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: Schumann with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
Katy Hamilton chooses five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms Composer Robert Schumann and explains why you need to hear them. Plus a round up of top new classical releases. Show more
Baritone Konstantin Krimmel sings Schubert, Santiago Cañón-Valencia plays Crumb's Cello Concerto, and mezzo Helen Charlston performs the cantata from Haydn's Arianna a Naxos. Show more
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with conductor Duncan Ward, including Mahler's epic First Symphony, music by Anna Clyne and Miriam Makeba, and a song from Cabaret Show more
Inside Music
Violinist Darragh Morgan with music that stops you in your tracks
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
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Violinist Darragh Morgan reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the brooding majesty of a one-movement symphony to the vibrant musical landscapes of Mali. Show more
From the Life of Pi to Harry Potter, and His Dark Materials to Wolverine, Matthew Sweet features a selection of film music shaped by the fantastical idea of humans as animals. Show more
Kathryn TIckell with highlights from the Aga Khan Music Awards which took place in Muscat, Oman, last October. Show more
Your gateway to the best in jazz – past, present and future. Sun Ra Arkestra, Carmen Lundy, Brian Jackson and Jasmine Myra at We Out Here festival 2023. Plus Gilles Peterson. Show more
Tasmin Little in conversation with recent member of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, jazz guitarist Rob Luft. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Mahler's Third Symphony with mezzo-soprano Jenny Carlstedt. Show more
Tom Service presents a concert by the Ligeti Quartet, featuring 14 new works inspired by Ligeti's Etudes for piano. Show more
Live at the BBC Proms: Rakhi Singh directs Manchester Collective in music by Hannah Peel, Ben Nobuto, Oliver Leith and David Lang, ending with Steve Reich's Double Sextet. Show more
Corey Mwamba explores the improvised music scene in Leeds with the help of drummer Emil Karlsen. Plus a punk-infused session from Dali de Saint Paul’s EP/64. Show more
Erik Bosgraaf conducts a programme featuring music from the four aspirants to the post of cantor of the Thomas Church in Leipzig in 1723: Telemann, Graupner, Fasch and JS Bach. Show more