Louise Fryer presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players; Ptolemy Dean's favourite music; Essential Choice: Schoenberg. Verklarte Nacht. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's songs from the 1940s, including the biggest-selling single of all time, White Christmas. Show more

Katie Derham with a recital from 2011's Hay Festival. German pianist Igor Levit in a complete performance of Beethoven's last major work for piano, the Diabelli Variations, Op 120. Show more

Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Handel's Teseo, a story about the fate of the ancient Greek hero Theseus. Plus the BBC SSO in Debussy, arr Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire. Show more

Sean Rafferty with soprano Mhairi Lawson, lutenist Paula Chateauneuf, the David Rees-Williams Trio and conductor Ben Palmer on his upcoming premiere of Elgar's King Arthur. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's songs from the 1940s, including the biggest-selling single of all time, White Christmas. Show more

Concert in which Edward Gardner leads the Philharmonia Orchestra. Janacek: Sinfonietta. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat, K482 (soloist: David Fray). Dvorak: Symphony No 7. Show more

Anne McElvoy reviews Ridley Scott's Prometheus, discusses the consequences of consumption, talks to historian Antony Beevor and visits a new pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery. Show more

Critic James Wood James Wood explores the meaning of self in fiction, focusing on Muriel Spark's novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Show more

Verity Sharp presents music from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mexico's Rogelio Sosa. Plus a special session performed in Bogota, Colombia last month. Show more

Susan Sharpe presents a concert given by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. Featuring Schumann's First Symphony and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor). Show more