Radio 3's classical breakfast show with Elizabeth Alker, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more

Andrew McGregor, Gillian Moore and Anna Picard look back over Sir Simon Rattle's 40-year recording career. Show more

Tom Service talks to pianist Andras Schiff, discovers the British artist Tom Phillip's multimedia opera Irma, and celebrates 30 years of the BCMG with a trip down the canals. Show more

American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato goes on an imaginary musical road trip around the USA, with music from Copland, Piston, Herrmann and Bernstein among others. Show more

Matthew Sweet looks at representations of Queen Victoria in film, inspired by the release of 'Victoria and Abdul', featuring a new score by Thomas Newman. Show more

Among the week's suggestions from listeners for music from all styles and ages of jazz, Alyn Shipton picks out tracks that feature saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz. Show more

Julian Joseph selects previously unheard recordings from the Jazz Line-Up archives, including music from pianist Tord Gustavsen and saxophonist Greg Foat and his group. Show more

Puccini's great final work Turandot is performed at the Royal Opera House, starring Christine Goerke as the Ice Princess Turandot, and Aleksandrs Antonenko as Calaf. Show more

A poem sequence by Sean Borodale centring on bees and the hive, set to recordings from cities and accompanied by music. With beatboxer Bellatrix as the Queen Bee. Show more

Kate Molleson brings two world premieres from the Bavarian RSO's Musica Viva season: Quicksilver by Milica Djordjevic and Wolfgang Rihm's Requiem Verses. Show more

Louis Armstrong made a series of brilliant recordings with other singers, from the empress of the blues Bessie Smith to Bing Crosby. Geoffrey salutes his talents as an accompanist. Show more

Jonathan Swain presents a performance from Dublin of Peteris Vasks' Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' and Shostakovich's tenth symphony. Show more