Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast Show. Start your weekend right.

Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of the piano version of Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin in Building a Library, and Roger Parker shares some remarkable new releases. Show more

Tom Service speaks to clarinettist Anthony McGill as he begins his residency at the Barbican in London, and Sara Mohr-Pietsch joins pianist Imogen Cooper. Show more

Composer Kate Whitley joins Jess to swap some of their favourite tracks, including music by Bjork, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky, Caroline Shaw and the Pet Shop Boys. Show more

Violinist and conductor Johannes Pramsohler reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a musical earthquake by Handel, to Bach in the hands of Anton Webern. Show more

Ridley Scott's new biopic of Napoeleon is on release now. Matthew Sweet looks at cinema's obsession with the French Emperor in films that have generated extraordinary music.

Kathryn Tickell chats to producer Lu Edmonds about Lost in Tajikistan, an album that delves into rarely heard music from the mountains of Tajikistan.

Composer and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson shares his inspirations. Plus, concert highlights from drummer Sun-Mi Hong. Show more

From the 2023 Wexford Festival, Donizetti's tale of triumphant love in 15th-century Granada stars Claudia Boyle in the title role and Konu Kim and Matteo Mezzaro as her love rivals. Show more

Kate Molleson presents the latest in new music performance, including recordings from the Darmstadt Summer Course 2023, and Irish composer Linda Buckley shares her inspirations. Show more

Corey Mwamba presents new free jazz and improvised music that defy speed and time, featuring a recent live performance from the duo Musho and sax laments by Lao Dan. Show more

A concert given at the Vilnius Festival in Lithuania, featuring gems of unfamiliar music. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more