Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
Record Review
Schubert’s Impromptus in Building a Library with Iain Burnside and Andrew McGregor
2 hours, 47 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
Pianist Iain Burnside chooses the ultimate recording of Schubert’s Impromptus, D935, in Building a Library, and cellist Natalie Clein shares her personal pick of new releases. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets the celebrated pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff and talks to conductor Karina Canellakis. Plus, Elena Urioste and Tom Poster discuss publishing. Show more
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with... Ema Nikolovska
26 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love, including Janelle Monáe, Sean Shibe playing Bach and voices of Mara Carlyle and Odetta. Show more
Inside Music
Conductor Suzi Digby with a fanfare, a fortepiano and boogie-woogie
1 hour, 56 minutes on BBC Radio 3
Available for 10 months
Conductor Suzi Digby reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a cello duet by Jean Barrière to Haydn’s Creation. Show more
Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy are visions that spring to mind, but Matthew Sweet’s playlist suggests there’s much more to Hammer Studios besides. Show more
Kathryn Tickell with highlights from this year's Rudolstadt Festival in Germany, including performances by Buena Vista's Eliades Ochoa and cellist Ana Carla Maza. Show more
Kevin Le Gendre presents composer and conductor Darcy James Argue’s musical inspirations, plus concert highlights from saxophonist and composer Jacques Schwarz-Bart. Show more
Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Nadine Sierra and Liparit Avetisyan, and conducted by Sesto Quatrini. Show more
Music by George Lewis from Darmstadt, and a major new work by Laurence Crane Show more
Corey Mwamba shares new improvised music and free jazz that lives in the present moment, from audacious experiments in extending the trumpet’s sound to propulsive free black metal. Show more
Violinist Sergei Krylov performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra. John Shea presents. Show more