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; Essential Choice: Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite. Show more
Donald Macleod discusses Offenbach's La belle Helene and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein with celebrated soprano Felicity Lott. Show more
Music from Schwetzingen 2012. Nikolai Demidenko (piano) in Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Medtner: La Campanelle. Plus Mozart and an unusual arrangement of Bach. Show more
From the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, and based around nine Bible readings interspersed with Christmas hymns and carols sung by the chapel choir. Show more
Lang Lang performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat, Op 73 (Emperor) at the Lucerne Festival. With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Manfred Honeck. Show more
Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Simon O'Neill (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) and John Tomlinson (Hunding). Show more
New Generation Artists
Jennifer Johnston, Apollon Musagete Quartet, Christian Ihle Hadland, Robin Tritschler
1 hour, 50 minutes
on BBC Radio 3
With Jennifer Johnston (mezzo) performing Britten, Apollon Musagete Quartet in Suk, Christian Ihle Hadland in Mozart, and Robin Tritschler (tenor) in Wolf and Reger. Show more
Catherine Bott presents a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard given at the 2012 Proms. With a cast including Leigh Melrose, Andrew Kennedy and Lisa Milne. Show more
Former US President Jimmy Carter talks to Joan Bakewell about the faith that sustained him during his years in the White House, and the beliefs underpinning the Carter Center. Show more
Bach's cantata Christen atzet diesen Tag, BWV63, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner in the Herderkirche in Weimar, where it received its first performance on Christmas day 1714. Show more
Max Reinhardt presents a varied, festive selection of music. Including Steve Lacey's Original New Duck, John Cage's Imaginary Landscape No 5 and choice Christmas songs. Show more
Jonathan Swain presents music from the fourth Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival from Poland, with works by Strozzi, Telemann, Merula, Frescobaldi, Uccellini and Rameau. Show more
