Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Show more

Jonathan Swain explores reflections of the Russian Orthodox Church in music, including works by Scriabin and Mussorgsky. The week's young artist is violinist Giovanni Guzzo. Show more

Michael Berkeley's guest is historian Bettany Hughes. She selects gypsy music from Istanbul, a work by a 9th-century female Byzantine composer, and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Show more

From Wigmore Hall in London, a concert by Tasmin Little (violin) and John Lenehan (piano). Brahms: Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 100. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat, Op 18. Show more

Florilegium mark the 250th anniversary of Telemann's death with a performance of his cantata Ino and Orchestral Suite in F given at the 2017 London Festival of Baroque Music. Show more

From Lincoln Cathedral. Show more

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music written to honour Mary, mother of Jesus. With works including a regina coeli by Mozart and a magnificat by Monteverdi. Show more

Tom Service explores the role of the conductor. Is it to do with their ego, clothes, ability to beat time or their emotional outpouring onstage, or is it something else entirely? Show more

Texts and music on the theme of circles, curves and contours, with readings by Deborah Findlay and Hugh Fraser. With Shakespeare, Tennyson, Miles Davis, The Beatles, Bach and Bax. Show more

Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani travels to America to discover the past and present of African-American classical music. Show more

From London's Coliseum, Petroc Trelawny presents highlights from the 2017 International Opera Awards. Show more

Ranjit Bolt's adaptation of Corneille's drama Le Cid, telling the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero before his rise to fame. With James Purefoy, Indira Varma and Eleanor Bron. Show more

Hannah French presents music from Venice and Naples performed by Tempesta di Mare at the Frick Collection in New York. With Legrenzi, Castello, Vivaldi, Marchitelli and Falconieri. Show more

A performance of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil given in St Giles Cripplegate Church by the BBC Singers under Russian-American conductor Elena Sharkova. Show more

Catriona Young presents a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers given at the 2015 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw. Show more