Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring festive music and surprise features. Show more
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Grieg Choral Music; Artists of the Week: Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert; Alistair McGowan; Rossini: La Cenerentola. Show more
Donald Macleod traces Offenbach's early years from Cologne to Paris where, after years of struggle, he achieve his first big theatrical success. Show more
Music from the 2012 Schwetzingen Festival. Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (piano) in Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor and Granados: Orientale. Plus Chopin and Stravinsky. Show more
Highlights from some of Europe's leading music festivals, including the Israel Philharmonic performing Dvorak's New World Symphony in Schleswig-Holstein. Show more
Donald Macleod presents a performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Bryn Terfel as Wotan and Wolfgang Koch as Alberich. Show more
Penny Gore presents a Prom from the 2012 season in which Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella, Op 87. Show more
Richard Dannatt talks to Joan Bakewell about Christmas on the front lline and how his beliefs have shaped his work from training officer at Sandhurst to head of the British Army. Show more
American virtuoso Cameron Carpenter plays the mighty Albert Hall organ, exploring the music of the instrument's greatest composer, JS Bach, and his own improvisations. Show more
Jez Nelson reviews the best jazz albums from 2012 with guest critics Helen Mayhew and Jon Newey. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents a sequence of seasonal choral works performed by the Maitrise de Radio France, interspersed with baroque works for Christmas by Zelenka. Show more
