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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RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 3
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SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00j7p16)
Jonathan Swain


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8bvj)
Martin Handley


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00j8bvl)
Building a Library: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00j8bvn)
Purcell Weekend - In Search of Purcell


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00j8bvq)
Purcell Weekend - Purcell Keyboard Suites


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j5b5n)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00j8bvs)
Jerusalem and Nazareth
Jerusalem International Oud Festival 2008 - Part 1

01
Moshe on the Mount of Olives.
Moshe Morad on the Mount of Olives at dusk and takes us to the Jerusalem Theatre for a special performance of “Piyutim”, liturgical songs from the Jewish tradition of Allepo.
Duration 00:08:23

02 Moshe Habusha & Ensemble (artist)
Yefat Ay'in Libavtini
Performer: Moshe Habusha & Ensemble
Duration 00:08:23

03 00:08:24
Moshe Habusha.
Moshe Habusha, the famous “Paytan” (singer of lithurgical poetry) and his band, perform another Piyut/ chant in the Allepo Jewish tradition.
Duration 00:07:11

04 00:08:24 Moshe Habusha & Ensemble (artist)
Maozi Az Kala
Performer: Moshe Habusha & Ensemble
Duration 00:07:11

05 00:15:46
Traditional music of Allepo Jewry.
In an evening dedicated to the traditional music of Allepo Jewry, we hear two traditional pieces performed by the famous “Paytan” (Jewish liturgical singer) Moshe Habusha and his band.
Duration 00:07:50

06 00:15:46 Moshe Habusha & Ensemble (artist)
Samai Muhair
Performer: Moshe Habusha & Ensemble
Duration 00:07:50

07 00:15:46 Moshe Habusha & Ensemble (artist)
Ne'ima Li
Performer: Moshe Habusha & Ensemble
Duration 00:07:50

08 00:23:33
Maureen Nehedar.
Maureen Nehedar, born and raised in Isfahan, performs Persian Jewish Piyutim and traditional music. Maureen and her band perform one of the most famous Piyutim“Zur Mishello Achalnu".
Duration 00:06:48

09 00:23:33 Maureen Nehedar & Ensemble (artist)
Zur Mishello Achalnu
Performer: Maureen Nehedar & Ensemble
Duration 00:06:48

10 00:31:22
Persian Jewish music.
Maureen Nehedar tells Moshe about her research that resulted in discovering treasures of Persian Jewish music, liturgical and secular.
Duration 00:07:51

11 00:31:22 Maureen Nehedar & Ensemble (artist)
Lullaby
Performer: Maureen Nehedar & Ensemble
Duration 00:07:51

12 00:39:14
Piyut - Jewish liturgical singing.
To end the first programme, Moshe takes us back into the Jerusalem Theatre to hear another Piyut, the well-known Jewish liturgical singing from Allepo in Syria.
Duration 00:18:29

13 00:39:14 Moshe Habusha & Ensemble (artist)
El Havivi
Performer: Moshe Habusha & Ensemble
Duration 00:18:29


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00j8cyl)
Louie Bellson

01 Louie Bellson and His Big Band (artist)
Soar Like an Eagle
Performer: Louie Bellson and His Big Band

02 The Benny Goodman Sextet (artist)
I Want to Go Where You Go
Performer: The Benny Goodman Sextet

03 Benny Goodman (artist)
Oh Baby
Performer: Benny Goodman

04 Tommy Dorsey (artist)
Bingo Bango Boffo
Performer: Tommy Dorsey

05 Harry James (artist)
Rank Frank
Performer: Harry James

06 Duke Ellington (artist)
The Hawk Talks
Performer: Duke Ellington

07 Duke Ellington (artist)
Skin Deep
Performer: Duke Ellington

08 Pearl Bailey (artist)
St Louis Blues
Performer: Pearl Bailey

09
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - A Fine Romance

10 Count Basie (artist)
Doubling Blues
Performer: Count Basie

11 Art Tatum (artist)
A Foggy Day
Performer: Art Tatum

12 Louie Bellson and His Big Band (artist)
Soar Like an Eagle
Performer: Louie Bellson and His Big Band


SAT 17:00 Opera on 3 (b00j8d0g)
Live from the Met
Bellini's La Sonnambula


SAT 20:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00j8cyn)


SAT 21:00 The Wire (b00j8d0j)
Alex Tripped on My Fairy


SAT 21:55 Pre-Hear (b00j8d0l)


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00j8d0n)
Purcell Weekend - Arrangements of Purcell



SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2009


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b00j8d33)
Purcell Weekend - Catches and Glees


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00j8d35)
Susan Sharpe


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8d37)
Martin Handley


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00j8dkp)
Purcell Weekend


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00j8dkr)
Terence Davies


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00j8dn2)
Settings of Poets and Texts

01 Henry Purcell
What hope for us remains now he is gone? Z.472

02 Henry Purcell
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (Nahum Tate)

03 Henry Purcell
With sick and famished eyes, Z.200

04 Henry Purcell
In guilty night ('Saul and the Witch of Endor')

05 Henry Purcell
Music from a bad Ode: From Swifter, Isis, swifter flow: Welcome, dread Sir, to town (choru

06 Henry Purcell
They say you're angry, Z.422

07 Henry Purcell
Hears not my Phyllis how the birds ('The Knotting Song'), Z.371

08 Henry Purcell
O, Solitude
Performer: Lucy Crowe
Performer: Joseph Middleton

09 Henry Purcell
If music be the food of love (simple version, 2 verses) [1st version, Z.379A]


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00j8dn4)
Purcell Weekend - Emma Kirkby


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00j5bhb)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00j8dn8)
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b00j8dnb)
Purcell Weekend


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b00j8dnd)
Alone Together


SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b00j8dpk)
Sorochintsy Fair


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00j8dpm)
Years of Wonders


SUN 23:30 Jazz Line-Up (b00j8dpp)
Gareth Williams



MONDAY 23 MARCH 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00j8dyg)
Susan Sharpe


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8dyj)
Rob Cowan


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j8dyl)
James Jolly


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8dyn)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Episode 1


MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j8dyq)
Skampa Quartet/Schubert String Quartet in G


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j8dys)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Episode 1


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00j8dyv)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j8f17)
LPO/Eschenbach in Brahms and Dvorak


MON 21:15 Night Waves (b00j8f19)
Tyson


MON 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8dyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00j8f1c)
Work-Life Balance
Episode 1


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00j8f1f)
Pete M Wyer and Steve Dalachinsky in Session



TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00j8f33)
Susan Sharpe


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8f35)
Rob Cowan


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j8f38)
James Jolly


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8fz0)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Episode 2


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j8fz2)
Llyr Williams at the BBC Hoddinott Hall
Episode 1


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j8fz4)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Episode 2


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00j8fz6)


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j8fz8)
Philharmonia/Salonen in Berg and Mahler


TUE 21:30 Night Waves (b00j8w95)
Amit Chaudhuri


TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8fz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00j8wlg)
Work-Life Balance
Episode 2


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00j8wlj)
Verity Sharp



WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00j8wqg)
Susan Sharpe


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8wqj)
Rob Cowan


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j8wql)
James Jolly


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8wqn)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Episode 3


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j8wqq)
Llyr Williams at the BBC Hoddinott Hall
Episode 2


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j8wqs)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Episode 3


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00j8wqv)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00j8wqx)


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j8wqz)
Hagen Quartet and Mitsuko Uchida


WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00j8wr1)
James Lovelock


WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8wqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00j8wr3)
Work-Life Balance
Episode 3


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00j8wr5)
Verity Sharp



THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00j8x84)
Susan Sharpe


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8x86)
Rob Cowan


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j8x88)
James Jolly


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8x8b)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Episode 4


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j8x8d)
Llyr Williams at the BBC Hoddinott Hall
Episode 3


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00jg0vg)
Floridante


THU 14:02 Handel Opera Cycle (b00j8x8g)
Floridante


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00j8x8j)


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j8x8l)
CBSO/Mackerras


THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00j8x8n)
Wayne McGregor


THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8x8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00j8x8q)
Work-Life Balance
Episode 4


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00j8x8s)
Verity Sharp



FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00j8xcf)
Susan Sharpe


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00j8xch)
Rob Cowan


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00j8xck)
James Jolly


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8xcm)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Episode 5


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00j8xcp)
Llyr Williams at the BBC Hoddinott Hall
Episode 4


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00j8xcr)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Episode 4


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00j8xct)


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00j8xcw)
London Mozart Players Gala Extravaganza


FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00j8xcy)
Graham Swift


FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00j8xcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00j8xd0)
Work-Life Balance
Episode 5


FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00j8xd2)
Lopa Kothari