Paul Allen introduces an evening of performance and discussion marking the opening of Gateshead's new international centre for contemporary art, Baltic, created from the former Baltic Flour Mills on the south bank of the River Tyne.
9.00 A Tree Full of Monkeys
Poet Simon Armitage has created a sequence of poems about the pace of modern living- a song cycle for characters who have a desire for order amid chaos, whose wires have come loose, whose brains are under pressure. Performed live by Simon Armitage with a soundscape by innovative sound artists zoviet*france. Director Kate Rowland
10.05 Poet Ian McMillan talks to local writers about the richness of the North East's linguistic heritage.
10.20 Paul Allen chairs a live discussion on regeneration. For many the new spirit of the North East is symbolised by Anthony Gormley's Angel of the North, a work that is at once confident and innovative but draws on an understanding of tradition. The new developments on both banks of the Tyne can be seen in the same light. But what guarantee is there that such public gestures represent anything more than a pious hope for the regeneration of a region stripped of the industries which used to define its character? Paul Allen takes the views of some of those who've helped to create the new profile of the area in a live discussion which forms the heart of BBC Radio 3's special evening.
10.50 Mixing It
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce a special electronic music edition with exclusive live sets from Wauvenfold, Kaffe Matthews and Laub.