Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

Nigel Simeone's ultimate recommendation for Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, plus pianist Julius Drake's personal choice of new releases. Show more

Tom Service talks to Sir Mark Elder about his life in music and about working with the Hallé, the Manchester-based orchestra of which he has been Music Director since 2000. Show more

Jess Gillam and tenor Alessandro Fisher share the music they love, including Schubert, brass bands and Coleman Hawkins. Show more

Patricia Kopatchinskaja reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from Schumann’s violin concerto to a Moldovan musical jam. Show more

Matthew Sweet's looks back on the life and career of the composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto and speaks to his son Neo Sora about his father's final film Opus. Show more

Lopa Kothari presents a recording of Colombia's Meridian Brothers, live at Kings Place in London, as part of the Songlines Encounters festival. Show more

Jumoké Fashola marks the centenary of jazz poet and 'King of the Beats' Jack Kerouac with a musical journey through his landmark novel On the Road. Show more

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Nadine Sierra and Benjamin Bernheim sing the star-crossed lovers. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Gounod's sumptuous score. Show more

Kate Molleson with more from Tectonics Glasgow 2023 – a second dose of adventurous new music and specially commissioned work. Show more

Chamber music from the Musikdorf Ernen Festival in Switzerland, including György Kurtag's piano arrangements of Bach chorales. Penny Gore presents. Show more