Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show Sounds of the Earth, the Advent Calendar and listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning and puts a musical spin on the season. Show more
Michael Berkeley’s guest is war surgeon David Nott. With music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Debussy. Show more
Live from Wigmore Hall, four leading performers on piano and percussion play Bartók's unique Sonata, plus the two-piano scoring of Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. With Fiona Talkington. Show more
Vox Luminis performs choral music and organ pieces by Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti at the Utrecht Festival of Early Music in The Netherlands. Presented by Lucie Skeaping. Show more
An archive recording from Lichfield Cathedral (first broadcast 3 December 2008). Show more
Alyn Shipton introduces listeners' requests, which this week include recordings by Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Betty Carter. Show more
Every 'sha-la-la-la' and every 'wo-o-wo-oh'. Tom Service brings the backing singers of both the pop and opera worlds to the fore. Show more
Owen Teale & Thalissa Teixeira read poems and prose on adolescence, politics and metaphysics. Music from Glass, Holst, Aphex Twin to Haydn. Writers include Nietszche & Emily Berry Show more
With flickering candles and mirrors to the incredible lighting effects, we dispel the darkness of the season; Fiona Shaw discovers the invisible brilliance of stage lighting. Show more
A powerful dramatisation of the tragic story of Sigurd Volsung and Brynhild, the woman he loves, with an introduction by its author, Melissa Murray. Show more
Kate Molleson and Tom Service host the Ivors Composer Awards, the British music industry's annual showcase celebrating composers in contemporary classical, jazz and sound art. Show more
Nicholas Kenyon looks at new discoveries and recent trends in historical performance. Where can the revolution take us now? Show more
Journalist, academic and author Bolu Babalola tries Clemmie's classical playlist, which takes in fairy tales, yearning Harlem poetry and popular High Life melodies from Nigeria. Show more
Music by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart, Schubert and Haydn performed by past and present members of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme. John Shea presents. Show more
