Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Five Italian Oboe Concertos played by Nicholas Daniel; Pianist Noriko Ogawa; Essential Choice: Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 18 No 4. Show more

Donald Macleod charts developments in the big band sound in the 1950s, from the work of established greats like Duke Ellington and Count Basie, to Gil Evans's work with Miles Davis. Show more

Katie Derham presents soprano Ruby Hughes performing music by Schumann and baritone Roderick Williams singing Somervell and Michael Berkeley. Show more

Katie Derham presents a performance of Rossini's comic opera Il Signor Bruschino given at the 2012 Rossini Opera Festival in the composer's native city of Pesaro. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With guests including countertenor Andreas Scholl and director Calixto Bieito, plus live music from pianist Alexandre Tharaud. Show more

Donald Macleod charts developments in the big band sound in the 1950s, from the work of established greats like Duke Ellington and Count Basie, to Gil Evans's work with Miles Davis. Show more

Andrew Litton conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Karlowicz: Eternal Songs. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1 (soloist: Nicola Benedetti). Prokofiev: Symphony No 5. Show more

From The Sage Gateshead, Philip Dodd chairs a debate entitled 'immigration and the challenge to belonging', as part of the 2012 Free Thinking festival. Show more

From The Sage Gateshead, academic Sue-Ann Harding gives a talk on the difference between being an expat and an immigrant as part of the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. Show more

Max Reinhardt's varied selection includes John Surman's Saltash Bells, the complete Tezeta by G Kassa, Theloniuos Monk's Brilliant Corners and Ravel played by Alexei Lubimov. Show more

Including a concert given at the 2011 BBC Proms, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Jac van Steen in Elgar, Kodaly and Rachmaninov with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin. Show more