Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and suggestions for the annual musical advent calendar. Show more

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Nordic Song; Musical challenge; Music in Time: Perotin: Viderunt omnes; Nordic recordings: Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Sibelius's decadent life in 1890s Helsinki and the increasingly harsh restrictions placed on Finns by the Russian Empire. Show more

With pianist Christian Ihle Hadland performing Bach's Goldberg Variations at the 2015 St Magnus Festival in Orkney. Introduced by Jamie MacDougall. Show more

Sarah Walker presents a live concert from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Saeverud: Kjempeviseslatten. Wennakoski: Soie. Wiren: Symphony No 3. Plus music by Hallgrimsson and Sibelius. Show more

Suzy Klein presents live music with the Choir of Royal Holloway and pianist Giovanni Nesi and an interview with Michael Nyman and Hilary Summers, plus Tales from the North. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Sibelius's decadent life in 1890s Helsinki and the increasingly harsh restrictions placed on Finns by the Russian Empire. Show more

Live from St David's Hall in Cardiff, a performance of Handel's oratorio Messiah, with Laurence Equilbey conducting the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales. Show more

Author Joanne Harris and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discuss the god Loki and the power of Norse mythology. Recorded at the Free Thinking Festival for the Northern Lights season. Show more

Travel writer Sara Wheeler recalls her time visiting Canada's Arctic region, staying in a tent with a group of geologists. Show more

For Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Fiona Talkington presents music from Greenland, Swedish trio Frifot, Finnish joiker Wimme Saari and part of Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus. Show more

Catriona Young presents a performance of Schumann's oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri from French Radio. Show more