I have to say, I'm weary of The Algorithm.  I'm seeing lots of stuff about crafting social media updates that will please The Algorithm with the hope it might reward us with visibility.  Honestly, I just want to do my work and share bits of it along the way in a way that reflects who I am.

A different kind of day today. I'm in Manchester City Centre working in a converted mill. Such a beautiful space.

It's a mixed bag today in the studio at Clarke Gables! I'm kicking off this morning with character voices for a much-loved children's animation title (will tell you all about it when I can), and this afternoon I'm voicing ads for a luxury vehicle manufacturer. Va-va-vrooom!

Well this is novel isn't it? I don't have to be in bed at 8 o'clock to get up at 3.30 am to do a Saturday Breakfast show! So I'm going to have a massive takeaway...then I'm going to watch a film. Tomorrow, I'll be up at a normal time to clean my house...while listening to Radio 3!

Had my PhD review today at @rncmlive.bsky.social! I'm now past the halfway point! Trying to savour every moment. Doing my PhD is such a precious, wonderful experience.

Today I'm working at RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music on a project with National Trust. I've composed some music for an immersive visitor experience for a historic property.

A beautiful send-off from the BBC Radio 3 team! Yesterday was my last day on Saturday Breakfast. Thank you, team. ❤️

A bit of an update.

Just finished the running order for tomorrow's Saturday's Breakfast show on BBC Radio 3.  Wake up to Handel, Hildegard, Vivaldi, Grainger, Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, a gorgeous piece by Yoshimatsu - and much more! Join me, 6.30 - 9...and I have a special announcement!

Big week ahead: starting a music project for a historic property 🎶, finalising a Christmas campaign with a playful character voice 🎄, and my first PhD supervision of the year 🎓. Plus a little announcement at the end of the week. Lots to look forward to! 📸 a Manchester mural 🐝

Just recorded some Hallowe'en promos for The Walt Disney Company - genuinely scary!

Tonight will be the first Friday night in ages where I don't have to be in bed by 8. I’m on holiday from my Radio 3 Saturday Breakfast show this week, which means a full weekend off too! What should I do? I've forgotten how to do weekends!

Big thanks to everyone who tuned in to my BBC Radio 3 breakfast show yesterday! I loved the Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert (played on an antique piano) and the wonderful piece by Julie Cooper. - PLUS lots of Proms magic. You can listen again on @bbcsounds

Missed Saturday Breakfast on BBC Radio 3? Listen back for Mozart, Puccini, Shostakovich & more – from Brandenburg elegance to the Warsaw Concerto. 🎧 BBC Sounds 📸 This one LOVES Pooch-ini! (Sorry)

Kettle on? ☕️ I’m live in minutes with Saturday Breakfast – 2½ hours of shimmering strings, lyrical piano & a waltz or two. 💃 Sat 6:30–9am 📻 BBC Radio 3 | BBC Sounds

🦢 Swans, ☀️ sunshine & Mozart sparkle ✨… join me for Saturday Breakfast tomorrow. Beethoven, Bach, Brahms & more to start your weekend. Sat 6:30–9am 📻 BBC Radio 3 | BBC Sounds

☕ Missed Saturday Breakfast on @BBCRadio3? Catch up on @BBCSounds. Mozart, Amy Beach, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Bartók, Verdi and loads more - including a saxophone motet, a harp lullaby and The Godfather love theme. 💕 📸 This one LOVES Bach! 🐶

🎶 Just about to go live at 6:30 on @BBCRadio3 for Saturday Breakfast. Music by a 16 yo Mozart, Amy Beach’s still waters, Bartók’s boldness, and Verdi’s tragic opera. Plus Shostakovich, The Godfather & a glorious Wagner send-off. 🔥 Join me for coffee and pastries? ☕️ 🥐

✨ Saturday Breakfast on @BBCRadio3 is a joyride through Mozart, Bartók, Borodin, Amy Beach, Verdi and The Godfather. There’s a wedding prelude, a 6-part Bach fugue, and a harp lullaby that’ll melt your soul. Join me from 6:30am. ☕️ 🥐

Want to catch up on my Weekend Breakfast shows on @BBCRadio3? Listen anytime on @BBCSounds  ☕️ Saturday: Somervell, Handel and more - PLUS lots of Proms magic.  ☀️ Sunday: Amy Beach, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending & Piazzolla’s Libertango to name a few.  #R3Breakfast #Proms 📸 Chopin fan!

This morning’s Sunday Breakfast show on @BBCRadio3 was great fun - from Amy Beach’s Romance to a truly beautiful arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending for choir and violin...and a knockout Libertango to finish. It’s all available now on @BBCSounds. Perfect company for a quiet Sunday night

Good morning 🌞 I’m with you from 6:30 on @BBCRadio3 with Sunday Breakfast - a gently uplifting mix of Amy Beach, a STUNNING arrangement of a Vaughan Williams masterpiece, Himari Yoshimura, Debussy, Piazzolla and more.  ☕️Put the kettle on and join me? #R3Breakfast #Proms

🎻 From a 14-yr-old violin prodigy to Fanny Mendelssohn’s sparkling overture, tomorrow’s Radio 3 Sunday Breakfast is a celebration of musical brilliance.  PLUS Amy Beach, Abel Selaocoe, and a waltz from Tchaikovsky to get you up and dancing! 💃 📸 Loyal listener! 0630 - 9 on @BBCRadio3 or @BBCSounds

Missed this morning’s Saturday Breakfast on @BBCRadio3? You can catch up anytime on @BBCSounds. Expect glorious music - Somervell’s swooning violin, Handel’s hidden prince, Joplin’s tango, and a joyful waltz from Chopin. Breakfast listening while you cook dinner? #R3Breakfast #Proms 📸 Tune in!!

🌅 Ease into your weekend with music as “light, warm and heavy as pure gold…” Whitacre, Pärt, and Waller-Bridge bring the glow, while Dudamel ends with a riotous Strauss polka! I'm going on air in just a couple of mins! Come join me on @BBCRadio3 and afterwards on @BBCSounds

🎻 Romance, intrigue, and a little mischief…from Somervell’s swooning violin to Handel’s hidden prince and Joplin’s tango twist, tomorrow's Saturday Breakfast is bursting with character. I'll be with you 0630 - 0900 @BBCRadio3 and afterwards on @BBCSounds Join me for coffee?? #R3Breakfast

Well, you've got double helpings of me this weekend! I'll be with you for Breakfast tomorrow AND Sunday on BBC Radio 3!  Apols for my recent social media quietness - I'm lucky to have been working on a bunch of exciting stuff... More news as I get it!

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We're going live in a mo on BBC Radio 3!  Join me for glorious music to set you up for the weekend. I have music by Délibes, Copland, William Boyce, Voces8, Berstein, Butterworth and much more!  Music for a ☀️ Ladies' Day 🎾 Join me 0630 - 0900. I'll bring coffee! ☕️

On tomorrow's Breakfast show on BBC Radio 3, we’ll hear a piece that was mistakenly attributed to Haydn, we'll venture into troubled water with Margaret Bonds, visit Copland’s quiet city...hear music about lies and jealousy, and what it means to be home.  Join me tomorrow 0630-0900!

Yesterday’s Saturday Breakfast featured Montgeroult, Coleridge-Taylor, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Purcell & more. A musical morning worth revisiting. 🎻 And Brahms, Purcell, Saint-Saëns… The perfect playlist to start your Sunday slow ☕️ Listen again on BBC Sounds 📸 My loyalest fan! Just look at her face 💕

Live now on BBC Radio 3! From Montgeroult’s fire to Chopin’s elegance and Vaughan Williams’ depth. I’m with you 06:30–09:00. 🎶 Join me for music full of colour, fire, and feeling – including Montgeroult, Vaughan Williams, Purcell, Brahms, and more. Kettle on. Radio up. ☕️ 📻 🔥

Early night here – big musical breakfast tomorrow. BBC Radio 3 from 06:30-09:00: Montgeroult, Chopin, Rachmaninov & more. Join me? 🌩 A stormy Rachmaninov Prelude ✨ Plus Purcell, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Saint-Saëns, young Chopin...and more! See you from 06:30-09:00 tomorrow!

The playlist is almost done! This week on Saturday Breakfast on BBC Radio 3: fiery Montgeroult, lyrical Coleridge-Taylor, Chopin at 20, stormy Rachmaninov & more! Tune in Saturday from 06:30. Music for the curious ear. 🎶

My 1917 Autograph Book is a fascinating portal to the past. Each signature is a thread connecting us to a vanished world of velvet curtains, gaslight, and mystery. New Substack post on the extraordinary Madam Zomah and the secrets she took to her grave: 👉 ebclarke.substack.com/p/echoes-fro...

☕ Missed yesterday’s Saturday Breakfast? 🇫🇷 Erik Satie in wistful form 🎼 Clara Schumann’s elegant chamber music 🔥 Saint-Saëns’ Presto 🌿 Roussel’s lush forest symphony 🎭 And Malcolm Arnold dancing across the UK 📲 Listen back now on @bbcsounds 🎧 Search Radio 3 Saturday Breakfast with Emma Clarke

🎶 This morning on Saturday Breakfast... ☀️ Satie wakes us gently  🌲 Roussel conjures a forest  🎹 Yuja Wang brings drama and depth 🔥 Saint-Saëns takes us on a fiery, fast ride! 🎻 Clara Schumann, Vivaldi’s bassoons, and four dances by Malcolm Arnold all join the party. 📻 BBC Radio 3 · 6.30–9am

I’m turning in ready to be up bright and early for a French themed Breakfast show on BBC R3 - we’ll be under the spell of Erik Satie. PLUS sweeping Rachmaninov, fluttering Poulenc, a forest brought to life by Roussel, and a composer who (briefly) became a glassblower. Join me? Bring croissants! 🇫🇷

✨ We’re celebrating Erik Satie on BBC Radio 3 this Sat! There's music with a 🇫🇷 flavour + elegant chamber music, moody Rachmaninov, fiery Saint-Saëns…and a composer who was also a glass blower. Expect sweeping drama, featherlight flute sonatas, bassoon brilliance + more! 📻 0630-0900 this Saturday

Missed Saturday Breakfast on Radio 3? You can still catch the sunrise... 🌅 Yesterday’s programme was a musical journey through light and shadow: Chopin in poetic flow, an Australian gem full of unsaid words, and MacMillan’s radiant dawn...and we danced a conga! 🎧 Listen back on BBC Sounds. 📸 Yum!

☀️ Good morning - and Happy Solstice! Time to turn up BBC Radio 3. 🎧 Sunrise today comes with the golden glow of Delius’s Daybreak, the hush of James MacMillan’s O Radiant Dawn, and the deep devotion of Oswald’s Myrtle. 📻 I’m live now on BBC Radio 3 - come and say hello!

About to record more stuff for the brilliant @laurashav.bsky.social's Offcuts Drawer podcast. Delighted to be part of this fab cast.

🎶 I'm prepping the playlist for Radio 3's Saturday Breakfast  ✨ 🙌 Niels Gade’s exhilarating Scherzo  🌊 Margaret Sutherland’s undercurrents of unrest 💔 a Chopin Scherzo that Schumann described as "overflowing with tenderness, boldness, love and contempt."   📸 My favourite tree in its summer glory!

Missed my Pick of the Week on BBC Radio 4? No worries - it's still waiting for you. It’s 45 minutes of audio gems from across the BBC. Listen back here: https://f.mtr.cool/swnbukkukl

I have two voiceover recording sessions this morning where the clients will be present online. This is rare these days! Mostly I record alone. On reflection, the amount of time I spend talking to myself is really quite unnerving actually...

Hope you caught yesterday's show!  If you missed it, you can catch up on #BBCSounds - we had such gorgeous music including that soft cocoon of music from Eric Whitacre, plus our journey to Rome in the sixteenth century with Vicente Lusitano.

It’s @emmabclarke.bsky.social choosing the Picks today, and inviting you in to listen to her listening. 1815 today or on Sounds after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... including @helenczerski.bsky.social @tomheap.bsky.social @mrcepid.bsky.social @tjawhyte.bsky.social and more! #audio #radio #podcasts

My Pick Of The Week episode will be on BBC Radio 4 at 6.15pm - that’s just one hour away! Enjoy!

🎧 I’ve curated this week’s Pick of the Week for BBC Radio 4 - top fun. Tune in today at 6.15pm or catch up anytime afterwards on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...