Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Schubert Lieder; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: conductor Simon Rattle; Rob's Essential Choice: Shostakovich: Symphony No 10. Show more

Donald Macleod describes a brawl between two of Haydn's star musicians, groundbreaking string quartets, a royal visit and Haydn's bidding his prince farewell. Show more

Music from St George's Hall, Liverpool. The Emerson Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op 20 No 3. Plus Simon Trpceski (piano) in Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Handel. Show more

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales live from BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff. Rosenberg: Orpheus in Town. Norman: Concert Overture. Lidholm: Kontakion. Alfven: Symphony No 4. Show more

Sean Rafferty is joined by baritone Sergei Leiferkus. Plus conductor Juanjo Mena and narrator Malcolm Raeburn on Beethoven's Egmont and pianist Clare Hammond playing etudes. Show more

Donald Macleod describes a brawl between two of Haydn's star musicians, groundbreaking string quartets, a royal visit and Haydn's bidding his prince farewell. Show more

Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a concert given in Frankfurt. Beethoven: Overture (Fidelio); Leonora Overtures Nos 1 and 2; Symphony No 2. Show more

From the BBC Radio Theatre in London, Anne McElvoy chairs a debate asking if dramas like The West Wing or This House aid our understanding of the way governments operate. Show more

Jude Kelly, artistic director of the Southbank Centre in London, discusses how Little Women by Louisa May Alcott mirrored her own experiences growing up in Liverpool. Show more

Nick Luscombe presents a varied selection of music. Show more

John Shea's selection includes Act 2 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in a concert performance given in Warsaw. Show more