Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Show more

Rob Cowan explores music depicting ancient Rome, including Liszt, Beethoven, Barber and Handel. Plus a cantata by Kuhnau: Uns ist ein Kind Geboren and Dvorak's Sextet in A, Op 18. Show more

Michael Berkeley's guest is South African trumpeter, composer and singer Hugh Masekela. His musical choices include Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Bach, Billie Holliday and Ravel. Show more

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) and Emanuel Ax (piano) perform music by Brahms: FAE Scherzo; Violin Sonata No 1 in G, Op 78; Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108. Show more

Emma Kirkby introduces some of her favourite seasonal music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque. Show more

An archive broadcast from St Paul's Cathedral, first transmitted on Christmas Day 1988. Show more

Mary King examines the choral music that arose from the explosion of interest in traditional folk music across Europe in the early 20th century. Featuring Janacek and Bartok. Show more

A sequence of poetry, prose and music for the festive season, with readings by David Neilson and Naomi Bentley. Includes music by Verdi, Fats Waller, Debussy and Fred Astaire. Show more

Paul Allen explores the allure of evil through great villains, from Hollywood baddies to Shakespearean antiheroes and real people, with great British actors, directors and writers. Show more

Prom featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska. Gorecki: Symphony No 3. Vaughan Williams, orch A Payne: Four Last Songs. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathetique). Show more

For Radio 3's Britten centenary celebration, Keith Dewhurst's retelling of the story of Billy Budd, interwoven with the story of the author who came to write it: Herman Melville. Show more

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, the annual organ Prom. Organist Richard Hills performs a selection of arrangements, original works and lollipops. Show more

Adam Fischer conducts the Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Haydn's Symphony No 88, Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola and Beethoven's First Symphony. Show more