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Very sad indeed - I feel so lucky to have sat in his lectures, and then interviewed him several times for @bbcradio3. Julian Anderson paid beautiful tribute to him on In Tune BBC Radio 3 this afternoon.

Well hello MORNING! Obligatory badly lit selfie. Haven’t been up this early for more than a decade (for work, that is - parenthood is another matter!!!)… Delighted to be sitting in for Petroc Trelawny on #Breakfast this week on @bbcradio3

Lovely looking Baryton - just played a Haydn Trio for this gorgeous instrument. Coming up, Liiliputians and Brobdignagians from Telemann, Mozart from Roger Norrington, and a dreamy nocturne from Lili Boulanger. Join me here on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast where I’m back for the week

Morning! Found a working coffee machine so all is well here in the @bbcradio3 breakfast studio. Coming up: Louise Farrenc breaking the glass ceiling, JS Bach in search of spiritual succour; and Rachel Podger welcoming the frosty mornings to come. Tune in!

Well good morning! This is me putting a brave face on because the coffee machine is broken again… so back on the instant. Gonna need me some #BachBefore7 to make up for it. Join me? 6.30am onwards @bbcradio3 for a playlist of Haydn, Chaminade, Stravinsky, and a 🐸

Is it me or does Anitra’s dance from Peer Gynt sound quite Halloweeny? These spider webs on my street… what would you like to hear on @bbcradio3 breakfast tomorrow for the big night?!

Good morning!!! Wearing my best pumpkin orange for the occasion… 🎃 @bbcradio3 #Breakfast with Halloween fare, 6.30-9.30am - plus George Gershwin, Cecile Chaminade, and JS Bach before 7.

Still can’t believe this was 12 years ago!!!! So nice to be sharing a Breakfast studio with Chris Berrow 💙 𝕏 @bbcradio3

I remembered coffee! It’s gonna be a great day. ☕️ Tune in for @bbcradio3 breakfast 630-930 for delicious music to start the day - Schubert, Fauré, Bach before 7, plus Kraftwerk (oh yes) and a Friday poem which takes us to Edinburgh in November. 🌫️

Delighted that BBC Radio 3’s #NightTracks with yours truly and Hannah Peel will be in the esteemed company of edith bowman Dr Sian Williams AFRODEUTSCHE and more - we stream on Radio 3 unwind from tonight, 10pm - catch on @bbcsounds.

I arrived wrapped up in a duvet coat against the cold for today’s #Breakfast show. Today is World Children’s Day - tune in with your kids over breakfast for scenes from childhood, musical prodigies and more! Mozart, Mendelssohn and Hilda Dederich. On air now. @bbcradio3

They’ve gritted the entrance to Broadcasting House this morning - brrrr!!! Warm up with @bbcradio3 Breakfast - on air shortly, 6.30-9.30am - lots of lovely toasty tunes including the whole of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no.6 coming up in our #BachBefore7 moment.

We’re so excited to share our plans for a major new partnership between ENO and the city-region of Greater Manchester 🐝🎶 Read all about it here: eno.org/gmlaunch 🙌

Morning! Peeking out from behind my mic for the last time this week to celebrate St Cecilia’s Day with you on @bbcradio3! She is the patron saint of music and musicians, and we’re honouring her with Purcell, Schubert, Elgar and Hoagy Carmichael. Tune in! @bbcradio3 6.30-9.30am.

Thanks for the lovely messages over the last couple of weeks of @bbcradio3 Breakfast - it’s so lovely to have been able to pop back, and to have your company! What a great show and community of listeners. Hats off to Petroc Trelawny and Hannah French👩🏻‍🦽 and all the fab producers.

Tomorrow I feel so privileged to be on In Tune BBC Radio 3 for my wonderful friend Seán Rafferty’s last ever In Tune broadcast. Please do tune in as it promises to be a really special occasion and I know having you all listening would mean so much to him! 💚💕💚

Huge love, gratitude & respect to one of our all time greatest broadcasters SEAN RAFFERTY as he hands over the baton after 27 YEARS at the helm. CONGRATULATIONS : an extraordinary achievement full of brilliance & wit. I & countless others SALUTE you ❤️👏 In Tune BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3

“The time has come, the Walrus said…” Darling Sean Rafferty is blazing out in epic style on today’s #InTune - he is such a legend, an incredible broadcaster, unfailingly generous, funny, warm, the very best. It’s such an honour to know him and share airwaves with him. @bbcradio3

Notre-Dame Cathedral has reopened, five years after it was devastated by fire. We’re celebrating the musical heritage of the Paris landmark this Sunday on Radio 3 – firstly with Sara Mohr-Pietsch on Music Map at 1.30pm, and then in the Early Music Show at 5pm, hosted by

Been offline for Chrimbo but here’s me n Niall chatting all things cosy… did he make it into the lough again this year I wonder…?! What I can say with absolute certainty is that he beat me in the Christmas Jumper Contest, hands down. @bbcradio3