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 01 AUGUST 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00lv7hf)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00ly0rw)
Martin Handley


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00lxqg9)


SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b00f4py2)
Water Music


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00lxwj3)
La Ciaccona/York Early Music Festival Young Artists


SAT 14:00 BBC Proms (b00ls4tf)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM 02 - Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00lxwlc)
World Routes at WOMAD 2009
Rokia Traore


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00lxqp6)
Joe Pass

01 Joe Pass (artist)
C E D
Performer: Joe Pass

02 Joe Pass (artist)
Django
Performer: Joe Pass

03 Joe Pass (artist)
Limehouse Blues
Performer: Joe Pass

04 Oscar Peterson (artist)
Chicago Blues
Performer: Oscar Peterson

05 Joe Pass (artist)
My Old Flame
Performer: Joe Pass

06 Duke Ellington (artist)
CottonTail
Performer: Duke Ellington

07 Joe Pass (artist)
I Never Knew
Performer: Joe Pass

08
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - I'm Making Believe

09 Joe Pass (artist)
But Not for Me
Performer: Joe Pass

10 Joe Pass (artist)
My Romance
Performer: Joe Pass

11 Joe Pass (artist)
Waltz for Django
Performer: Joe Pass


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00lxqp8)


SAT 18:00 Words and Music (b00cdbpf)
Italian Fantasy


SAT 19:30 BBC Proms (b00lxqpd)
2009
Prom 22 - MGM Musicals


SAT 21:45 The Wire (b00hlcsr)
Nina Black


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00lxqq5)
New Italian Music



SUNDAY 02 AUGUST 2009


SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b00jdhvm)
Phantasm Profile

01 Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus 9 from Art of Fugue, BWV.1080

02 Henry Purcell
Fantazia 7 a 4

03 William Byrd
Kyrie from 4 part Mass

04 William Byrd
My Mistress had a little dog

05 William Byrd
La Verginella

06 Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia V a 6

07 Orlando Gibbons
Go from my window

08 John Jenkins (artist)
6 part In Nomine
Performer: John Jenkins

09 William Lawes (artist)
5 part Fantazy from Set a 5 in G
Performer: William Lawes

10 William Lawes (artist)
6 part Aire
Performer: William Lawes

11 John Jenkins (artist)
5 part Fantasia 15 in D
Performer: John Jenkins

12 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fugues arranged for Quartet K.405: from JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier II: Fuga 2 in E fl


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00lxrnd)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00lxrng)
Martin Handley


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00lxrnj)
Food


SUN 11:00 BBC Proms (b00lxrnl)
Prom 23: Evolution
Part 1


SUN 11:40 Twenty Minutes (b00lxrnn)
Beastly London


SUN 12:00 BBC Proms (b00lxrnq)
Prom 23: Evolution
Part 2


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00lxrns)
Ton Koopman


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00lxrnv)
Chi-chi Nwanoku


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00lv2mq)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00lxrnx)
Rossini


SUN 18:30 New Generation Artists (b00lxrnz)
Jennifer Pike and Tom Blach/Pavel Haas Quartet


SUN 19:30 BBC Proms (b00lxrp1)
Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz
Part 1


SUN 20:20 BBC Proms (b00lxrp3)
Proms Plus
Proms Literary Festival - Tennyson


SUN 20:40 BBC Proms (b00lxrp5)
Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz
Part 2


SUN 21:45 Sunday Feature (b00lxrp7)
Searching for Alfred in the Shadow of Tennyson


SUN 22:30 Words and Music (b00k4gc6)
The Double


SUN 23:35 Jazz Line-Up (b00lxrpc)
Christian McBride/European Jazz Orchestra



MONDAY 03 AUGUST 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00lxrzd)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00lxrzg)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lxrzj)
Sarah Walker


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008h5ym)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Episode 1

01 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Swan Lake (Act 1 Waltz)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

02 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
String Quartet No 3 (excerpt, 3rd mvt)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

03 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Cherevichki (Act 1 Sc 2)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

04 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Francesca da Rimini
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b00lxrzl)
Proms Chamber Concerts
PCM 03 - The Belcea Quartet


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lxrzn)
Prom 16/Andris Nelsons, Stephen Hough


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00lxrzq)


MON 19:00 BBC Proms (b00lxrzs)
Prom 25: Berlioz, Jarrell, Beethoven
Part 1


MON 19:45 Twenty Minutes (b00lxrzv)
Two Welsh Hills
Horatio Clare


MON 20:05 BBC Proms (b00lxrzx)
Prom 25: Berlioz, Jarrell, Beethoven
Part 2


MON 20:45 Twenty Minutes (b00lzmh7)
Two Welsh Hills
Osi Rhys Osmond


MON 21:05 BBC Proms (b00lzmh9)
Prom 25: Berlioz, Jarrell, Beethoven
Part 3


MON 22:15 BBC Proms (b00lxs1n)
Proms Composer Portraits
Michael Jarrell


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00lxs1q)
Tennyson 200
Vicki Feaver on Ulysses


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00lxs1s)
Bobo Stenson Trio



TUESDAY 04 AUGUST 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00lxskd)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00lxskg)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lxskj)
Sarah Walker


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008h6k7)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Episode 2

01 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from the Introduction)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

02 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from the Letter Scene, Act 1)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

03 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from Act 1 conclusion)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

04 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Symphony No 4 in F minor (excerpt from 1st mvt)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

05 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from Act 3 conclusion)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lyfl5)
Hay Festival 2009
Thomas Allen/Gary Matthewman


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lxskl)
Prom 18/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00lxskq)


TUE 18:30 BBC Proms (b00lxsks)
Prom 26: Mendelssohn, Holliger, Prokofiev
Part 1


TUE 19:35 BBC Proms (b00lxskv)
Proms Plus
The Victorian Novel


TUE 19:55 BBC Proms (b00lxskx)
Prom 26: Mendelssohn, Holliger, Prokofiev
Part 2


TUE 21:15 The Lebrecht Interview (b00t7mmj)
Michael Kaiser


TUE 22:00 BBC Proms (b00lxsl1)
2009
Prom 27 - Harrison Birtwistle celebration


TUE 23:30 Late Junction (b00lxsl3)
Max Reinhardt



WEDNESDAY 05 AUGUST 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00lxswr)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00lxswt)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lxsww)
Sarah Walker


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008h6nw)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Episode 3

01 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (excerpt, The Lord's Prayer)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

02 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Maid of Orleans (excerpt from Act 1 conclusion)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

03 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

04 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Amid the din of the ball; It was in the early spring, Op 38
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lxswy)
Hay Festival 2009
Boris Giltburg


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lxsx0)
Prom 19/Berlioz, Mendelssohn


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00lxsx2)
St Endellion Summer Festival of Music 2009


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00lxszc)
Petroc Trelawny


WED 19:30 BBC Proms (b00lxszf)
Prom 28: Stravinsky, Mozart, Mahler
Part 1


WED 20:10 BBC Proms (b00lxt1z)
Proms Plus
Proms Literary Festival - Fin-de-Siecle Vienna


WED 20:30 BBC Proms (b00lxt21)
Prom 28: Stravinsky, Mozart, Mahler
Part 2


WED 22:15 Sunday Feature (b00c8p1y)
Ideas - The British Version
Episode 1


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00lxtlm)
Tennyson 200
The Kraken


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00lxtlp)
Max Reinhardt



THURSDAY 06 AUGUST 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00lxtn7)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00lxtn9)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lxtnc)
Sarah Walker


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008h6x9)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Episode 4

01 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
1812 Overture
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

02 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Serenade for Strings
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

03 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Mazeppa (Mazeppa's aria from Act 2)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lxtpq)
Hay Festival 2009
Tai Murray/Gilles Vonsattel


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lxtps)
Proms 2009: Prom 20 (Repeat)


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00lxtpv)


THU 19:30 BBC Proms (b00lxtpx)
Prom 29: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Respighi
Part 1


THU 20:25 BBC Proms (b00lxtsr)
Proms Plus
Gianandrea Noseda/Richard Wigley


THU 20:45 BBC Proms (b00lxtst)
Prom 29: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Respighi
Part 2


THU 22:00 Sunday Feature (b00cd9q7)
Ideas - The British Version
Episode 2


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00lxtsw)
Tennyson 200
Come into the Garden, Maud


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00lxtsy)
Max Reinhardt



FRIDAY 07 AUGUST 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00lxtwk)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00lxtwm)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00lxtwp)
Sarah Walker


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008h6zr)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Episode 5

01 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Queen of Spades (excerpt from Overture)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

02 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Souvenir de Florence
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

03 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Queen of Spades (Act 3, Sc 2)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

04 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (artist)
Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)
Performer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lxv9l)
Hay Festival 2009
Meta4


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00lxv9n)
Proms 2009: Prom 24 (Repeat)


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00lxv9q)
Petroc Trelawny


FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b00lxv9s)
Prom 30: Respighi, Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev
Part 1


FRI 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b00m4qwx)
Viva la Musica! Viva il Duce!


FRI 20:40 BBC Proms (b00lxv9v)
Prom 30: Respighi, Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev
Part 2


FRI 21:45 Sunday Feature (b00cj828)
Ideas - The British Version
The Free Market


FRI 22:30 New Generation Artists (b00lxv9x)
Meta4


FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00lxv9z)
Tennyson 200
Tears, Idle Tears


FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00lxvb1)
Charlie Gillett