Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with the BBC Singers performing the eight finalists in the 2023 Radio 3 Carol Competition. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Show more

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Show more

Donald Macleod delves into a period when Humperdinck argued with his sister Adelheid over Hansel and Gretel. Show more

Radio 3’s week of lunchtime concerts from Schwarzenberg in the Austrian mountains, continues with Schubert’s great Piano Trio in E flat, D929. Show more

María Dueñas plays Brahms's Violin Concerto with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Cecilia Bartoli sings Bellini's Casta Diva (Norma), plus the BBC Singers in Tallis's Spem in alium. Show more

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

Recorded at London's Wigmore Hall, multi-award-winning pianist Paul Lewis continues his exploration of Schubert's piano writing with a performance of three of his sonatas. Show more

With a BFI season of his films running through December, Matthew Sweet and guests explore the long career of great American singer, film star and activist Harry Belafonte. Show more

The city of Leeds seen through public art - past, present and future. Ian Duhig takes us on a virtual poetic journey along Blind Jack Metcalf's road due north out of the city. 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 picks a wintry bouquet of ambient and experimental music, with rosebud laments, woodland improvisations and the sparkle of frosty landscapes. Show more

Sol Gabetta plays Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto with the Oslo Philharmonic, plus Tchaikovsky's 'Pathetique' Symphony and Perry's Short Piece for Small Orchestra. Show more