Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.

Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Coronation Anthems in Building a Library, and Nigel Simeone shares some remarkable new releases. Show more

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Nicola Benedetti about her first year as Edinburgh International Festival director. Plus, a new staging of Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs at ENO. Show more

Jess Gillam and conductor Gabriella Teychenné swap some of their favourite tracks, including music by Schumann, Lutoslawski, Sam Lee and James Blake. Show more

Composer Des Oliver reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from unusual melodies to a ‘cheeky’ fugue. Show more

To mark midsummer weekend, Matthew Sweet brings us the folk-inspired soundtracks from films that embrace the old ways, including The Wicker Man, Midsommar and Deliverance. Show more

Lopa Kothari with the latest new releases and an interview with Msaki and Tubatsi, plus a tribute to the late Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou. Show more

Vocal star Samara Joy, live from London’s Jazz Cafe. Plus Stanley Clarke’s inspirations. Show more

Idomeneo from the New York Met, with a cast including Michael Spyres, Kate Lindsey and Ying Fang, and conducted by Manfred Honeck. Show more

Tom Service presents, with a focus on some of the artists appearing at Tectonics Festival in Glasgow this weekend, including live computer music pioneer Carl Stone. Show more

On International Jazz Day, Corey Mwamba shares improvised music from around the world, including Peruvian polyrhythms, Irish electro-acoustics, and Kurdish cellist Khabat Abas. Show more

John Shea presents two special nights featuring young performers from across Europe. Tonight, the Swiss National Youth Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky and Bartok in Basel. Show more