
Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique No.4
Performer: Henry Charles Litolff

16 01:39:00 Antonín Dvořák
Elegia from Miniatures Op.75a

17 01:45:00 Claudio Monteverdi
Anima mia, perdona

18 01:51:00 Antonio Vivaldi
Paris Concerto 3 for string and continuo RV 119

19 01:58:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams
From far, from eve and morning from On Wenlock Edge

20 02:00:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B flat major BWV 866

21 02:04:00 Igor Stravinsky
Concerto in E flat for chamber orchestra "Dumbarton Oaks"

22 02:19:00 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Polonaise from Swan Lake
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

23 02:23:00 Dmitry Shostakovich
Three Fantastic Dances

24 02:27:00 William Byrd
Fantasia in 6 parts (VdGS no.3)

25 02:33:00 Robert Schumann
Genoveva Overture

26 02:41:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Als Luise KV520

27 02:44:00 Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio Hob 15:21 in C major

28 02:52:00 Ivor Gurney (artist)
When I was one and twenty
Performer: Ivor Gurney


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00p33rv)
Friday - James Jolly


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00p33rx)
Opera-Comique
Episode 5

01 André Messager
Véronique : De ci, de là

02 Charles Lecocq
La fille de Madame Angot : Jours fortunes

03 James Rhodes (artist)
Pelléas et Mélisande : Act 1, Scene 1, Une fôret
Performer: James Rhodes

04
Emmanuel Chabrier - Le Roi Malgré lui (Act 2) : Introduction and choeur dansé

05 Daniel François Esprit Auber
Manon: Act 3, Scene 2, A desert in Louisiana


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00p33rz)
LSO St Luke's French Connections
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00p33y4)
A Tribute to Edward Downes
Episode 5


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00p33y6)
Friday - Sean Rafferty

01 00:02:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV 110 (Opening Chorus: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens und unsre Zunge)
Duration 00:06:17

02 00:09:00 Eric Coates (artist)
The Dam Busters
Performer: Eric Coates
Duration 00:04:00

03 00:14:00 Giuseppe Verdi
Otello (Act 1 Scene 1: See the sail there)
Duration 00:06:28

04 00:27:00 Giuseppe Verdi
Otello (Ave Maria, mother of mercy)
Duration 00:05:00

05 00:39:00 Giuseppe Verdi
Otello (Act 4 Scene 4: Do not fear men from Otello)
Duration 00:05:17

06 00:46:00 Emin Khachaturian (artist)
Adagio of Spartacus Phrygia
Performer: Emin Khachaturian
Duration 00:09:50

07 00:56:00 Robert White
Christe qui lux es et dies (I)
Duration 00:03:58

08 01:04:00 George Frideric Handel
Soloman (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba)
Duration 00:03:01

09 01:07:00
Béla Bartók - Romanian Dance Sz 47a
Duration 00:04:41

10 01:13:00 George Crumb
Night from Three Early Songs (1947)
Duration 00:02:47

11 01:21:00 George Crumb
Star Child - Adventus Puerorum Luminis
Duration 00:02:23

12 01:24:00 Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto fragment for bassoon, strngs and continuo RV 468
Duration 00:04:08

13 01:30:00 Sasha Johnson Manning
The Manchester Carols (Mirabile Dictu)
Duration 00:03:10

14 01:44:00 Fran Landesman (artist)
Scars
Performer: Fran Landesman
Duration 00:02:29

14 01:47:00 Fran Landesman (artist)
Just Having Fun
Performer: Fran Landesman
Duration 00:02:06

14 01:34:00 Ian Shaw (artist)
Somewhere towards Love
Performer: Ian Shaw
Duration 00:03:30

15 01:50:00 Giacomo Puccini
Turandot (Nessun Dorma
Duration 00:03:00

16 01:55:00 James Rhodes (artist)
Claire de Lune (from Suite Bergamaque)
Performer: James Rhodes
Duration 00:04:58


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00p33y8)
Khachaturian, Dallapiccola, Tchaikovsky
Part 1


FRI 19:50 Twenty Minutes (b00p33yb)
The Courtship of Mr Lyon


FRI 20:10 Performance on 3 (b00p33yd)
Khachaturian, Dallapiccola, Tchaikovsky
Part 2


FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00p33yg)
Ian Martin/Arto Vaun/School of Night/Margaret Tait


FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00p33rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00p33yj)
Smith/Hume
Part 5


FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00p33yl)