Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. With festival music and surprises, including the Breakfast Advent Calendar. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Smorgasbord - Mats Lidstrom (cello) and Bengt Forsberg (piano); Sarah's Essential Choice: Respighi: Fountains of Rome. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's varied interests in their final years. Show more
Andras Keller (violin), Thomas Ades (piano) in Lutoslawski: Partita. And Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared, with Robert Murray (tenor) and Sarah Gabriel (soprano). Show more
With John Shea. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto. Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2. Show more
Sean Rafferty presents live music from the Wihan String Quartet and festive jazz from the David Rees-Williams Trio. Guests also include conductor Marc Minkowski. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's varied interests in their final years. Show more
Live from St David's Hall in Cardiff, Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and distinguished soloists in Part 1 of Handel's Messiah. Show more
Stephen Johnson explores in detail Handel's sacred oratorio Messiah, a setting of the story of Christ.
Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, Parts 2 and 3 of Handel's oratorio Messiah, with Francois-Xavier Roth conducting the BBC National Orchestra of and Chorus of Wales. Show more
Ian McMillan's guests include storyteller Daniel Morden, playwright Katherine Mitchell, writer Dave Morris and singer Simone Felice. Show more
Fiona Stafford discusses the sycamore: often seen as a lowly, common tree, causing nuisance to millions of people. But it also has amazing properties that are sometimes ignored. Show more
Lopa Kothari with a tribute to 'the godfather of world music' Ravi Shankar, plus some previously unheard recordings from the 2012 WOMAD festival. Show more
With Nicola Hall. Including three Czech classical cello concerto rarities, by Antonin Kraft, Carl Stamitz and Anton Vranicky. Show more
