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

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is conductor Zubin Mehta. Presented by Georgia Mann. Show more

Donald Macleod explores Vaughan Williams’s life as the war drew to its end, and how he fared in postwar Britain as he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. Show more

RVW150: From LSO St Luke's in London, the Nash Ensemble perform Bruch's Piano Quintet in G minor and Vaughan Williams's String Quartet No 2 in A minor. Show more

Elisabeth Leonskaja performs Grieg's evergreen Piano Concerto in A minor, plus Thea Musgrave with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and chamber music by CPE Bach. Show more

Polish folk quintet VOŁOSI perform live in the studio for presenter Katie Derham ahead of their appearance as part of the Songlines Encounters festival at Kings Place. Show more

Today's mix includes Busoni after Bach, Poulenc's Mass, Piazzolla's Oblivion, Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, Bellini's Casta Diva, a Shostakovich prelude and Paderewski's Suite. Show more

Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in Carl Nielsen's First and Fourth Symphonies. Jörg Widmann joins the orchestra to perform Mozart's beloved Clarinet Concerto. Show more

The current popularity for decorating the body with ink isn't anything new. Shahidha Bari discovers that tattoos have been ubiquitous in all societies for over 7,000 years. Show more

A very personal exploration of poetic inspiration from writer Inua Ellams. Sometimes provocative, always intriguing, subjects include Tupac Shakur, Rudyard Kipling and basketball. Show more

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.

Elizabeth Alker presents a mix of experimental and ambient music, including John Carroll Kirby’s Listening Chair choice. Show more

Bach and Handel meet Bloch and Clara Schumann in this concert from the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón. Presented by Catriona Young Show more