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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh whether you're basking in the last of the festive lights or getting started on some resolutions..

Michael Berkeley's guest is the best-selling writer of historical fiction, Alison Weir.

Connecting Ireland with American jazz, Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Chopin's inky Nocturnes Op. 9. Stops include Baroque longings, a teenage Mendelssohn's symphony and an operatic kiss.

From St James's Church, Sussex Gardens, London, with the Rodolfus Choir, with music by Parry, Jonathan Dove, Poulenc and Reger.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email [email protected] or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Hannah French chooses a selection of 18thC German cantatas composed specifically to welcome in a new year, including examples by JS Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Graupner and Fasch.

Pippa Bennett-Warner and Aidan McArdle read from Margaret Atwood, Henry Reed and Shakespeare with music by Shostakovich, Arvo Part, Nkeiru Okoye and Ravel.

Music historian Leah Broad explores how, 150 years after the premiere, Henrik Ibsen's play and Edvard Grieg's incidental music have stood the test of time.

Violinist Tasmin Little's top recommendation for a recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364, plus some of this week's classical music releases.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian explores the organic aliveness of the music of Betsy Jolas.

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Elizabeth Alker welcomes in the new year with another late-night journey through fresh music from today's most exciting genre-defying artists.