Drift away with a weekly dose of the world’s most soothing piano music, including Joni Mitchell, Mary Lou Williams, Amy Winehouse and more.
Happy Harmonies with Laufey
Vol 3: Gentle Jazz sounds to ease you into the day
1 hour on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Laufey celebrates jazz, with tracks from Jacob Collier, Saje, New York Voices and more.
Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
Record Review
Smetana Má Vlast in Building a Library with Harriet Smith and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
A trawl through the best of this the week's classical music releases, and in Building a Library Anna Picard chooses her favourite recording of Smetana's Má Vlast. Show more
Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus about New York and Latin music, with composer and pianist Gilberto 'Pulpo' Colón. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Elisabeth Brauss
27 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Elisabeth Brauss to swap tracks and share the music they love. Show more
Sarah Willis opens up a selection of music from a French horn player’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more
Matthew Sweet looks back on the music for the films of the great French director Bertrand Tavernier, who died earlier this year, including the score for the film Round Midnight. Show more
Lopa Kothari is joined in a studio session by Chinese classical musician Cheng Yu. Show more
Live music from a Cheltenham Jazz Festival highlight: saxophonist Soweto Kinch and his trio. Plus guitarist Shirley Tetteh shares music that inspires her. Show more
Renée Fleming stars in Dvorak's Rusalka from the Metropolitan Opera in New York Show more
Kate Molleson presents live from this year's Tectonics festival in Glasgow, with music by Michael Parsons, Scott McLaughlin and Egidija Medekšaitė. Show more
Corey presents a selection from Gerald Cleaver’s latest album of electronic music, Griots. Plus, a duo of fragmented bass clarinet melodies and percussive acoustic guitar. Show more
Music by Dukas, Milhaud and Poulenc's Organ Concerto with soloist Denny Wilke. Presented by John Shea. Show more