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

Ian Skelly presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and Dame Penelope Keith shares her cultural inspirations and influences. Show more

Donald Macleod sees trouble brewing when a second opera company sets up in direct competition to Handel's which ultimately leads to the demise of his operatic career. Show more

Pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mariam Batsashvili plays music by Busoni, Chopin and Liszt in the third of four recitals from the new Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Show more

In our opera matinee, Tom McKinney introduces Giordano's Siberia with Sonya Yoncheva as Stephana and Murat Karahan as Vassili, recorded at last year's Montpellier Festival. Show more

Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of chat, arts news and live performance. Sean's guests include Ensemble 360, Vasily Petrenko and Robin Blaze. Show more

In Tune's latest mixtape - a fizzing flute concerto by CPE Bach, a melancholic one for birds by Rautavaaara and a joyful credo by Guerrero. Plus Mozart, Prokofiev and Sondheim. Show more

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins perform Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and an early work by Michael Tippett receives a rare outing. Show more

Imogen Hermes Gowar and Sarah Peverley discuss mermaids from medieval times to those brought to Britain by C18th century sailors + Davos discussions and ocean liner style at V&A. Show more

Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or activity closely. Rachel Cooke focuses on mastication and digestion, which means the business of people eating. Show more

Max Reinhardt presents adventures in sound, ancient to future, soft to ear-splitting. Featured artists include Kirsty Law, Lawrence Jakiwo, and Waclaw Zimpel. Show more

Violinist Albena Danailova and pianist Plamena Mangova in a recital of Mendelssohn, Bartok and Beethoven. John Shea presents. Show more