Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and our musical Advent Calendar. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Suzy Klein's guest is novelist Sebastian Faulks. Show more

Donald Macleod investigates Saint-Saens's determination to fulfil his ultimate ambition to be recognised as an operatic composer. Show more

Sarah Walker presents music from the Bath Mozartfest including a Serenade by Mozart and Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin. Show more

In its 200th anniversary, Rossini's Ricciardo e Zoraide at the Rossini Opera Festival. Juan Diego Florez and Pretty Yande take the title roles. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. Show more

Katie Derham presents, with live music from the Castalian String Quartet and baroque group Improviso. Plus we hear from composer Mark Bowden about his new Saxophone Concerto. Show more

The devil has all the best tunes in today's In Tune Mixtape. On the Stairway to Hell are Ligeti, Mussorgsky. Liszt, Gluck and Mozart. Show more

World-renowned choral conductor Stephen Layton presents Messiah, Handel's remarkable oratorio, with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales Show more

Who is pulling your strings? Sarah Marks, Gustav Kuhn, Poppy Noor, Quassim Cassam and Robert Colvile join Matthew Sweet to hunt down the day's hidden persuaders. Show more

Author and former magazine editor David Hepworth recalls the artwork of record sleeves in his discussion of our enduring relationship with vinyl. Part four of a five-part series. Show more

Verity Sharp presents a mixtape compiled by legendary experimental composer, guitarist, trumpet player and flautist Rhys Chatham. Show more

Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the changing soundscape from dawn to dusk in the Kalahari Desert in south western Africa. Show more

Jonathan Swain presents Schubert, Shostakovich and Dvorak performed by the Danish Quartet. Show more