
Broadcaster, hill runner and sheep farmer @grintongoats' assistant
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Choir beneath the Sutherland tapestry looking towards choir, orchestras and soloists beneath the Hutton West Screen. Audience seated in between surrounded by sound. I’m at the peace bell. Britten’s War Requiem live from Coventry Cathedral on Armistice Day @BBCRadio3 from 7.30pm
The Sunday Breakfast team have braved the pea soup fog to bring you music for Remembrance Day by Gurney, Elgar and Mendelssohn. I'll play my favourite Sibelius symphony, we'll salute a retiring Monty Don and celebrate the saxophone. See you 6.30am - 9am @BBCRadio3
To the Herkulessaal in the Munich Residenz, the former palace of the Bavarian monarchs. Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony await with Poulenc's witty ballet suite Les Biches and Beethoven's joyfilled Ninth Symphony. Join us for Classical Live 1-4pm @BBCRadio3
Classical Live takes you to the Isarphilharmonie in Munich for music written for the stage by Shostakovich and Bizet played by the Munich Philharmonic. And to Kloster Irsee, a former Benedictine monastery also in Bavaria for an expansive Brahms string quartet @BBCRadio3 1-4pm
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16 trick or treaters arrived simultaneously last night - virtually a whole class. Hope you survived Hallowe'en. Back in the Leeds studios for Sunday Breakfast with Cecilia representing All Saints, known and unknown plus a poignant and emotional Dvorak treat @BBCRadio3 6.30 - 9am
Breakfast is live from the BBC studios in Leeds armed with sweets for the inevitable Trick or Treaters and a playlist packed with music for Hallowe'en. Think Saint-Saens, Berlioz, Vivaldi and more. Plus Byrd for All Hallows Eve and a sublime Bach B47 @BBCRadio3 6.30 - 9am
I've battled through an Amber Warning named storm, negotiated a clock change and now I'm bright eyed and only slightly damp and all set for Sunday Breakfast stuffed full of autumnal tunes courtesy of Brahms, Chaminade, Shaw and more @BBCRadio3 6.30 to 9am
Could there be a better start to Sunday then complete immersion in the 40 part soundworld of a Tallis sacred motet; a version of which was reputedly sung at the investiture of Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales in 1610. Just one of the Breakfast treats @BBCRadio3 from 6.30 to 9am
This morning I've a celebration of birthday traditions. Mine this week was our annual coffee and cake walk to the midpoint of the Coast to Coast. We'll reflect on yours and I'll begin a new one today with a special Bach B47. Share the Breakfast music @BBCRadio3 6.30am - 9am
A thrilling and upbeat Beethoven symphony awaits, Bach B47 is a Mendelssohn favourite, we’ll anticipate the return of BBC Young Musician and wallow in a Wagnerian Idyll @BBCRadio3 from 6.30am. And thanks for the welcome to the Robin currently singing outside the studio window.
In appreciation of last night's stunning Harvest Moon Sunday Breakfast recalls being marched (in pairs) from primary school to this village church from the age of 5 onwards. I've music for Harvest Festivals and more @BBCRadio3 6.30am to 9am
Saturday night - season opener at Bridgewater Hall for @BBCPhilharmonic 5,500 pipes in that Marcussen organ and we heard from most of them. Sunday morning @BBCRadio3 Breakfast with a Vaughan Williams parable, contemplative Arvo Part, and the intimate side of Mahler 6.30am to 9am
Happy Great North Run Day. If you're one of the 63,000 running the 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields or the 200,000 spectators lining the route I'll have motivational music for you @BBCRadio3 Breakfast (no longer running the route while presenting the show).
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What a finale! A season of 86 live Proms came to a close with a glorious Last Night 2026. I'll reflect on that extravaganza and share some of my personal Proms highlights. Feel free to nominate yours. See you for Breakfast @BBCRadio3 6.30am to 9am.
I'm lining up music this morning in praise of the weekend walk. Feel free to lace up your boots and join in. Yesterday afternoon it was a march up the hill behind the house for us to watch Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain. The girls are big cycling fans. 6.30-9am @BBCRadio3
It's a week of agricultural shows in the Yorkshire Dales (photo h/t @SV_Gallery) but that's abandoned to look after Breakfast for Tom. Singing wrens to start then Copland's vast landscapes, Dvorak at his most pastoral and Brahms' soaring violin @BBCRadio3 6.30-9.30am
Jane Austen, a full Irish and this Johannes Klais organ in the Minster of Ingolstadt in Bavaria all make an appearance on this morning's @BBCRadio3 Breakfast. Plus a look back at last night's Oslo Phil Prom and ahead to Les Siecles this evening. Feel free to join in 6.30-9am.
Battled through the Leeds Festival traffic to the BBC's studios in the city centre to share exquisite Proms performances on Classical Live. Marin Alsop conducts @philharmonia in American Classics and Gautier Capuçon shines with @BBCSO in Dvorak's Cello Concerto @BBCRadio3 1-4pm
Join me in Leeds for a Classical Live feast including Dvorak's sun kissed and sophisticated 8th Symphony from Saturday's @Chineke4Change Prom. And to Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham as the Astatine Trio play Mendelssohn and Prokofiev from violinist Hana Chang @BBCRadio3 1-4pm
A highly unusual Piano Quintet, a reconstructed Passion dine on herrings and dance with flowers in our hair at a Swedish Midsummer vigil. And we'll preview today's two live Proms with a lean and energetic Mozart symphony and a Gershwin Lullaby. Breakfast @BBCRadio3 6.30-9am































