Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with an instalment of Peter Donohoe's 50 Great Pianists at 8.30am and Piano Your Call, for the BBC's piano season. Show more

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Rudolf Kempe: A Testament; MP Diane Abbott's favourite pieces of music; Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 4. Show more

Donald Macleod explains the contrasting ways in Rachmaninov and Medtner saw out their final years. Show more

Barry Douglas in a piano recital given Clandeboye Festival 2012. Brahms: Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38. Andres Diaz (cello), Michael McHale (piano). Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy. Show more

Louise Fryer presents music conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist: Nikolai Tokarev). Bruckner: Symphony No 5. Plus Prokofiev: Symphony No 7. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including music from violinist Chloe Hanslip and dynamic early music ensemble Oxford Baroque. The Piano A-Z reaches Y for Yellow River. Show more

Donald Macleod explains the contrasting ways in Rachmaninov and Medtner saw out their final years. Show more

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducts the London Philharmonic. Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 (soloist: Garrick Ohlsson). Bruckner: Adagio (String Quintet). Shostakovich: Symphony No 1. Show more

Ian McMillan presents a celebration of the letter Q. He is joined by novelist Toby Litt, American poet Sharon Olds, musician Leafcutter John and conceptual poet Ira Lightman. Show more

Richard Gameson explores the literary, historical and artistic legacy of scribes, using the example of Eadfrith, who wrote and ornamented the Lindisfarne Gospel around the year 700. Show more

Mary Ann Kennedy presents music from around the world, plus American singer-songwriter Myshkin in session. Show more

Presented by Nicola Hall. Nikolai Lugansky joins the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra to play Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto. The ensemble also plays Dvorak's New World Symphony. Show more