Join Hannah French to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

In Building a Library Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, and mezzo Jennifer Johnston brings her top new releases to the studio. Show more

Kate Molleson is in rural Portugal to visit pianist Maria Joao Pires, who's 80 this year. She learns about her career and her social work with children... and gets a piano lesson! Show more

Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach and Ella Fitzgerald. Show more

Clarinettist Katherine Spencer reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the power of Clair de Lune sung by Renée Fleming, to the universal appeal of Acker Bilk. Show more

From Chocolat to Belle and Oscar-winning Emma, composer Rachel Portman explores her best-loved scores with Tom McKinney alongside music performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Show more

Lopa Kothari presents a specially recorded studio session by Polish string band Vołosi 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

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Elena Pankratova makes her Met debut as the legendary princess Turandot, with SeokJong Baek as the prince who risks his life for her love. Show more

Corey Mwamba presents free jazz and improvised music that plays with senses of scale, including a trio who take inspiration from the largest tree on earth. Show more

The Calidore String Quartet celebrates eight decades of the American string quartet, from Barber's Adagio to Caroline Shaw's Three Essays. Show more