 | | BBC RADIO 2 Friday 16 January 2009 | |
Listen To The Band
Friday 16 January
9.30-10.00pm BBC RADIO 2 | | | | |
Frank Renton presents the second of three programmes from the 2008 Brass In Concert Championship, which was held at The Sage, Gateshead, in November. The show opens with the Grimethorpe Colliery band who, although they did not win this year, still hold the record for the number of Championship wins and individual player awards. They are conducted by the charismatic Michael Garasi, who did so well with his own Brass Band of Central Florida a few years ago. The Stavangar Band delivers a typically exciting programme, with a Latin tinge, including La Cumparista and the big band classic Hunting Wabbitts by Gordon Goodwin, originally written for his Big Phat Band. The programme of the defending Champions Brighouse and Rastrick includes an arrangement of Jean De Florette, which earned Michael Howley the best Euphonium award, and ends with film music by Miklos Roza from The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad. Presenter/Frank Renton, Producer/Terry Carter BBC Radio 2 Publicity Mark Lamarr – God's Jukebox
Friday 16 January
12.00midnight-3.00am BBC RADIO 2 | | | | |
Mark Lamarr brings listeners another helping of music from the last 70 years, alongside the finest live sessions. God's Jukebox is a show in which garage meets soul, punk meets country and Thirties yodelling collides with Seventies dub and Nineties hip hop. Joining Mark in session this week at Maida Vale is indie blues artist Mr David Viner, plus the regular Featured Artist and Featured Album of the week. Presenter/Mark Lamarr, Producer/Charlotte Wright BBC Radio 2 Publicity | | BBC RADIO 3 Friday 16 January 2009 | |
Composer Of The Week – HandelEp 5/5
Monday 12 to Friday 16 January
12.00noon-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod explores Handel's final decade, as he concludes his investigation into the music of the composer using John Mainwaring's Memoirs Of The Life Of The Late George Frederic Handel (1760) as his primary guide. Handel turned away from the perennial squabbles of the opera house in his final decade and turned his attention fully to oratorio – producing many of his best-loved works and single-handedly kick-starting the British oratorio tradition. For a composer who lived so much in the public eye, it seems strange that so little is known about Handel the man. Mainwaring provides a few meagre hints at the end of his account and Donald follows his lead, but Handel's character remains obscure in stark contrast to the enduring popularity of his music. Music includes Handel's Saul: Infernal spirits; Messiah: All We Like Sheep; Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major; Judas Maccabeus, End Of Act III and Music For The Royal Fireworks. Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Chris Taylor BBC Radio 3 Publicity Performance On 3 – Beethoven Songs
Friday 16 January
7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO | | | | |
Celebrated mezzo-soprano Ann Murray, baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Iain Burnside give a recital of Beethoven Lieder and Gesange, or songs, as part of the King's Place Beethoven Unwrapped season. The programme includes a series of six settings of poems by Leipzig philosopher Christian Gellert; four arias and a duet on the theme of love; satirical song settings of Goethe; and several versions of An Die Geliebte, (To The Beloved) and Sehnsucht (Yearning). Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Emily Kershaw BBC Radio 3 Publicity The Essay – Loving The RavenEp 5/5
Monday 12 to Friday 16 January
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3 | | | | |
In the final Essay of the week, tying in with the bi-centenary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe in January 2009, Kim Newman looks at Poe the man and his alter-ego, explored through one of his lesser-known stories, William Wilson. By analysing the piece, we perhaps come closest to understanding the terrors that fired Poe's imagination. Author, journalist and critic Newman is best known for his Anno Dracula series of vampire novels. A recurring feature of his fiction is his fondness for re-interpreting historical figures. Edgar Allan Poe appears in the cult vampire series as an un-dead scriptwriter. Presenter/Kim Newman, Producer/Gemma Jenkins BBC Radio 3 Publicity World On 3
Friday 16 January
11.15pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 3 | | | | |
Félix Lajkó, a 34-year-old Serbian-born musician of Hungarian origin, features in session on World On 3 tonight, presented by Charlie Gillett. He's a largely self-taught virtuoso of the violin and zither, and his music is influenced by jazz and the folk traditions of Hungary and Vojvodina. This is a rare chance to hear him play solo. Also joining Charlie in the studio and selecting tracks from CDs is New Zealand-born writer and journalist Garth Cartwright, author of Princes Amongst Men, an acclaimed study of Balkan Gypsy musicians and their communities. Presenter/Charlie Gillett, Producer/Felix Carey BBC Radio 3 Publicity | | BBC RADIO 4 Friday 16 January 2009 | |
Time And Tide – The Severn Barrage
Friday 16 January
11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4
(Title change Friday 19 December) | | | | |
Miriam O'Reilly explores the viability of the biggest, most expensive and most controversial source of sustainable energy in the UK, the Severn Barrage. The Severn Barrage could supply five per cent of the nation's energy needs, but building it has a 10-million-ton carbon footprint and a price tag of £15b. Miriam explores the wider implications of potential support for the project, both in the City and across the country. She meets the politicians pushing for a project that would create thousands of jobs and increase prosperity, and also speaks to the environmentalists concerned about ruining delicate eco-systems. Finally, she meets the engineers who will have to build the 10-mile barrage across an estuary with a tidal range of 42 feet. Presenter/Miriam O'Reilly, Producer/John Byrne BBC Radio 4 Publicity | | BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Friday 16 January 2009 | |
5 Live Sport
Friday 16 January
7.00-10.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE | | | | |
Colin Murray presents all the day's sports news plus a look ahead to the weekend's football, including the Barclays Premier League matches between Hull and Arsenal, West Ham v Fulham and Tottenham v Portsmouth. From 9.15pm, the rest of the weekend's sporting action is previewed, including the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship and rugby union's Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup 5th round pool matches. Presenter/Colin Murray BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity | | BBC ASIAN NETWORK Friday 16 January 2009 | |
Kuljit discovers Ranbir is involved with a bad crowd, in the final visit of the week to Silver Street. Ranbir has to deliver a package and they aren't the sort of guys to mess with. Later, Ranbir makes the delivery and tells Kuljit this is the end. He wants a fresh start. However, unknown to Ranbir, there is a surprise waiting for him at home. Zak, meanwhile, heads to the airport for his journey to Pakistan, where he runs into a familiar face from his travels... Kuljit is played by Sartaj Garewal, Ranbir by Ashwin Bolar and Zak by Jetinder Summan. BBC Asian Network Publicity | 
