Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Sounds of the Earth and our musical Advent Calendar. 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 Christmas season. Show more

Michael Berkeley's guest is choreographer and director Matthew Bourne. With music by Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, and from Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Show more

Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Mezzo Elisabeth Kulman, accompanied by pianist Eduard Kutrowatz, sings works by Schubert, Liszt, Britten, Porter and Weill. Show more

Hannah French is joined by members of vocal ensemble Stile Antico to explore choral music written for the festive season.

From Exeter Cathedral (recorded 12th November). Show more

Alyn Shipton introduces listeners' requests, which this week include recordings by Lee Konitz, Miles Davis and Harry Connick Jr. Show more

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Just like all the other unwelcome yuletide things, how did cheesy seasonal music come to be and what is its true value? Show more

Dominic West (The Affair) and Ruth Bradley (Guilt) with the challenging aspects of Christmas: useless presents, tedious board games, relentless relatives and awful office parties. Show more

The writer Ken Hollings examines the career and legacy of American electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott. Show more

David Haig stars in a caustic, timely play by Germany's most performed contemporary playwright, Roland Schimmelpfennig. A disturbing stranger interrupts a family Christmas. Show more

Anna Lapwood explores the legacy of Sir David Willcocks, whose carol arrangements were made famous during his tenure as director of music at King's College, Cambridge. Show more

Fiona Talkington introduces highlights from concerts in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Schwarzenburg, Austria, including music by Shostakovich and CPE Bach. Show more

As Matthew Bryant makes cider in the slow old way, Radio 3 captures the sounds, from the apples dropping into buckets to the singing of the cider as it ferments in the barrels. Show more

Alix from Radio 1's Unexpected Fluids tries Clemmie's classical playlist and is profoundly moved by a new discovery. Show more

Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra play Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony. Catriona Young presents. Show more