In Tune Highlights: Recent Episodes
BBC Radio 3
Highlights from BBC Radio 3’s In Tune - featuring interviews with guests from the world of music and the arts. In Tune is presented by Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham.
Sean Rafferty is joined by soprano Ailish Tynan with pianist James Baillieu, and talks Bach with the French pianist Emmanuel Despax. He also meets the versatile Solem Quartet, and hears some rare Vaughan Williams folk song settings courtesy of Mary Bevan, William Vann and Jack Liebeck.
Sean Rafferty introduces live music from the Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili and from Flauguissimo Duo with tenor Rory Carver. He also talks to the Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe, French pianist Bertrand Chamayou, and conductor Jonathon Heyward.
Katie Derham talks to folk musicians Eliza and Martin Carthy, the film and TV composer George Fenton and choral conductor Suzi Digby. She also introduces live music from pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and cellist Guy Johnston.
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Osmo Vänskä, who has a new recording out featuring Mahler’s Seventh Symphony. Soprano Golda Schultz joins Sean from Bavaria, to look forward to the Last Night of the Proms, and Sean also catches up with pianist Angela Hewitt.
Katie Derham is joined by violinist Nicola Benedetti, and pianist Lars Vogt. The composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez and baritone Roderick Williams also tell Katie how they are keeping themselves occupied under lockdown.
In the wake of the global shutdown of live music, Sean Rafferty hears from various artists about how they’re continuing to share their music, and how they’re encouraging people to participate. He’s joined by the violinists Rachel Podger and Tasmin Little, as well as Elena Urioste with pianist Tom Poster. The vocal leader and writer James Sills, and choral conductor and broadcaster Gareth Malone also talk to Sean.
Joyce DiDonato talks to Sean about reprising the title role of Agrippina in a new production of Handel's opera at the Met in New York. Also, there's beautiful live performances from vocal quintet Papagena, cellist Nicolas Alstead plays Bach and it's an In Tune Highlights return for pianist Boris Giltburg as he embarks on his stunningly ambitious Beethoven 32 project, a ground-breaking Beethoven Sonatas journey to mark 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
This week, live performances and interviews with baritone Roderick Williams, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, the Pavel Haas Quartet and folk legends Peter Knight and John Spiers.
Sean Rafferty is joined by the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, which combines the cream of players from both sides of the Atlantic. He also welcomes the Kodo Drummers, players from London Winds, soprano Carolyn Sampson with pianist Joseph Middleton, and the virtuoso violinist Ning Feng.
Katie Derham with Stefan Jackiw, Sam Lee, Curtis Stigers, Golda Schultz and Colin Currie
Sean Rafferty is joined by the conductor Marta Gardolińska with pianist Alfredo Ovalles, and storytelling and piano duo Olga and Matthew. He also welcomes the Marian Consort with the Monteverdi String Band, and French mezzo Mariann Crebassa sings live with Joseph Middleton at the piano.
Angela Hewitt plays Couperin. Fieri Consort transport us to a 17th Century Roman Christmas, while Alice Coote and Julius Drake perform songs from Schubert's Winterreise.
Sean Rafferty is joined by the choir Ex Cathedra and folk supergroup The Melrose Quartet. He also pays tribute to Mariss Jansons, and Gabriela Montero improvises at the In Tune piano.
Sean Rafferty presents musical highlights from In Tune, including a Jazz Age extravaganza from Alex Mendham & His Orchestra. Plus The Gesualdo Six sing sacred music for Advent, and the Fauré Quartet play their own twist on Pictures at an Exhibition.
Katie Derham presents highlights from In Tune including baroque orchestra Tafelmusik, accordionist Bartosz Glowacki, and pianist Nino Gvetadze.
Sean Rafferty is joined by the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, the United Strings of Europe, and Gerald Finley ahead of his performance in Britten's Death in Venice.
Katie Derham with highlights from jazz star Kurt Elling, Richard Suart on performing The Mikado, Rowan Pierce sings Purcell and The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.
Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Bertrand Chamayou, and the composer Roxanna Panufnik. He also introduces a sextet from the Trondheim Soloists, voice of The Lion King Lebo M, and the saxophone and piano of the AKMI Duo.
Featuring Anne Queffélec, The Hermes Experiment, and a cross-Channel collaboration between Radio 3's In Tune and France Musique's Générations France Musique, le live.
Katie Derham introduces highlights from the last week on In Tune, including live music from pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and the Doric String Quartet. Plus, the best bits from In Tune's BBC Music Day celebration, featuring members of the Military Wives Choirs, guitarist Milos Karadaglić, violist Maxim Rysanov, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, and soprano Carolyn Sampson.
Katie Derham interviews Peter Bernstein, son of Elmer, who composed The Great Escape theme, plus live performances from guests including the London Mozart Players and more.
John Etheridge and friends join Sean to discuss French accents, and the composer and singer Reg Meuross talks about his song-cycle setting inspired by Brian W. Lavery’s book, The Headscarf Revolutionaries, which tells of Hull’s Hessle Road fishing community in the aftermath of the Triple Trawler Disaster of 1968. Connaught Brass also perform and speak about the challenges of keeping their instruments free of fingerprints. And we're joined by Kitty Whately and the pianist William Vann.
Sean Rafferty is joined by singer Lesley Garrett, and the pianist Eric Lu. He also introduces the powerfully spiritual sounds of Qawwali with Chand Ali Khan and Party, and there’s beautifully performed music by Monteverdi.
Sean Rafferty presents the very best of the last week on In Tune, including live performnces from pianist Seong-Jin Cho, jazz guitarist Jim Mullen, and renowned Barcelona choir Orfeó Català, plus an interview with soprano Christine Goerke.
Sean Rafferty presents highlights from the last week on In Tune including some of the latest stars to grace the stage of the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. Soprano Joyce DiDonato talks Berlioz, the award-winning Aris Quartet perform live and discuss their Proms debut, and we hear from singer Mikaela Bennett about her role at the phenomenal John Wilson Orchestra Prom celebrating the 'Golden Age of Hollywood'. Also the directors of Grimeborn opera festival stop by to talk about their reinvention of Wagner's Ring Cycle.
Sean Rafferty presents highlights from In Tune, with performances and interviews from Steven Devine, flamenco guitar legend Juan Martín, Lise de la Salle and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The best live performances and interviews from across the week on In Tune, featuring Simon Keenlyside and Felicity Lott singing Kurt Weill, Hoagy Carmichael and Richard Rodgers. Katie Derham chats to composer Shirley Thompson about her new opera inspired by stories from women of the Windrush, and legendary folk artist Alistair Anderson plays the English concertina.
Sean Rafferty presents highlights from In Tune, with performances from Jennifer Pike + Martin Roscoe; a trio of Ronnie Scott’s All Stars – James Pearson, Sam Burgess, and Alex Garnet; and from the In Tune broadcast from Imperial College - Solomon’s Knot and Yeol Eum Son. Plus a guided tour of Buckingham Palace with Dr. Amanda Foreman and Lucy Peter, and an interview with composer Zosha di Castri ahead of the Proms.
Sean Rafferty is joined in the studio by a mix of world-class ensembles; Welsh folk group 9Bach perform live and talk about this year's New Music Biennial in Hull and London, and there's beautiful performances from the Heath Quartet and the London Bridge Trio. Also on the podcast, clarinetist Julian Bliss discusses life on the road and performs works by Brahms and André Messager.
Katie Derham presents highlights from In Tune, featuring interviews with Pavarotti’s widow Nicoletta Mantovani, BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year Winner Andrei Kymach. Performances include acclaimed classical guitarist Xuefei Yang; a spirited take on Rossini by violinist Joo Yeon Sir & pianist Irena Andrievsky; and twins Adam & David Moss, known as The Brother Brothers, play American folk.
Katie Derham presents highlights from In Tune, with performances jazz & blues artists Jacqui Dankworth + Charlie Wood; Echea, the Fellowship String Quartet at the Royal Academy of Music; rising star soprano Francesca Chiejina discusses Porgy & Bess; and Sean Rafferty goes to Glasgow for performances by students from the Royal Scottish Conservatoire and Glasgow University Chapel Choir in a special broadcast from the university’s Debating Chamber.
Playlist:
Cole Porter Every Time We Say Goodbye Performer: Jacqui Dankworth. Performer: Charlie Wood.
Traditional New Orleans Junko Partner Performer: Charlie Wood
Lonnie Chatmon/Walter Vinson Sitting On Top of the World Performer: Jacqui Dankworth. Performer: Charlie Wood.
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op 20 No 4 (4th mvt) Ensemble: Echéa Quartet.
George Gershwin Summertime Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Jeremy Cooke.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor African Love Song Performer: Francesca Coleridge-Taylor. Performer: Jeremy Cooke.
Benjamin Cooke Hark, hark the lark! Glasgow University Chapel Choir / Katy Cooper (cond.)
Traditional Maids of Mitchelstown Folk Trio from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Robert Burns Scots Wha Hae Performer: Ríoghnach Connolly. Ensemble: Band of Burns
Live music from Gerald Finley + Julius Drake, Stile Antico, and we speak to Renée Fleming
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents musical highlights from In Tune, featuring early music group L'Arpeggiata with a jazzy rendition of a Thomas Morely tune, conductor Douglas Boyd talks about his latest project at Garsington Opera, and cellist Raphael Wallfisch celebrates one of Elgar's most famous works written for the cello. Plus, the London Klezmer Quartet take us through the musical traditions of Eastern Europe.
Highlights from BBC Radio 3's In Tune - Chloe Hanslip and Danny Driver explore the 'sunny side' of Beethoven, and pianist Chilly Gonzales explores the links between Bach and Britney Spears. Sean Rafferty also welcomes the latest crop of BBC New Generation Artists to the studio.
Katie Derham presents musical highlights from across the week on In Tune, including author Alexander McCall Smith on the music which inspires him ahead of a special BBC Symphony concert celebrating his work. Tenor Nicky Spence and pianist Julius Drake perform excerpts from Janáček's 'The Diary of One Who Disappeared' live in the studio, and Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo explores the African rhythms in the work of Cuban singer Celia Cruz.
Photo credit: Laurent Seroussi
Sean Rafferty presents the best live music and interviews from across the week. In Tune celebrates the launch of the Proms 2019 with performances from announced artists, including the wacky electronic duo Crewdson & Cevanne (with their 'sonic bonnet'!) Nigel Short and his choir Tenebrae pay tribute to Notre Dame after the devastating fire that destroyed much of the cathedral in Holy Week. Plus conductor John Wilson and singer Simon Butteriss chat to Sean about the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, performed on period instruments.
Québécois sensation that is Le Vent du Nord stop by to whip us into a frenzy; the pianist Steven Osborne ruminates on Beethoven's piano sonatas; the early music ensemble Arcangelo perform Vivaldi's homage to the French King Louis XV and we hear from Roman Mints and Alexander Kobrin about the early works of Paul Hindemith.
Bernard Haitink on a career spanning over six decades, Gabriel Jackson’s re-telling of The Passion of our Lord Jesus; pianist Jeremy Denk on his choice of repertoire and “The Pianist of Yarmouk”; Aeham Ahmad on the power of music to bring hope.
Sean Rafferty presents the best live music and interviews from across the week on In Tune. With jazz piano from Brad Mehldau, Bach at lightning speed from cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, and lovely lieder from tenor Simon Bode with pianist Igor Levit.
Sean Rafferty presents musical highlights from In Tune, including pianist Lise de la Salle, Violinist Jennifer Pike, Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Orchestra Valery Geriev, and Egyptian soprano Fatma Said.
Soprano Renee Fleming, pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, and agent Jasper Parrott pay tribute to Andre Previn who passed away on 28th February. Also on the podcast, live music from supreme Bach master Angela Hewitt, baritone Roderick Williams on shifting perspectives in Schumann’s songs, plus cellist Jamal Aliyev and pianist Jâms Coleman debate the perfect driving soundtrack.
Sean Rafferty presents musical highlights from the last week on In Tune, featuring guitarist Xuefei Yang, conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of India Zane Dalal and tabla master extraordinaire Zakir Hussain, and recorder player Lucy Horsch with members of the Academy of Ancient Music.
Sean Rafferty presents musical highlights from In Tune, including folk super-group Spell Songs, including Karine Polwart and Julie Fowlis, and their arrangement of Jackie Morris and Robert McFarlane's “The Lost Words” book, cochlear implant exhibition creator Tom Tlalim showcases what life would be like to listen to music while using one, and violinist Tasmin Little tells us about her last days performing live with her violin.
Sean Rafferty presents musical highlights from In Tune, including pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, folk duo Megson, and violinist Leticia Moreno and accordion player Ksenija Sidorova.
Katie Derham presents a host of musical highlights from the last week on In Tune. Featuring a stunning performance of Biber's Passacaglia in G minor from violinist Daniel Pioro, and French baroque pieces from Les Arts Florissants. Plus a frank conversation with Met Opera stars Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak about the reality of performing together onstage as a married couple.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty, including a warming 'a cappella' performance from Laura Mvula and Black Voices member Celia Wickham-Anderson. A chat about all things blue with violinist Pavel Sporcl and a touch of nostalgia in a performance from Kathryn Rudge and Christopher Glynn. All that topped off with a Burns Night special from the Band of Burns.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty, including a very special live solo violin performance from James Ehnes. Plus folk artist Sam Amidon with a haunting murder ballad, and singer Bernadette Robinson's remarkable musical impressions of the greatest 20th century songstresses.
Sean Rafferty presents the Christmas edition of musical highlights from the last week on In Tune, including the gifted pianist Gloria Campaner, the all-female vocal ensemble Papagena, plus the talented cellist Guy Johnston. And, we end the year with a bang at In Tune with our Christmas special!
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. Sean's guests this week included choral greats John Rutter, Bob Chilcott and Eric Whitacre, the Labèque sisters Katia and Marielle, violinist Ray Chen and cellist Johannes Moser.
Katie Derham presents a host of musical highlights from across the week on In Tune, including the always elegant Anne Sofie von Otter talking about the next steps in her ever-changing career. Two of the stars of the Opera Holland Park documentary reflect on their experiences in "Hip Hop to Opera", plus the visually impaired Chavez twins share their story about confronting obstacles through music. And the Castalian Quartet talk about competitions and King's Lynn.
Sean Rafferty presents a host of musical highlights from the last week on In Tune, including arguably the finest singer-pianist combinations on the planet: Dame Sarah Connolly with Joseph Middleton. A battle of the cellos ensues with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ashok Koudaon, plus the talented Amatis Trio share how busking paved the way to their success. And, we hear from Soprano Marina Rebeka about the necessity of an entrepreneurial spirit in today’s opera world.
Sean Rafferty presents a host of musical highlights from the last week on In Tune, including Emmanuel Despax discussing how he tries to become Chopin’s vessel. We reminisce with Georgia Marcio about going from barwoman to centre stage at Ronnie Scotts. And finally we hear about how Alban Gerhardt struggles to perform with his eyes open.
Katie Derham presents the In Tune Highlights: a selection of musical guests. Including Nicky Spence and William Vann talking about and singing Parry, Eric Lu winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, an exclusive walk around the Royal Opera House Open Up project and Indian slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya.
Sean Rafferty presents the In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show. This week features former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Pavel Kolesnikov; Canadian baritone and star of Last Night of the Proms, Gerald Finley; genre-defying pianist Chilly Gonzales; and the internationally-celebrated Fidelio Trio.
Sean Rafferty presents the In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show this week. This week features the magical conductor Seymon Bychkov ahead of his proms performance, brothers Sam and Jack Furness chat Trial by Jury, Renee Fleming chats to Sean from New York ahead of her Broadway CD and finally, Worbey and Farrell give us a performance.
Katie Derham presents the In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show this week. This week Alice Coote performs live with Julius Drake ahead of their appearance at Machynlleth Festival, conductor Joshua Weilerstein and composer Gerard McBurney who are collaborating along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a special BBC Prom exploring the sound of an orchestra, and a group of musicians from The Bhavan enter the studio ahead of their performance at the National Theatre's community production of Shakespeare's Pericles.
Sean Rafferty presents highlights from In Tune's annual trip to Edinburgh at festival time, with guests including Simon Callow, fiddle quartet Rant and members of the NYJO USA.
Sean Rafferty presents the In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show this week. This week features members of the early music ensemble the Banchois Consort and their founder Andrew Kirkman, pianist Denis Kozhukhin performs in the studio and Carmen takes a trip to Cuba courtesy of Christopher Renshaw and.Luna Manzanares Nardo
Sean Rafferty presents the In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show this week. This week features early music ensemble Ex Cathedra, the ever jazzy Curtis Stigers paying his respects to Frank Sinatra and the jazz continues with the spectacular pairing of Dame Evelyn Glennie and the HLK Trio.
Sean Rafferty presents the In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show this week.
Sean Rafferty presents highlights from across the past week on In Tune including The Schubert Ensemble, conductor Alpesh Chauhan, Aidan O'Rourke and Kit Downes
Picks from across the week including Andy Cutting, The Prince Consort and Maxim Vengerov
Picks from across the week on In Tune. This week includes the singer-songwriter Eddi Reader and jazz connoisseur Jamie Cullum at BBC Radio 3's Biggest Weekend 2018. Katie also takes a trip to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 and has Vox Luminis in the studio, who enchant us with their English Renaissance.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty, featuring dancer Zenaida Yanowsky choral director Andrew Carwood and violinist Lorenza Borrani.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham, featuring folk legend Shirley Collins, conductor Kristjan Järvi and Ensemble Bash.
Picks from across the week on In Tune, featuring Danielle de Niese, Sir James Galway, Menahem Pressler, Nevarro Quartet, Scarlett Thomas and Madrigal - Marin Constantin.
Picks from across the week with Sean Rafferty, including Kate Rusby, Sir Antonio Pappano and Matthew Whitaker. Plus musicians from the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty, featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández, Jess Gillam and Zeynep Ozsuca, and Anthony Parnther.
Sean Rafferty presents picks from across the week on In Tune, including soprano Soraya Mafi , artist Edmund De Waal and the Linos Piano Trio.
Picks from across the week on In Tune, including Sir Willard White and Charles Hazlewood.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. His guests this week are violinist Sergej Krylov playing Bach and Paganini. Pianist Jeremy Denk who plays Prokofiev and Beethoven. We meet two of the Nuns from the Guildhall School Opera department’s award-winning presentation of Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites. And a visit to the Tower of London in the company of organist and Master of Music of the Chapels Royal, Colm Carey.
Katie Derham is joined by journalist and broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald. He talks about his favourite music as well as growing up in the West Indies and meeting Ella Fitzgerald.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. His guests this week are the pianist Zhang Zuo, director Cal McCrystal, who chats about his new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, and three of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's rising stars - Ciara Hendrick, James Way and James Newby.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. His guests this week are Hollywood superstar Leslie Caron, who appeared in such classic films as An American in Paris and Gigi; young South African soprano Pretty Yende, who joined us live from The Met in New York; and supreme cellist Mischa Maisky.
Sean Rafferty presents highlights from Radio 3's In Tune, including International Opera Awards chair John Allison, International Opera Awards finalist Lauren Fagan, classical guitarist Sean Shibe on how he wants to push the boundaries of what people expect from him and Ensemble 360, who talk to Sean about their native Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Katie Derham presents highlights from BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, including Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja who sang for us on his 40th birthday, mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy on the golden ratio in music, conductor François-Xavier Roth chatting about the sound of gut strings and a small taste of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason…
Highlights from the week, with A4 Brass, Colin Currie, James O'Donnell and Julie Fowlis.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. His guests this week include the world renowned a cappella group The King's Singers, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Tenor James Gilchrist and pianist Anna Tilbrook reflect on 20 years working together, and Kyra Humphreys celebrates two decades with the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Plus choreographer Frank Andersen, one of the world's leading experts on Bournonville ballets.
Highlights from the week, including Gerald Finley, Mathilde Milwidsky & Gavin Sutherland.
Sean Rafferty walks around the new Charles II exhibition with curator Rufus Bird. Plus chats with Henning Kraggerud, The City Musick and pianist Alexandra Dariescu.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: soprano Angela Gheorghiu remembers working with Solti and talks about getting back into the recording studio; actor Robert Lindsay channels his inner Ebenezer Scrooge; and flautist Juliette Bausor with pianist Tim Horton attempt to resist the urge to make puns about CPE Bach's 'Hamburger Suite' (with limited success).
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Katie Derham, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon composer Tan Dun, musicologist Robert Levin and New York's Harlem Quartet.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty, including mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato with conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, and pianist Imogen Cooper. Plus, in the week of the untimely death of Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conductor Semyon Bychkov and Sir Bryn Terfel pay him tribute.
Sean Rafferty chats with Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, discovering how he goes beyond the score to create the incredible sounds from the orchestras he conducts. We also hear from organist Anne Page, who has played most of the organs in Cambridge, and from fado singer Carminho, who is currently giving a Portuguese edge to the music of Brazillian bossa nova legend Tom Jobim.
Highlights from the week, including Russian musicians Semyon Bychkov and Yevgeny Sudbin.
Marin Alsop on the moment she decided she wanted to be a conductor, after encountering/watching Leonard Bernstein as a 9 year old at a Young Persons Concert. This week’s podcast also includes conversations with two great musical partnerships; the French pianist Louis Lortie and violinst Augustin Dumay, as well as the pianist Inon Barnatan and the cellist Alissa Weilerstein, who first began performing together during a cold Boston winter…
Highlights from the week, including Jessica Duchen, Vienna Piano Trio and Benjamin Appl.
Picks from across the week on In Tune. Sean Rafferty talks to Stephen Fry about penning an opera libretto for the composer Louis Mander; Angela Hewitt discusses Bach and Scarlatti; and Alice Sara Ott explains the childlike essence of Grieg's music.
Picks from the past week including Alistair McGowan, Maria Razumovskaya & Sir Mark Elder.
Picks from across the week on In Tune. Sean talks to Sir Simon Rattle on the eve of his debut concert at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra, and cabaret singer Ute Lemper about reclaiming the German language. Plus a special guest wishes Sean a very happy 20th anniversary of presenting the show.
Picks from across the week, including Dame Felicity Lott and tenor Michael Fabiano.
Sean talks to Dame Felicity Lott about her role in the Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition; oud virtuoso Yair Dalal plays and talks about his Iraqi Jewish heritage; fabulous tenor Michael Fabiano tells us about his music education work and current role in La Boheme; and mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski, one of the Wigmore Hall song competition winners, performs live in the studio.
Picks from across the week on In Tune. Sean talks to a pair of great Russian maestros in Valery Gergiev and Vasily Petrenko; Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes talks Sibelius and Beethoven; and young British composer Hannah Kendall tells us about her BBC commission for Chineke! Orchestra's debut Prom.
Picks from across the week on In Tune including pianist Mitsuko Uchida, organists William Whitehead and Robert Quinney and jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth with pianist Charlie Wood.
Picks from the week, including the James Morrison Quartet, Sir Andrew Davis and NYO GB.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein. She talks to Albert Mazibuko of the great choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo; conductor, composer and Proms favourite Jules Buckley; and pianist Zhang Zuo aka Zee Zee.
Picks from across the week, including Joshua Weilerstein, Amy Harman and Gaurav Mazumdar.
Picks from across the week on In Tune, including Ailish Tynan, Jon Boden and Mark Padmore
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla enthuses about her orchestra the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Andreas Ottensamer reveals the secret of what makes a good clarinettist; and choral director Simon Halsey and composer Andrew Norman take us to the moon (via a children's opera project).
Picks from across the week including bass-baritone Gerald Finley, conductor David Hill, trumpeter John Wallace, soprano Natalya Romaniw and Ron Davis with his Sympharonica orchestra
Jam-packed with picks from this week's In Tune, including John Rutter, Rowan Williams, Louise Alder, Jessica Cottis, Michael Spyres, Albina Shagimuratova, Avi Avital & Omer Avital
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein including Sir Bryn Terfel, Sir Thomas Allen, Pekka Kuusisto and Lise Davidsen. Plus Québécois folk group Le Vent du Nord.
Picks from across the week, including Chris Riddell, Rachel Podger, Nicholas Collon and Dame Beryl Grey.
Picks from across the week on In Tune. Sean Rafferty's guests include soprano Pretty Yende, conductor Herbert Blomstedt and the Danish String Quartet.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein, featuring pianist Jeremy Denk, conductor Karina Canellakis, contralto Sonia Prina and fiddle player Sam Sweeney.
Top picks from across the week on In Tune including conductor Andrew Litton, tenor Bryan Hymel and soprano Kristin Lewis from the Royal Opera House, saxophonist and composer John Harle, tenor Nicholas Mulroy with lutenist Toby Carr, and French Harpsichordist Jean Rondeau with percussionist Keyvan Chemirani.
Picks from across the week on In Tune. Sean Rafferty's guests include dancer Edward Watson, percussionist Colin Currie, violinist Alexandra Soumm, horn player Ben Goldscheider, and Kathleen Ferrier Award Winner Julien van Mellaerts. Plus music from the London Adventist Chorale as part of Radio 3's Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution season.
Top picks from across the week on In Tune including Roderick Williams and Tasmin Little
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: violinist Daniel Hope, conductor Marin Alsop, choral director David Skinner and violinist Min Kym. Plus a jazzy little encore courtesy of choral group Voces 8.
Top picks from across the week on In Tune, including pianist Murray Perahia, Oliver Mears and Antonio Pappano from the Royal Opera House, and crime novelist Donna Leon. Plus pianist Joseph Middleton who was recently nominated for two Royal Philharmonic Society Awards with soprano Mary Bevan, and finally folk musicians Kathryn Tickell and Amy Thatcher from Radio 3's Uproot Festival in Hull.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein: folk musician Eliza Carthy on receiving her MBE, the multitalented Christian Lindberg, actor Carole Boyd (of Archers fame), and the Yamato Drummers of Japan.
Picks from across the week on In Tune including Vladimir Ashkenazy, saxophonist Courtney Pine, baritone Christopher Purves, klezmer band She'Koyokh, and pianolist Rex Lawson.
Picks from the week including Leif Ove Andsnes, Errollyn Wallen, Adrian Brendel, Joanna MacGregor and David Harsent.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: opera singers Thomas Hampson, Michael Fabiano and Tara Erraught, pianist Alexandra Dariescu, and a duo from Welsh folk band 9Bach. Plus highlights from Sean's trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, for the 'Madonnas and Miracles' exhibition.
Picks from across the week on In Tune including piano legend John Lill; trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom; folk trio Leveret; and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja; plus the unmistakable voice of the actor, writer and director Simon Callow.
Picks from the week on In Tune, including folk legend Shirley Collins, pianist Llyr Williams, singers Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood, and organist Stephen Farr.
Picks from the week on In Tune, featuring bass Sir John Tomlinson; cellist Alisa Weilerstein; folk musicians Sam Lee, Lisa Knapp and Nathanial Mann; pianist Martin James Bartlett; and tenor Michael Spyers.
Picks from across the week on In Tune, including mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, guitarist Derek Gripper, organist and choir director Robert Quinney, baroque violinist Rachel Podger and last but not least the Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley.
Sean Rafferty talks to violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor Marin Alsop and pianists Mitsuko Uchida, the Labèque sisters and Tamara Stefanovich with Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
Picks of the week, featuring conductor Simon Rattle, tenor Vittorio Grigolo, actor John Standing, and soprano Mhairi Lawson.
Highlights from the week on In Tune including opera star Renée Fleming on her new CD which includes her take on Björk, composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on his latest piece for Simon Rattle. Film music expert and all round musical genius Neil Brand gives us his take on the musicals ahead of his new BBC 4 series. Harvey and the Wallbangers bring some close harmony magic to the proceedings as they return with a new line up after 30 years out of the limelight. Jonathan Cohen, conductor of Arcangelo, talks baroque and about his new CD with counter tenor Iestyn Davies. Classical Opera round off with a snippet from their epic Mozart series with performance from soprano Gemma Summerfield, bass-baritone Ashley Riches and Ian Page on piano.
Picks from the first week of In Tune in 2017, in which BBC Radio 3 celebrated the Second Viennese School as part of 'Breaking Free', its year-long focus on Revolutions. Suzy talks to conductor Edward Gardner, Max Baillie and Sebastian van Kuijk of Aurora Orchestra, and folk musician Ange Hardy. Plus actor Kelly Price and baroque specialist Peter McCarthy talk about All the Angels, Nick Drake's play about Handel's Messiah.
Sean Rafferty with guests from across the week on In Tune, including harpsichordist and director Trevor Pinnock, folk duo Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, the Doric String Quartet, The King's Men (close harmony group of choral scholars from King's College Cambridge) with composer and Radio 3 presenter Michael Berkeley on his commission for Nine Lessons and Carols, and BLOCK4 the recorder quartet from BBC Classical Introducing.
Picks from the week with Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein, including highlights from our trip to Cornwall. Featuring Will Gregory, Ian Jones, The Changing Room, Sally Beamish, George Fenton, Charles Hazlewood and Christian Zacharias.
Sean Rafferty with highlights from across the week on In Tune. American opera star, Joyce DiDonato, came in to talk about her new disc and why she is so passionate about it, Jools Holland was in the studio telling us about his duets al fresco with birds on the Kent marshes, conductors Rumon Gamba and Scott Dunn on why Richard Rodney Bennett was such a special composer, and the home-grown talent that is mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly gave us some Britten along with Joseph Middleton on piano.
Picks from the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: film composer Hans Zimmer, baritone Thomas Hampson, harpist Ailie Robertson, opera director Oliver Mears and choral director Robert Hollingworth.
Picks from the week with Sean Rafferty: conductor Iván Fischer talks to Suzy Klein about Zoltán Kocsis and Isata Kanneh-Mason performs live at the In Tune special edition marking Black And British season at the BBC, conductor Odaline de la Martinez on American female composers, Anne Sofie von Otter with string quartet Brooklyn Ryder, and jazz multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier with his version of 'Hallelujah' in a touching tribute to Leonard Cohen.
Picks from the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein and Clemency Burton-Hill: Joan Armatrading, John Butt, John Spiers, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and Lucy Parham with Henry Goodman.
Sarah Walker talks to composer John Rutter, ballet dancers Laura Morera and Viviana Durante, composer Mark Simpson, conductor Peter Phillips, and soprano Danielle de Niese.
A selection of Sean Rafferty's guests from across the week on In Tune include Dame Fanny Waterman, singer Katie Melua, composer Raymond Yiu and soprano Measha Brueggergosman.
Picks from the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: conductor Semyon Bychkov, pianist Lucas Debargue, folk singer Kate Rusby, auctioneer Simon Maguire, and The Horne Section.
In Tune's weekly podcast featuring guests from Radio 3's residency at the Southbank Centre: BBC Director General Tony Hall, American composer Steve Reich, ballet dancer Carlos Acosta, jazz duo Claire Martin and Joe Stilgoe, violinist Nicola Benedetti, BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku Kanneh-Mason and bass Sir Willard White.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: soprano Lucy Crowe with conductor David Bates, Apple of my Eye, Jane Hanson, and film composer Patrick Doyle.
Juan Diego Flórez, soprano Tamara Wilson and mezzo soprano Alisa Kolosova, playwright Dennis Kelly, jazz singer Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent plus tenor Javier Camarena.
Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty: Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet, Chineke!, Maria João Pires, Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester and Don Kipper Duo.
Sean is joined by pianists Menahem Pressler and Fanny Waterman, cellist Alban Gerhardt, mezzo Kathryn Rudge and Brazil folk music duo Choro Matiz
This week, Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Bernard Haitink, musician-turned-stand up comedian Vikki Stone, pianist Diana Ambache and the violinist Vadim Gluzman.
Sean Rafferty with highlights from across the week on In Tune. This week, he's joined by conductor Marc Minkowski, folk singer Nancy Kerr, sitar player Nishat Khan, soprano Soraya Mafi and the Strictly dancer Kevin Clifton
Cellist Sol Gabetta talks to Suzy about playing at this year's First Night of the Proms.
Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie tells Suzy about all the things you can do with a drum.
Director of Cappella Romana Alexander Lingas talks about the medieval liturgy of Cyprus.
Sean Rafferty talks to conductor Gianandrea Noseda ahead of his Royal Opera House debut
Percussionist Colin Currie chats about working with Steve Reich and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied talks to Suzy about the state of ballet today
Tenor Gregory Kunde on his Royal Opera House debut, and appearing in Mission: Impossible.
Pianist Imogen Cooper on rediscovering Chopin, the Liszt-Wagner relationship and her early start in music.
Martyn Brabbins on life as a conductor, neglected works and a concert of premieres with London Sinfonietta.
Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton and Richard Stokes on The Penguin Book of English Song.
To celebrate the launch of BBC Get Playing, Suzy talks to lapsed organist Rev Richard Coles, who is offered some advice by Martin Baker, Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral.
Sean takes a look around this year's show and talks to Dame Evelyn Glennie and Peter Eustance about their acoustic garden.
The violin and piano duo on performing together, and on their new CD of Mozart Sonatas.
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis talks about conquering his fear of playing classical music.
Dancer and choreographer Karole Armitage on working with George Balanchine and choreographing Stravinsky’s Agon for a performance with Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Suzy chats to Rory McCleery, Clare Norburn and Gerald Kyd about composer Carlo Gesualdo.
The composer talks about writing the music for Wolf Hall, and for the Queen's birthday.
Joe Stilgoe chats to Sean about nostalgia, shoes and walking the boards of the West End.
Soprano Lesley Garrett chats to Sean about her latest operatic role: a toilet attendant.
Composer, performer and producer Max Richter chats to Sean about his 8-hour lullaby Sleep
Actor Simon Callow on his early experiences of Shakespeare and a special Shakespeare400 gala concert he is curating with London Philharmonic Orchestra
The pianist Till Fellner joins Sir Neville Marriner for his 92nd birthday celebrations.
Conductor and Bach expert Masaaki Suzuki talks to Sean Rafferty about his work with the Bach Collegium Japan. His son and fellow musician Masato Suzuki joins them.
Sean talks to director James Conway about English Touring Opera's new production of Donizetti's rarely performed opera Pia de' Tolomei
Sean talks to tenor Roberto Alagna from The Met in New York, where he is singing Puccini.
The composer and lyricist discuss their musicals Travels with my Aunt and Mary Poppins.
Superstar pianist Lang Lang chats to Suzy about his new piano method books for beginners
Cellist Jan Vogler on the relationship he has with his cello, what music tells us about the world in which we live, and his new Tchaikovsky recording.
The violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman talks to Sean Rafferty, about his long career, playing the viola and duetting with his wife.
Conductor Vasily Petrenko talks to Sean Rafferty about his career, his forthcoming concert in London and on being an honorary Scouser. Photo credit: Mark McNulty
Pianist Piotr Anderszewski on discovering Szymanowski, neglecting Schubert and the 25th anniversary of his Wigmore Hall debut
Marin Alsop, Anu Komsi and Patricia Kopatchinskaja talk about their latest collaboration
Pianist Steven Osborne on the challenges of Rachmaninov, his approach to performance and his concert at the International Piano Series.
The Brodsky Quartet and Sir Willard White talk to Suzy Klein about their upcoming concert at Kings Place.
Julian Barnes talks to Suzy Klein about his new book The Noise of Time - a fictional account of the world of Shostakovich
The great cellist and pedagogue William Pleeth is remembered by his son, Anthony Pleeth, and granddaughter, Tatty Theo - also professional cellists.
Rising star conductor Andrew Gourlay on picking up tips from Claudio Abbado as trombonist in the Mahler Jugendorchester, conducting CBSO and his appointment as Music Director at Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon
Composer George Benjamin and conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Fergus Macleod pay tribute to Pierre Boulez, who has died aged 90. Presented by Sarah Walker
Jonathan Pryce reads “How Happiness Came”, a folk tale from Saami (Lapland). Music featured is traditional folk singing (Joiking) and choral music by Erkki Apajalhti inspired by Lapland traditions
Jonathan Pryce reads "The Swan Maiden", a folk tale from Sweden. Music featured is the slow movement from Kurt Atterberg's second quartet.
Jonathan Pryce reads “Atarssuaq”, an Inuit folk tale. Music featured is from Knudage Riisager’s ballet “Qarrtsiluni”, and also contains field recordings of Inuit singing games.
Jonathan Pryce reads “The Giant and Johannes Blessom”, a folk tale from Norway. The music featured is from Savaerud's Peer Gynt.
Jonathan Pryce reads “How The Sun Was Rescued” from Siberia. Music featured is by Vladislav Zolotaryov, from his “Children’s Suite”.
GB Hurdler William Sharman & Channel 4 newsreader Cathy Newman talk to Sean Rafferty and perform pieces by Schumann on In Tune.
Rising star pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Beatrice Rana on playing scales at 6 months old and growing up surrounded by pianists
John Butt chats about the Dunedin Consort's upcoming concerts and recent Bach CD release.
French conductor Pascal Rophe on standing in at the last minute for a concert of French music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sean talks to Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, at 'Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer' - the new exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, London
Graham Vick on directing the world premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’s new opera 'Morgen und Abend' at the Royal Opera House in London and the future of opera funding
Sean visits the new Agincourt 600 Royal Armouries Exhibition at the Tower of London and talks to Dr Malcolm Mercer, Curator of Tower History
Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending
Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Gabriel Prokofiev's Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (5th movement)
Trumpet player Tine Thing Helseth chats about curating UpClose with Manchester Camerata.
Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Mambo from Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances (West Side Story)
Juan Diego Flórez on busking in New York, dancing, and singing stratospheric tenor roles.
Michael Collins plays his brand new clarinet live in the In Tune studio with award-winning pianist Michael McHale ahead of a run of UK concerts.