Mark Forrest

Broadcaster, hill runner and sheep farmer @grintongoats' assistant

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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).

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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.

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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.

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

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

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

A breakdancing counter tenor sings Vivaldi, US orchestral principals the McGill brothers team up for Saint-Saëns, there's orchestral Beethoven and Borodin and there'll be a sprinkling of Scherzos for National Tell a Joke Day. Come join in 6.30-9am Breakfast @BBCRadio3

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

Morning - Breakfast is live from Salford but our eyes and ears are pointing south west to Bristol for a weekend of BBC Proms and balloons. Join me from 6.30am to 9am for a Proms preview, a Mahler walk through the woods at night and to Manhattan for Bernstein & bagels @BBCRadio3

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

This was last weekend at the most beautiful parkrun in the country (IMHO) and this morning I'm back on Sunday Breakfast to celebrate with Marek Pasieczny's Abbatia Fontium Suita (The Fountains Abbey Suite). Just one of the musical treats lined up for you 6.30 - 9am @BBCRadio3

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

I survived Proms Countdown Day without that light falling on my head and now I'm back @BBCRadio3 Salford studios for Sunday Breakfast. Plenty of Proms insider gossip and music to reflect the highlights to come, plus we'll celebrate Josh Kerr's new World Record Mile 6.30 - 9am.

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

Departing from a very cool and tranquil Darlington Station bound for a somewhat busier and steamier Royal Albert Hall. First trip to London for a year. Must be Proms Countdown Day. See you @BBCRadio3 1pm - 4.30pm

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

The Classical Live spotlight shines on @royalphilorch all week as their 80th season approaches. Today we're live from the BBC studios in Leeds enjoying a concert performance of Elgar's symphonic portrayal of Falstaff. Plus to Orkney for the 50th St Magnus Festival @BBCRadio3 1pm

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

As you would expect England vs Norway dominating the news this morning so let Breakfast reflect that hard fought competition pitting Norwegian Dances from Grieg against a musical portrait of the capital at night in Vaughan Williams A London Symphony 6.30 - 9am @BBCRadio3

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

I'll be serving tostadas and coffee with a side of Manual de Falla, we'll join the America 250 Carnival with Dvorak and a Mozart Piano Concerto will be the soundtrack to Sunday Breakfast as Atlantis rises from the deep in The Spy Who Loved Me @BBCRadio3 6.30am to 9am

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

Today marks the anniversary of the first modern conformation dog show in Newcastle in 1859 and of the birth of Charles Crufts in 1852. Breakfast then celebrates our dogs as well as the composers for whom they were companion, muse and distraction. 6.30am to 9am @BBCRadio3

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

Here's a Father's Day bouquet of roses (Gertrude Jekyll, Crocus, Compassion and Falstaff) from our Yorkshire Dales garden where the sun rose this morning at 4.33am. Sunday Breakfast celebrates Fathers and the Summer Solstice in classical music @BBCRadio3 from 6.30am to 9am

[Mark Forrest @ForrestMark]

Sunday @BBCRadio3 Breakfast Summer Solstice Salford sunrise.