Hannah French
@hannahcfrench.bsky.social
Presenter: @BBCRadio3’s The Early Music Show & Saturday Breakfast
Author: Sir Henry Wood Champion of JS Bach and The Rolling Year: Listening to the seasons with Vivaldi
Author: Sir Henry Wood Champion of JS Bach and The Rolling Year: Listening to the seasons with Vivaldi
In the excellent company of @earlyopera as Christian, Hilary and Katherine joined me for today’s edition of The Early Music Show @bbcradio3 30 years of stunning performances!
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In the excellent company of @earlyopera as Christian, Hilary and Katherine joined me for today’s edition of The Early Music Show @bbcradio3 30 years of stunning performances!
Morning Saturday Breakfasters @bbcradio3! It’s been big coat weather this week, right? We’ve your St Cecilia’s Day Breakfast all lined up from 6:30
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Morning Saturday Breakfasters @bbcradio3! It’s been big coat weather this week, right? We’ve your St Cecilia’s Day Breakfast all lined up from 6:30
Morning @bbcradio3 Breakfasters- happy Saturday! How are we all? What a week!Some of my highlights here but I’ve just the tonic for hectic times, an autumnal breeze blowing through the show this morning starting with Locatelli out on the hills. Some vintage Bach before 7 too. Kettle on!
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Morning @bbcradio3 Breakfasters- happy Saturday! How are we all? What a week!Some of my highlights here but I’ve just the tonic for hectic times, an autumnal breeze blowing through the show this morning starting with Locatelli out on the hills. Some vintage Bach before 7 too. Kettle on!
Good Morning! Saturday Breakfast @bbcradio3 is live with Mozart, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor, and Bach before 7.
Come join us to start your weekend!
Come join us to start your weekend!
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Good Morning! Saturday Breakfast @bbcradio3 is live with Mozart, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor, and Bach before 7.
Come join us to start your weekend!
Come join us to start your weekend!
This is the Bom Jesus church in Braga- the setting for this afternoon’s @bbcradio3 Early Music Show with @ensemblecupertinos
The glories of Portuguese Polyphony on your 📻 now or @bbcsounds
The glories of Portuguese Polyphony on your 📻 now or @bbcsounds
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is the Bom Jesus church in Braga- the setting for this afternoon’s @bbcradio3 Early Music Show with @ensemblecupertinos
The glories of Portuguese Polyphony on your 📻 now or @bbcsounds
The glories of Portuguese Polyphony on your 📻 now or @bbcsounds
Good morning! Your @bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast team are raring to go. Thistles, Venus, and Goldberg Variations before 7 but we’re curious: what’s the music that reminds you of home?
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Good morning! Your @bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast team are raring to go. Thistles, Venus, and Goldberg Variations before 7 but we’re curious: what’s the music that reminds you of home?
Tonight on BBC 4: a chance to watch The Sixteen’s 2025 Choral Pilgrimage. Was a fun day filming back in June.
October 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tonight on BBC 4: a chance to watch The Sixteen’s 2025 Choral Pilgrimage. Was a fun day filming back in June.
Galloping into the weekend! Autumnal vibes and great music on #bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast! Come join us at 6:30!
October 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Galloping into the weekend! Autumnal vibes and great music on #bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast! Come join us at 6:30!
Flicking through the papers first thing on a Saturday is the best way to start the weekend?! We’re back for Breakfast every Saturday 6:30-9 on @bbcradio3. Send us your requests 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk 🎶
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Flicking through the papers first thing on a Saturday is the best way to start the weekend?! We’re back for Breakfast every Saturday 6:30-9 on @bbcradio3. Send us your requests 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk 🎶
Essential Classics mode on #bbcradio3 this morning.
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Essential Classics mode on #bbcradio3 this morning.
Your new @bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast team!
Producer @zerlinavulliamy and I have your musical start to the weekend lined up. Whatever you’re up to, let us know if there’s anything you’d like to hear: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Producer @zerlinavulliamy and I have your musical start to the weekend lined up. Whatever you’re up to, let us know if there’s anything you’d like to hear: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
October 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Your new @bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast team!
Producer @zerlinavulliamy and I have your musical start to the weekend lined up. Whatever you’re up to, let us know if there’s anything you’d like to hear: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Producer @zerlinavulliamy and I have your musical start to the weekend lined up. Whatever you’re up to, let us know if there’s anything you’d like to hear: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Morning #bbcradio3 breakfasters!
Proud of myself for setting up the desk this morning. House martins and a finch alongside Bach, Dvorak, and Verdi before 7.
Proud of myself for setting up the desk this morning. House martins and a finch alongside Bach, Dvorak, and Verdi before 7.
August 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Morning #bbcradio3 breakfasters!
Proud of myself for setting up the desk this morning. House martins and a finch alongside Bach, Dvorak, and Verdi before 7.
Proud of myself for setting up the desk this morning. House martins and a finch alongside Bach, Dvorak, and Verdi before 7.
Morning! Memories of #bbcradio3 Beat Beethoven on Breakfast today. Plus Vivaldi, Farrenc, Parry & Bach before 7. Kettle on!
August 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Morning! Memories of #bbcradio3 Beat Beethoven on Breakfast today. Plus Vivaldi, Farrenc, Parry & Bach before 7. Kettle on!
Morning #bbcradio3 breakfasters! Fun stuff in this week’s time capsule studio! Fortunately all the current tech is behind me… Chopin, Mendelssohn, Bach and some Black Guillemots before 7!
August 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Morning #bbcradio3 breakfasters! Fun stuff in this week’s time capsule studio! Fortunately all the current tech is behind me… Chopin, Mendelssohn, Bach and some Black Guillemots before 7!
Morning #BBCRadio3 Breakfasters! Mozart, Mussorgsky, and Murray Perahia all before 7 and later: Into the Woods… (with or without a whippet)
August 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Morning #BBCRadio3 Breakfasters! Mozart, Mussorgsky, and Murray Perahia all before 7 and later: Into the Woods… (with or without a whippet)
Morning! #BBCRadio3 Breakfast coming from London this week. It’s Proms Marathon Monday - what have been your favourite Proms so far?
August 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Morning! #BBCRadio3 Breakfast coming from London this week. It’s Proms Marathon Monday - what have been your favourite Proms so far?
SUMMER! Today’s Early Music Show @bbcradio3 has music for the wilting heat… When the storm breaks you need @erikbosgraaf - to whip up a Vivaldi-style storm but I went it alone though last year in Mantua when the heavens opened- my soggy sonic postcard for you too.
#vivaldi #thefourseasons #summer
#vivaldi #thefourseasons #summer
June 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
SUMMER! Today’s Early Music Show @bbcradio3 has music for the wilting heat… When the storm breaks you need @erikbosgraaf - to whip up a Vivaldi-style storm but I went it alone though last year in Mantua when the heavens opened- my soggy sonic postcard for you too.
#vivaldi #thefourseasons #summer
#vivaldi #thefourseasons #summer
Yep, it happened. Barokksolistene turned the Saturday Morning studio into an Alehouse. #bbcradio3
June 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yep, it happened. Barokksolistene turned the Saturday Morning studio into an Alehouse. #bbcradio3
Back in the Saturday Morning studio at Radio 3 and the stage is set…
June 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Back in the Saturday Morning studio at Radio 3 and the stage is set…
Well there it was: ORLANDO GIBBONS Early Music Show on @bbcradio3. Would love to say I heard it but after my first day back directing a children’s choir this morning I’ve just slept through it. That’s what @bbcsounds is for… Stacks of great recordings of Gibbons out there! #gibbons400
June 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Well there it was: ORLANDO GIBBONS Early Music Show on @bbcradio3. Would love to say I heard it but after my first day back directing a children’s choir this morning I’ve just slept through it. That’s what @bbcsounds is for… Stacks of great recordings of Gibbons out there! #gibbons400
My guest on Saturday Morning on Radio 3 this morning…
May 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
My guest on Saturday Morning on Radio 3 this morning…
Jeanice, meet Jane! 5pm on @bbcradio3:
The Early Music Show makes a rare foray into the nineteenth century today. We go in search of Jane Austen’s musical life in the expert company of @jeanicebrooksmusic from @uni_southampton
The Early Music Show makes a rare foray into the nineteenth century today. We go in search of Jane Austen’s musical life in the expert company of @jeanicebrooksmusic from @uni_southampton
May 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Jeanice, meet Jane! 5pm on @bbcradio3:
The Early Music Show makes a rare foray into the nineteenth century today. We go in search of Jane Austen’s musical life in the expert company of @jeanicebrooksmusic from @uni_southampton
The Early Music Show makes a rare foray into the nineteenth century today. We go in search of Jane Austen’s musical life in the expert company of @jeanicebrooksmusic from @uni_southampton
The Early Music Show last week was a dive back into last year’s London Festival of Early Music, you can catch that on bbc sounds. And today the all star American groups Quicksilver play music connected to the C18 court of Vienna. 5pm on Radio 3
May 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Early Music Show last week was a dive back into last year’s London Festival of Early Music, you can catch that on bbc sounds. And today the all star American groups Quicksilver play music connected to the C18 court of Vienna. 5pm on Radio 3