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

Jonathan Cross with a personal recommendation for Stravinsky's second ballet Petrushka, plus new releases selected by Gillian Moore. Show more

Tom travels to Leeds to learn about a new production of Britten's opera Noah's Flood, about some forgotten female composers, about its jazz history. And the Armenian opera Anoush. Show more

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with singer Anne Sofie von Otter, including a Janacek fanfare, heartbreaking Nina Simone, a ravishing piece by Rameau and some big Beyoncé. Show more

Horn player Felix Klieser reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including epic orchestral music by Bruckner and John Williams, and a famous Handel aria reimagined. Show more

The film Elemental is released this week with a score by Thomas Newman. Matthew looks at how the elements, earth, air, fire and water have been portrayed in movie soundtracks.

Kathryn Tickell with the latest new releases and a live session from traditional Greek rebetiko musician Kyriakos Gouventas.

Concert highlights from trumpeter Nick Walters’s performance at Manchester Jazz Festival 2023, and vocalist and producer Genevieve Artadi from Knower on her inspirations. Show more

Nicole Paiement conducts the UK premiere of Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer's opera Everest. May 1996: a blizzard closes in as four climbers confront the summit of Mount Everest. Show more

Kate Molleson with live recordings of Ensemble Resonanz and Aki Takahashi and a new release from Taiwanese producer Sabiwa. Show more

Corey Mwamba shares audacious free jazz and reflections on the fearlessness of improvised music with saxophonist Zoh Amba. Show more

John Axelrod conducts the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's joyful Fourth Symphony in A, 'Italian', alongside music from Italian operas. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more