Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more

Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for Bach's violin concerto in E. Featured guest Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him. Show more

Donald Macleod, in conversation with Sir Antonio Pappano, traces the developmental line of Puccini's meticulously crafted dramatic heroines. Today, the tragic Madama Butterfly. Show more

Vadym Kholodenko plays Chopin, Ravel and Scriabin at Warsaw's Chopin and his Europe Festival. Presented by Sarah Walker. Show more

Penny Gore presents Verdi's Nabucco, in a 2013 performance from the Royal Opera House, starring Placido Domingo. Show more

On Opera Passion Day Sean Rafferty presents live from the V&A Museum. Live performances from Bryan Hymel, Christian Curnyn, Rowan Pierce, Tim Mead, Matthew Durkan & Soraya Mafi. Show more

A specially curated mixtape for #OperaPassion Day including a Paraphrase on Rossini, the Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni and Gabriela Montero's Improvisation on Ombra Mai Fu. Show more

As part of the BBC's opera season, Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts the culmination of Opera Passion Day with a complete performance of an opera voted for by Radio 3 listeners. Show more

Rachel Cooke examines the trappings that surround opera-going, and what makes it worthwhile. Going to the opera can, for some, be something of a performance. Show more

Nick Luscombe has melting vocals from Belgian jazz singer Melanie De Biasio, music by Jon Hassell inspired by the Senoi people of Malaysia, and rhythm and blues by Roy Gaines. Show more

A recital by pianist Lukas Vondracek of Novak, Suk, Smetana and Brahms, presented by Catriona Young. Show more