Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
Record Review
BBC Proms Composer: Poulenc with Allyson Devenish and Kate Molleson
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Allyson Devenish picks five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms Composer Francis Poulenc and explains why you need to hear them. Show more
Violinist María Dueñas plays the Chaconne from JS Bach's Partita No 2 in D minor. Plus, music from jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie and saxophonist Matthew Carmichael. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Braimah Kanneh-Mason
28 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason share music they love, including a classic Beethoven recording by violinist Itzhak Perlman and music by Etta James and Rachmaninov. Show more
Inside Music
Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with musical mystery and perfection
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the pure lyricism of a Mozart aria, to the square angles of an Albéric Magnard wind quintet. Show more
Louise Blain immerses herself in the sheer pleasure of gaming, and the music that makes it stick. Plus an interview with David Housden, the composer of Disney's Illusion Island. Show more
Lopa Kothari with the latest sounds from across the globe and music from Cape Verdean singer Nancy Vieira recorded at this year's Festival Med. Show more
Cuban jazz piano virtuoso Harold López-Nussa on the music that inspires him. Plus Liverpool vocalist Ni Maxine. Show more
Can you grow to love a composer you feel no connection to? Mahan Esfahani attempts to learn to love the music of Shostakovich with the help of conductor Kirill Karabits. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto play Hindemith, Strauss and Copland. Show more
Tom Service presents the world premiere performance of Drought, an opera by Anna Appleby with libretto by poet Niall Campbell. Also in the show, violinist Rakhi Singh in concert. Show more
Corey Mwamba presents free jazz and improvised music to make spaces expand, including new releases from Belgian trio Dry Speed and British saxophonist John Butcher. Show more
From The Herne Early Music Days Festival, Purcell's Fairy Queen. John Shea presents Show more