Radio 3's evening programmes come live from Liverpool Anglican Cathedral as a dual celebration of its centenary and of Liverpool's Year of Faiths. Fiona Talkington introduces live performances and discussion about how music is used by world religions to mark the passing of the hours of day and night, beginning with a live performance of Monteverdi's setting of the evening canticles. Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) Susan Hemington Jones and Ruth Holton
(sopranos), Charles Daniels , Joseph Cornwall and Charles Pott (tenors), Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh
9.05 Keeping Time with God
As the sun sets, Jews, Muslims, Christians and Hindus reflect on howtheirtraditions understand the relationship between the rhythms of worship and the cycles of sun and moon.
9.25 Music for the Jewish Sabbath
A sequence of sacred songs and prayers for the start of Shabbat, by the choir of the West London Synagogue, director Sydney Fixman.
9.35 Night Waves
Paul Allen and guests, including Keith Ward and Martin Palmer , discuss the impact of Eastern thought on Western thinking about religion and spirituality. Producer Anthony Denselow
10.20 Late Junction
Fiona Talkington is joined by Verity Sharp in the Lady Chapel of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral for a global selection of devotional music. Their guests include the sufi Nizami Brothers from Old Delhi; the devotional singer Alemu Aga from Ethiopia (who also plays the beguena, a traditional, sacred harp); and, from Senegal, the mystic Laye Sow , who combines songs of the Muslim brotherhoods with blues guitar. Plus psalms, lamentations and religious ballads from Welsh group Bragod, Southern Indian devotional songs from UK-based vocalist ManoramaPrasad, and versets played by Ian Tracey on the cathedral organ.
12.35am Compline
The Christian meditation for the ending of the day, sung in the nave by the men of the Cathedral Choir, directed by Ian Tracey. Senior producer Paul Hindmarsh