Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

With Rob Cowan. 9.00am Essential CD of the Week: Opera overtures conducted by Albert Wolff. 9.30am Artists of the Week. 11.00am Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Aus Italien. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Bach's response to criticism of his work by musician and critic Adolf Scheibe. Show more

Concert from the 2012 Cheltenham Music Festival, with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in a Debussy nocturne and etudes. Plus highlights from a song recital exploring exotic themes. Show more

A Prom in which Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and National Youth Choir of Great Britain in the annual peformance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Show more

Recorded in Salisbury Cathedral during the 2012 Southern Cathedrals Festival and sung by the choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With bass-baritone Matthew Rose and conductor Harry Bicket, who both feature in a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor at the 2012 Proms. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Bach's response to criticism of his work by musician and critic Adolf Scheibe. Show more

David Robertson conducts the BBC SO. Ives: The Unanswered Question. Barber: Adagio for Strings. Zimmermann: Nobody knows de trouble I see. With Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet). Show more

The story of Herschel Grynszpan, whose murder of a Nazi diplomat in 1938 provided the excuse for Kristallnacht and whose fate inspired Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time. Show more

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, David Robertson conducts the BBC Proms Youth Choir and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tippett's celebrated oratorio A Child of Our Time. Show more

Charting a history of homosexuality through the ages, Richard Coles visits Greece to rediscover the ancient culture in which homoerotic love was part of a social code. Show more

Fiona Talkington introduces Bach with Bugge Wesseltoft and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Harmonic Fields soundscape, and more from Radio 3's stage at the Latitude Festival 2012. Show more

Jonathan Swain presents the Monte Carlo Philharmonic in concert, performing Beethoven's Triple Concerto, Smetana's Sarka, and Pohadka by Suk. Show more