Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with some seasonal music and a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music and at 10.30am is joined by her guest Nick Ahad for a monthly arts roundup of events and activities. Show more

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates. Michael Berkeley is joined by flamenco master Paco Pena. With music by Bach, Beethoven and de Falla. Show more

Live from Wigmore Hall, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice sings a typically varied programme of Britten, Mussorgsky and Weill. Show more

Vaclav Luks conducts Collegium 1704 at the 2020 Smetana Litomysl Festival in little-known music by Caldara, Zelenka and Richter as well as the Dixit Dominus by Baldassare Galuppi. Show more

Live from Salisbury Cathedral, with music by Dyson, Britten and Dupré. Show more

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records from across the genre as requested by Radio 3 listeners, with music from Fletcher Henderson, Django Reinhardt and Snarky Puppy. Show more

How and why did Beethoven choose to open the most famous piece in classical music with 'ta-ta-ta-taaaaah'? And how did he decide what to do after that? Tom Service seeks answers. Show more

Nothing is quite as it seems. Extracts are read by actors including Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman. Or is it Debra Stephenson and John Sessions? Music from Dudley Moore to Grainger. Show more

In 1956 Hollywood and the avant-garde made strange, wonderful music. Ken Hollings uncovers how Louis and Bebe Barron tortured electronic circuits to make Forbidden Planet's score. Show more

Fiona Stafford goes 'Into the Forest' with Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough to consider why artists are so drawn to its imaginative possibilities. Show more

By Yasunari Kawabata, dramatised by Jude Cook. Death, desire and envy convene around the art of the Japanese tea ceremony. Show more

Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Strauss's Horn Concerto No 2. Show more

Singer Nora Fischer celebrates the huge variety of sounds the human larynx can produce in three diverse and fascinating playlists. Show more

Guest presenter Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill and mixes a classical playlist for his music-loving guest. This week, Jules is joined by DJ and producer Cuppy. Show more

From the 2018 BBC Proms, the Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder perform Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky. Catriona Young presents. Show more