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

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West; Alexandra Coghlan reviews recent choral releases; Disc of the Week. Show more

In an extended interview held at her home in Vienna, retired mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig talks to Tom Service about her life in music. Show more

Dance critic Mark Monahan introduces music from the first hundred years of modern ballet, including Adam, Delibes, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Show more

Matthew Sweet with music for films that explore ideas of heredity and genetics, marking the release of the Irish-British thriller I Am Not a Serial Killer. Show more

Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests in all styles. Including cutting-edge improvisation from Archie Shepp and an instrumental track from Sade. Show more

Julian Joseph with a concert given at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland by Tommy Smith's Euroradio Jazz Orchestra. With music by Duke Ellington, Marcus Miller and Tommy Smith. Show more

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a performance of Kaija Saariaho's first opera, L'Amour de Loin. Starring Eric Owens and Susanna Phillips as characters who love from afar. Show more

Composer Kaija Saariaho and Tom Service discuss her chamber music, and musicians from the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble perform Serenatas and Tocar. Show more

Sarah Walker and Andrew McGregor present highlights from the 2016 British Composer Awards ceremony, held at BFI Southbank in London. Show more

Geoffrey Smith picks some of his favourites tracks by trumpeter, singer and composer Louis Armstrong, including Cornet Chop Suey and Potato Head Blues. Show more

Jonathan Swain continues a focus on the complete Mozart piano concertos, with Concertos Nos 14 and 27. Show more