Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
Record Review
Poulenc's Piano concerto with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Poulenc's Piano Concerto, and leading pianist Joanna MacGregor shares some remarkable new releases. Show more
50 years of Royal Northern College of Music; Manchester Classical Weekender; John Luther Adams environmentally-aware work 'Prophecies of stone' at Manchester International Festival Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Sehyogue Aulakh
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and percussionist Sehyogue Aulakh share some of the music that they love, from Aretha Franklin to Dmitri Shostakovich. Show more
Inside Music
Composer Joby Talbot with thrilling and beautiful sounds
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Composer Joby Talbot reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including Mozart’s final symphony and a glorious adagio that fills the ballet stage with melody. Show more
Sound of Cinema
The world of director Wes Anderson
22 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson's cinema is visually distinctive and often eccentric. As Matthew Sweet demonstrates, his films feature great music too. Show more
Lopa Kothari presents a recording of Colombia's Meridian Brothers, live at Kings Place in London, as part of the Songlines Encounters festival. Show more
American star jazz singer Gretchen Parlato shares some of the music that has inspired her. Plus concert highlights from Jasmine Myra. Show more
Antonio Pappano conducts a new Royal Opera production of Berg's disturbing masterpiece Wozzeck, in which a victimised and downtrodden soldier is driven to madness and murder. Show more
New Music Show
Inspirations with violinist and composer Rakhi Singh
1 hour, 59 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Kate Molleson presents some of the latest sounds in New Music including the musical inspirations of violinist, composer and music director Rakhi Singh. Show more
Corey Mwamba shares improvised music and free jazz that opens up the rooms of our imaginations, from impromptu sessions in dilapidated buildings to reverberating, droney textures. Show more
A night of music dedicated to Slovenian musicians, including the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra performing a concerto by the Slovenian composer Matej Bonin. Show more