Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including music by J Strauss II, Bach and Sibelius, plus the Specialist Classical Chart. Show more

With Rob Cowan. 9.30am Artist of the Week: Colin Davis conducting the LSO in Sibelius's Symphony No 3. 11.00am Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat, Op 70 No 2. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on three operas from key moments in Handel's career: Rinaldo, Radamisto and Alcina. Show more

Nicolas Angelich plays two of Beethoven's more personal piano sonatas in a concert given at LSO St Luke's. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 2 in A, Op 2; Sonata No 16 in G, Op 31. Show more

Including CPE Bach: Symphony No 1. J Strauss II: Wine, Women and Song. Handel: Oratorio: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Part 2). Ravel: Ma mere l'oye. Stravinsky: Petrushka. Show more

Andrew Buchan and Josette Simon read poetry and prose about crime, police and the courts, including works by Dickens, TS Eliot, Arthur Conan Doyle, Seamus Heaney and Oscar Wilde. Show more

ATOS Trio in Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 1. Clara Mouriz (mezzo) in Haydn: Arianna a Naxos. Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) in CPE Bach: Sonata No 1, Wq 49 No 1. Plus Kodaly: Duo. Show more

The Skampa Quartet and Stephen Hough perform at Wigmore Hall, London. Janacek: Piano Sonata (From the Street). Smetana: String Quartet No 2. Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81. Show more

For a series of special editions examining the cultural forces affecting our lives, Anne McElvoy considers the scientific breakthroughs anticipated to shape the 21st century. Show more

Using David Copperfield as a starting point, novelist Romesh Gunesekera explores how Charles Dickens writes about the move from childhood into the world beyond. Show more

As well as some seasonal music, Fiona Talkington's selection includes Balkan gypsy jazz from Dunajska Kapelye and Balinese gamelan from the region of Denpasar. Show more

Jonathan Swain presents Massenet's Christmas opera Le jongleur de Notre-Dame. Show more