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/
| Blow / Purcell | Organ voluntary on the 'Old Hundredth' | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:28:01 | Duration 00:03:08 | Link |
| Christopher Gibbons | Voluntary for organ (verse for ye single organ in D major) | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:32:19 | Duration 00:02:43 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | Funeral Sentences: In the midst of life | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:16:04 | Duration 00:04:06 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | Funeral Sentences: Thou knowest, Lord | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:20:11 | Duration 00:03:18 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | My beloved spake | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:47:48 | Duration 00:10:40 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | The Fairy Queen (excerpt from First Act) | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:02:33 | Duration 00:01:04 | Link |
| Henry Purcell | What hope for us remains now he has gone | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:36:10 | Duration 00:03:03 | Link |
| John Blow | Salvator mundi | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:24:33 | Duration 00:02:24 | Link |
| Matthew Locke | Scenes from Act 4 of 'Psyche' | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:40:43 | Duration 00:06:25 | Link |
| Pelham Humfrey | Lord I Have Sinned | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:07:59 | Duration 00:02:54 | Link |
| Pelham Humfrey | O The Sad Day | The Early Music Show | 2008-07-20 | 13:00 | 00:10:56 | Duration 00:03:29 | Link |