FREE! Music for grown-ups on air in the next seven days

Over the next seven days, I hope to catch/record these tempting TV/radio broadcasts:

Wed 23 April
2045 Vivaldi, Composer Of The Week – BBC Radio 3
(3/5, continues to Fri)
2230 Natalie Dessay, Artist Focus - BBC Radio 3
(3/4, continues Thurs)

Thurs 24 April
1050 Callas, Pagliacci, Classical Collection – BBC Radio 3
2300 Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan (Series 1 - rpt)
– BBC Radio 2

Fri 25 April
0050 Portishead in Portishead, C4
2100 Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan (Series 2) – BBC 6 Music
2200 Van Morrison, BBC Four Sessions
2230 Wes Montgomery, Jazz Library – BBC Radio 3
2300 Van Morrison, archive footage from Later - BBC Four
2335 Eric Burdon and Marshall Chess, Later - BBC2

Sat 26 April
1830 Opera On 3, Live from the Met, La Fille du Regiment, starring Dessay and Florez, the best opera you’ll hear all year – BBC Radio 3
1900 Icons Revisited – Prince - BBC Radio 2

Sun 27 April
2250 Van Morrison, BBC Four Sessions (rpt)
2350 Van Morrison at the BBC, more archive footage



Gerry Smith

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ALTERNATIVE SELECTION: on air in the next seven days

… thanks to compiler Mike Ollier:


Radio For Grown-Ups
Thurs BBCR2 ~ 23.00 ~ 00.00
* Theme Time Radio With Bob Dylan: Rich Man Poor Man
Repeats continue on terrestrial radio

Fri BBCR6 21.00 ~ 22.00
* Theme Time With Bob Dylan:
On his myspace blog Mike Scott (Waterboys) has said he thinks this show isn't very good ~ how wrong he is folks.

Fri BBCR3 22.30 ~ 23.30
* Jazz Library: Wes Montgomery

Fri BBCR3 23.30 ~ 01.00
* Jazz On 3: Dave Douglas and Keystone

Sat BBCR2 19.00 ~ 20.00
* Icons Revisted
Prince ~ a look at the tiny one’s enduring work which will probably ignore the last ten years.


TV For Grown-Ups
Tues BBC2 22.00 ~ 22.30
* Later Live
More live music, that's live, as it happens ~ oh yes! Featuring Was (Not Was)

Fri BBC4 22.00 ~ 23.00
* Sessions: It's Van night on BEEB4 ~ yippee! Van Morrison Live at LSO St Luke’s with a selection from his new album plus some classic older stuff like Vanlose Stairway ~ well worth a look. John Platania now back in his band and the slide player Sarah Jory, too.

Fri BBC4 23.00 ~ 23.30
* Van Morrison On Later
A selection of Mr Happy's appearances on Later.

Fri BBC2 23.35 ~ 00.35
* Later - See Tuesday

Sun C5 11.00 ~ 12.00
* My Music
C5 did the naughty on me and swapped the listings around ~ this week it's Ms Carthy. I think.


Not Music, But We Like It
Congrats to the wonderful Gavin And Stacey on winning two BAFTA Awards ~ and don't forget HIGNFY on Friday at 9, or on Saturday in the extended programme.