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RADIO 1 Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
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BBC Radio 1 comes live from the BBC Electric Proms 2008 at Koko in Camden, with the first of its live broadcasts. Stand by for an incredible night of live music as Gilles Peterson introduces listeners to Africa Express – a unique collaboration of around 150 African musicians, plus a host of special guests from the Western musical world.
Africa Express is an initiative that has taken Western musicians to Mali and the Congo, and brought African musicians to perform collaborations at Brixton, Glastonbury, Liverpool and now, exclusively, at the BBC Electric Proms 2008.
Previous performers who have taken part in Africa Express events include Franz Ferdinand, Amadou and Mariam, Damon Albarn, Baaba Maal, Fatboy Slim and Tony Allen.
Presenter/Gilles Peterson, Producer/Natasha Lynch
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| BBC RADIO 2 Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
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Mike Harding
Wednesday 22 October
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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This week's programme features an interview with Seamus Egan and Winifred Horan from the Irish American Solas.
Since its birth in 1996, Solas (a Gaelic word meaning light) has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular, influential, and exciting Celtic band to ever emerge from the United States. It has built a fan-base that includes the likes of Emmylou Harris and much sought-after rap producer Timbaland, who, surprisingly, sampled the band on his radio hit All Yall.
Their latest album, For Love And Laughter, showcases the exquisite vocals of the band's new member, Máiréad Phelan, and a collaboration with Canadian band The Duhks.
Presenter/Mike Harding, Producer/Kellie While
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Trevor Nelson
Wednesday 22 October
10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Trevor Nelson hosts another hour of the best in soulful music.
Trevor's Album Of The Week is Rick James's Street Songs. Released in 1981, Rick's fifth album followed on from the American singer-songwriter's poorly received album of ballads, Garden Of Love. Considered by many to be his definitive album, Street Songs has since achieved multi-platinum status, was nominated for a Grammy Award, and succeeded in breathing life into the Motown label (which at the time was struggling to release hit albums).
The album also received a Grammy Nomination for one of the tracks, Super Freak, which topped the dance charts in the US along with Ghetto Life and Give It To Me Baby. Speaking about the composition of Superfreak, Rick said: "I was listening to the tracks, just riffing on my bass, when I hit on this punky funky-sounding line. [It] reminded me of how punkers look funny when they try to dance."
Although Rick James released seven more albums and enjoyed further chart hits before his death, none have equalled the popularity of Street Songs. Its influence can still be heard today, with tracks sampled by hip-hop artists like Busta Rhymes and Jay Z.
Tonight's playlist includes tracks by Minnie Ripperton, Al Hudson and Solange Knowles, while Your Jam features another listener dedication.
Presenter/Trevor Nelson, Producer/Ollie Embden
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| BBC RADIO 3 Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week – Copland Ep 3/5
Monday 20 to Friday 24 October
12.00noon-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod continues his look at the life and music of Aaron Copland through the prism of five hugely important relationships.
Today he explores Copland's friendship with Mexican composer Carlos Chávez – an extraordinary meeting of minds and interests that endured for more than 50 years. The two men first met in New York in the late Twenties and hit it off immediately.
Chávez was a big figure in Mexican culture – director of both the Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the National Conservatory of Music. In 1932, dangling the carrot of an all-Copland concert, he invited the composer to visit his country.
It was one of the transforming experiences of Copland's life, and fed directly into a number of works, including one of the first to bring him a wider audience for his music – El Salón México, named after a popular dance hall in Mexico City.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Chris Barstow
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Performance
On 3 – Joyce DiDonato
Wednesday 22 October
7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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 Joyce Di Donato opens the new
season at the Wigmore Hall A characteristically eclectic programme comes from Kansas-born mezzo-soprano Joyce di Donato, creating a festive atmosphere for the beginning of the new season at the Wigmore Hall.
Di Donato, whose repertoire ranges from early Italian baroque to American contemporary, says that she wanted to include "a little of everything I love". The recital is packed with varied repertoire in four languages. There are Arias by Vivaldi; Songs by Chausson; Turina's Poema en forma de canciones; and songs by Copland and Gershwin. She is accompanied by pianist David Zobel.
The recital is followed by a selection of piano performances from BBC Radio 3's Pianothons, and by Play To The Nation, BBC Radio 3's celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK, including the Meadows Chamber Orchestra, with the premiere of Mesh by Jonathan Pitkin.
Presenter/Suzy Klein, Producer/Anthony Sellors
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The Essay – From Pens To Ploughshares
Wednesday 22 October
11.00-11.15pm BBC RADIO 3
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Historian and former monk Alan Crawford looks at the lives of Godfrey Blount and Maude King, idealists of the arts and crafts movement for whom moving to the country was a spiritual journey.
Artist and writer Godfrey Blount, who settled in Haslemere in Surrey, was an intellectual preaching a fierce anti-modernism: "All wisdom and contentment and true success come, as our food does, out of the ground."
Alan Crawford is a historian specialising in British architecture and decorative arts in the decades round 1900. He is currently working on a history of the arts and crafts movement in England for Yale University Press, and on Court Barn, a recently-opened museum of craft and design at Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds.
Presenter/Alan Crawford, Producer/Benedict Warren
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| BBC RADIO 4 Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
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Afternoon Play – Mandrake
Wednesday 22 October
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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In Anita Sullivan's new play for radio, an elderly woman, Irene, threatens her neighbour with a scythe when he tries to cut down a tree adjoining their houses. Irene claims that her husband is buried under the tree: "To cut the branches would be to cut his limbs." But the tree is around 100 years old.
Social worker Ruth Wilcox is employed to assess Irene's mental health and her ability to look after herself. But, as she gets to know Irene, she is drawn into a strange and magical tale that will change her life forever.
Sara Kestelman plays Irene and Martina Laird plays Ruth, alongside Hugh Ross as Aiden, Nicholas Boulton as Nick and Kate Aspinall as Poppy.
The violin part, "the sixth character", was devised and performed by Sarah Harrison from Mazaika.
Producer/Karen Rose
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The Divine Spark Of Music
Wednesday 22 October
8.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 4
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Composer James MacMillan delivers the Sandford St Martin Lecture in front of an invited audience.
He talks about how religion has an important place in public life, particularly in its ability to inspire people through classical music.
The debate is chaired by Joan Bakewell.
Producer/Christine Morgan
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
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5 Live Sport
Wednesday 22 October
7.00-10.00pm BBC Radio 5 Live
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Mark Saggers brings listeners all the day's sports news, plus live commentary of the Uefa Champions League Group A match between Chelsea and Roma from Stamford Bridge at 7.45pm. There are also updates from the Group D game between Athletico Madrid and Liverpool.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Mark Williams
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606
Wednesday 22 October
10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
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Tim Lovejoy presents the UK's biggest football phone-in, discussing all the night's football action.
Fans can watch the debate on interactive digital TV, via the red button, and give their views to Tim by phone on 0500 909 693 (free from BT landlines), text 85058, at network rates, or email 606@bbc.co.uk.
Presenter/Tim Lovejoy, Producer/Patrick Campbell
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
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George Lamb
Wednesday 22 October
10.00am-1.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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Swedish indie girl group Those Dancing Days play live tracks from their debut album in the BBC 6 Music Hub and chat to George Lamb.
Presenter/George Lamb, Producer/Mike Hanson
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Nemone
Wednesday 22 October
1.00-4.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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Continuing this week's Electric Proms theme, Nemone talks to Wild Beasts about the short film made for their track She Purred While I Grred. They also discuss what they have planned for their performance alongside XX Teens at the Roundhouse tonight.
Nemone also talks to director James Lees to find out the ideas behind his short film for the band.
Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Jax Coombes
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Steve Lamacq
Wednesday 22 October
4.00-7.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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One of the biggest bands on the planet right now, Northern Ireland's Snow Patrol, joins Steve for an hour to talk about their hugely anticipated new album.
Presenter/Steve Lamacq, Producer/Gary Bales
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Gideon Coe
Wednesday 22 October
9.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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Gideon's concert highlights come from the legendary New Order back in Kilkenny in 1983, as well as a recent set from anti-folk singer songwriter Regina Spektor.
Session tracks come from noise-pop band Deerhoof and punk-poet John Cooper Clarke.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
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