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 24 OCTOBER 2009


SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00n6zhp)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00nh5rb)
Saturday - Martin Handley


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00nh5zr)
Building a Library: Stravinsky's Symphony in C


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00nh5zt)
Cape Town Opera/Erik Chisholm/Kevin Volans/Scottish Opera


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00nh5zw)
Brighton Early Music Festival 2009


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00n6yy4)
arthurs.hoiby.ritchie


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00nh5zy)
An Appalachian Road Trip
North Carolina

01
Fiddler Benton Flippen.
Banning Eyre meets 89 year old fiddler Benton Flippen who we hear performing two songs the famous ‘Cotton Eyed Joe’ and ‘Fortune’.
Duration 00:07:46

02 00:02:36 Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist)
Cotton Eyed Joe
Performer: Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys
Duration 00:02:20

03 00:05:32 Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist)
Fortune
Performer: Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys
Duration 00:02:14

04 00:07:47
Interview with Benton Flippen.
Veteran fiddler, Benton Flippen tells Banning how he traded in his rifle for a banjo and learnt traditional tunes from his uncle and father.
Duration 00:08:36

05 00:10:27 Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist)
Cackling Hen
Performer: Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys
Duration 00:01:57

06 00:13:20 Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys (artist)
June Apple
Performer: Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys
Duration 00:02:59

07 00:16:20
The Appalachian dulcimer.
Banning heads out through the Blue Ridge Mountains, to find the fretless banjo and the Appalachian dulcimer.
Duration 00:05:53

08 00:16:20 Rick Ward (artist)
A Soldier and a Lady
Performer: Rick Ward
Duration 00:05:53

09 00:21:43 Rick Ward (artist)
Bald Headed End of the Broom (from the singing of Lee Monroe Presnell)
Performer: Rick Ward
Duration 00:00:30

10 00:22:14
Ballad singer Sheila Adams.
Banning meets 8th generation ballad singer, Sheila Adams. She talks about and performs songs that go back to 16th England, which were passed down through her family.
Duration 00:13:11

11 00:25:13 Sheila Kay Adams (artist)
The Daemon Lover (from the singing of Dellie Chandler Norton)
Performer: Sheila Kay Adams
Duration 00:04:15

12 00:31:47 Sheila Kay Adams (artist)
The Farmer's Cursed Wife (from the singing of Inez Chandler)
Performer: Sheila Kay Adams
Duration 00:03:38

13 00:35:26
More stories from Sheila Adams.
Ballad singer Sheila Adams continues to tell Banning about the stories of how ballads were passed down through her family.
Duration 00:06:20

14 00:37:12 Sheila Kay Adams (artist)
Pretty Saro (from the singing of Mary Sands)
Performer: Sheila Kay Adams
Duration 00:04:40

15 00:41:52
Joe Thompson string band player
Banning drives east through North Carolina to the home of 90 year old Joe Thompson, the last living African American string band player.
Duration 00:09:38

16 00:43:07 Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist)
Georgie Buck
Performer: Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo)
Duration 00:01:49

17 00:46:29 Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist)
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
Performer: Joe Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo)
Duration 00:02:33

18 00:51:30
Square Dances.
Joe Thompson performs ‘Pumpkin Pie’ and tells Banning about the square dances he would ‘call’ and the different techniques of playing the banjo for the different dances.
Duration 00:07:24

19 00:51:30 Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist)
Pumpkin Pie
Performer: Thompson (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo)
Duration 00:02:06

20 00:56:19 (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo) (artist)
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone
Performer: (fiddle and voice) and Bob Carlin (banjo)
Duration 00:01:16


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00nh600)
Rashied Ali

01 Rashied Ali Quintet (artist)
Lourana
Performer: Rashied Ali Quintet

02 John Coltrane (artist)
Compassion
Performer: John Coltrane

03 Archie Shepp (artist)
The Mac Man
Performer: Archie Shepp

04 John Coltrane (artist)
Peace on Earth (opening)
Performer: John Coltrane

05 John Coltrane (artist)
Venus
Performer: John Coltrane

06 John Coltrane (artist)
Manifestation
Performer: John Coltrane

07 Marion Brown (artist)
Why Not
Performer: Marion Brown

08 Eddie Jefferson with Rashied Ali's Quintet (artist)
Pennies from Heaven
Performer: Eddie Jefferson with Rashied Ali's Quintet

09 Rashied Ali with Prima Materia (artist)
Iris
Performer: Rashied Ali with Prima Materia


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00nhnlt)


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00nh604)
Bizet's Carmen


SAT 21:15 The Wire (b00nh606)
Me and Cilla


SAT 22:00 Pre-Hear (b00nh608)
Widman - Violin Concerto


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00nh60b)
String Theories Event



SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 2009


SUN 00:00 Jazz Library (b00b55wv)
Jack DeJohnette


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00nhlv8)


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00nhlvb)
Sunday - Martin Handley


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00nhm32)


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00nhm34)
Stewart Copeland

01 Stewart Copeland (artist)
Gene Pool (excerpt)
Performer: Stewart Copeland

02 Maurice Ravel
Prélude from 'Le Tombeau de Couperin'

03 Booker T. & The MG’s (artist)
Green Onions
Performer: Booker T. & The MG’s

04 John Adams
Loops and Verses' from 'Shaker Loops

05 Moondog (artist)
Bird's Lament
Performer: Moondog

06
Richard Wagner - Overture to Tannhäuser

07 Paul Simon (artist)
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Performer: Paul Simon

08 Desmond Dekker & the Aces (artist)
Israelites
Performer: Desmond Dekker & the Aces


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00nhm36)
The Elizabethan Stage Jig


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00nhm38)
Fiona Talkington

01
Richard Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

02 Morten Lauridsen
Lux Aeterna (excerpt)

03 Jimmy Webb (artist)
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
Performer: Jimmy Webb

04 Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco (artist)
Guitar Concerto no.1 in D Major
Performer: Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

05 Harald Saeverud arr. Garbarek (artist)
Rondo Amoroso
Performer: Harald Saeverud arr. Garbarek

06 Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau De Couperin

07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi Fan Tutte

08 Irish Trad (artist)
Johnny, I Hardly Knew You
Performer: Irish Trad

09 Max Reger
Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy

10 Billy Mayerl (artist)
Jill All Alone
Performer: Billy Mayerl


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00n6z97)


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00nhm5n)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b00nhm5q)
The Bach Choir Profile


SUN 20:00 Night Waves (b00nhm5s)
Concluding Discussion
Part 1


SUN 20:20 Drama on 3 (b00nkt4q)
Beware the Kids


SUN 21:20 Night Waves (b00nvhvl)
Concluding Discussion
Part 2


SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00nhm5x)
Family Portraits


SUN 23:30 Jazz Line-Up (b00nhm61)
Stanley Jordan, Terence Blanchard



MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 2009


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00nhmbv)


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00nhmbx)
Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00nhmbz)
Monday - James Jolly


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmc1)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Episode 1

01 Modest Mussorgsky
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition)

02 Modest Mussorgsky
Two early orchestral pieces (1858): Chorus of People in the Temple (Oedipus in Athens); Sc

03 Modest Mussorgsky
The Marriage (1868) - Sc 2

04 Modest Mussorgsky
The Nursery (1868-72)


MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00nhmc3)
Steven Osborne/Alban Gerhardt


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00nhmc5)
Maida Vale 75th Anniversary
Episode 1


MON 17:00 In Tune (b00nhmc7)


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00nhmc9)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Entente Cordiale


MON 21:15 Night Waves (b00nhmcc)
Free Thinking 2009
Free Thinking - Ken Livingstone


MON 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 23:00 The Essay (b00nhmcf)
North East Free Thinkers
T Dan Smith


MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00nhmch)
Led Bib in Session with Eddie Parker



TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER 2009


TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00nhmf8)


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00nhmfb)
Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00nhmfd)
Tuesday - James Jolly


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmfg)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Episode 2

01 Modest Mussorgsky
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition)

02 Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov (1872 version) - Prologue, Sc 2 (Coronation Scene)

03 Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov (1872 version) - Act 3, Sc 1

04 Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov (1872 version) - Act 4, Sc 1 (excerpt)


TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00nhmfj)
West Festivals
John Lill


TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00nhmgf)
Maida Vale 75th Anniversary
Episode 2


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00nhmgh)


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00nhmgk)
LSO/Bernard Haitink


TUE 21:15 Night Waves (b00nhmgn)
Free Thinking 2009
Free Thinking - Gwen Adshead


TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00nhmh6)
North East Free Thinkers
Gertrude Bell


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00nhmnm)
Verity Sharp



WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2009


WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00nhmmx)


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00nhmmz)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00nhmn1)
Wednesday - James Jolly


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmn3)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Episode 3

01 Modest Mussorgsky
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition) - arr for Moog synthesiser

02 Modest Mussorgsky
Sunless (1874)

03 Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)


WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00n6z79)
West Festivals
Navarra String Quartet


WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00nhmn5)
Maida Vale 75th Anniversary
Episode 3


WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00nhmn7)


WED 17:00 In Tune (b00nhmn9)
Sean Rafferty


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00nhmnc)
Dohnanyi 80th Birthday


WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00nhmnf)
Free Thinking 2009
Free Thinking - William Orbit


WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 23:00 The Essay (b00nhmnh)
North East Free Thinkers
William Armstrong


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00nhmnk)
Verity Sharp



THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 2009


THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00nhmrb)


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00nhmrd)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00nhmrg)
Thursday - James Jolly


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmrj)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Episode 4

01 Modest Mussorgsky
Songs and Dances of Death (1875-7)

02 Modest Mussorgsky
Joshua - also known as Jesus Navin (1874-7)

03 Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanschina (1872-80) - Act 4, Sc 1 (live recording)

04 Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanschina - close of Act 5 (live recording)


THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00nhmrl)
West Festivals
Andreas Haefliger and the Kuss Quartet


THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00nhmrn)
Handel: Arminio


THU 14:02 Handel Opera Cycle (b00nnp0y)
Arminio


THU 17:00 In Tune (b00nhmrq)


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00nhmrs)
RSNO/Stephane Deneve


THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00nhmrv)
Free Thinking 2009
Free Thinking festival 2009


THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 23:00 The Essay (b00nhmrx)
North East Free Thinkers
Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00nhmrz)
Verity Sharp



FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 2009


FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00nhmsh)


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00nhmw4)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00nhmw6)
Friday - James Jolly


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmw8)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Episode 5

01 Modest Mussorgsky
Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) - 1879

02 Modest Mussorgsky
Two piano pieces: On the southern shore of the Crimea - Gurzuf (1879); Near the southern s

03 Modest Mussorgsky
Two Russian Folksongs (words by AK Tolstoy) - 1877: Misfortune; Softly the spirit flew up

04 Modest Mussorgsky
Sorochintsy Fair (1874-80) - excerpt from Act 1

05 Modest Mussorgsky
Sorochintsy Fair (excerpt from Act 2)

06 Modest Mussorgsky
Sorochintsy Fair - concluding chorus of Act 3 (Hopak)


FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00nhmwb)
West Festivals
Doric Quartet


FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00nhmwd)
Maida Vale 75th Anniversary
Episode 4


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00nhmwg)


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00nhmwj)
London Philharmonic/Yannick Nezet-Seguin


FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00nhmwl)
Peter Flannery/Kachi Ozumba/Alec Finlay and Linda France/Beccy Owen


FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00nhmw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00nhmwn)
North East Free Thinkers
Audience Choice


FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00nhmwq)
Charlie Gillett