Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and your suggestions for our annual musical Advent Calendar. Show more

With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Polkas; Music in Time: Berg's Wozzeck; Artist of the Week: Claudio Arrau, featured performing Schubert's Piano Sonata 19 in C minor. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on the genesis of Prokofiev's ballet masterpiece Romeo and Juliet, listening to the work with fresh ears in a host of dazzling and unusual arrangements. Show more

With Simon Crawford-Phillips, Philip Moore (pianos) in Mozart: Piano Sonata in F, K497, and Stravinsky: Firebird Suite. Plus Michael Collins and Michael McHale playing Poulenc. Show more

Verity Sharp features the BBC NOW. Respighi: Il Tramonto. Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite. Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 2. Plus Colin Matthews and Faure. Show more

Sean Rafferty's guests include conductor Stephen Layton, folk singer Cara Dillon and players from The Russian Virtuosi of Europe.

Donald Macleod focuses on the genesis of Prokofiev's ballet masterpiece Romeo and Juliet, listening to the work with fresh ears in a host of dazzling and unusual arrangements. Show more

A Prom in which Simon Ratttle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in performances of Boulez's Eclat and Mahler's Symphony No 7. Show more

A week-long focus on patriotism begins in France where Philip Dodd meets philosopher Alain Finkielkraut and novelist and film-maker Karim Miske to discuss French identity. Show more

Space scientist Monica Grady reflects on the symbolic power of the Star of Bethlehem. Show more

Folk musician Richard Dawson is the guest presenter in a special edition. With church organ music, a pianola programmed by prime numbers and Lol Coxhill's take on The Beatles. Show more

With Jonathan Swain. Including an archive performance from 1971 in Dubrovnik of Beethoven's Fidelio, with soprano Sena Jurinac as Leonora. Show more