Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British Music Playlist, listener requests, works by neglected composers and wake-up calls. Show more

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Victoria de los Angeles - The Sweetheart Soprano; Brainteaser; Proms Artist of the Week: Ivan Fischer; Author Victoria Glendinning. Show more

The Pavel Haas Quartet perform Brahms's Second String Quartet, alongside Erwin Schulhoff's lively folk-influenced Quartet No 1 and a late chamber work by Shostakovich. From 2014. Show more

Michel Dalberto (piano) in Faure: Nocturnes: No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 74; No 6 in D flat, Op 63. Danish String Quartet in Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op 13. Show more

A Prom featuring the BBC SSO under Andrew Manze. Stephan: Music for Orchestra. Kelly: Elegy for strings. Butterworth: Songs (A Shropshire Lad). Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony. Show more

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conversation from conductor Donald Runnicles and violininst Leonidas Kavakos, plus live music from young Italian pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell. Show more

Donald Macleod discusses Tchaikovsky's frequent escapes to the countryside, made before the composer eventually moved out of the city altogether. Show more

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Holst's The Planets. Show more

Sam Dastor reads Graham Swift's short story Saving Grace, in which a doctor recalls his Indian father's past and reflects on the inevitability of loss and the nature of luck. Show more

With Alexander Toradze (piano), London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski. Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces. Scriabin: Prometheus - The Poem of Fire. Show more

Michael Goldfarb learns about the real lives of Buddha, Confucius, Thales and Pythagoras and the societies they came from. He asks if they could have been sharing ideas. Show more

Jules Evans of Queen Mary, University of London explores rationalists' suspicions about states of high elation, asking 'is it dangerous or beneficial to feel ecstatic?'. Show more

Sarah Dillon explores the roles for women in science fiction and asks if the genre is sexist. She focuses on works by HG Wells and Margaret Atwood, as well as Battlestar Galactica. Show more

Nick Luscombe presents a varied selection of music. Show more

Jonathan Swain's selection includes soprano Claron McFadden performing German songs. Show more