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.

Katie Derham with pianist Rokas Valuntonis, cellist Nadege Rochat, and Eliza Carthy

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 Raphael Wallfisch,John York, Paul Wee and Andreas Scholl.

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.

Sean Rafferty with music from The York Waits, Simon Care and Andrei Korobeinikov

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.

Live performances from baroque ensemble Spiritato! plus pianist Janina Fialkowska

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.

Pick from across the week on In Tune, including Joseph Tawadros and Nemanja Radulovic

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 Dame Evelyn Glennie, Jennifer Pike and Sam Lee.

Picks from the past week including Alistair McGowan, Maria Razumovskaya & Sir Mark Elder.

Picks from across the week with Sean Rafferty: Carlos Acosta, Joby Talbot, the V&A

Picks from across the week with Sean Rafferty: Hershey Felder, Craig Ogden, ETO

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 the week, including Lucie Horsch, Rachel Kelly, Vikki Stone, and Chineke!

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 Dave Holland, Alban Gerhardt and a trip to Edinburgh.

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 Michael Tilson Thomas and Joseph Calleja.

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 the week including Melvyn Tan and Dan Newell.

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.

Picks from the week including Hilary Hahn, Sophie Raworth, and Alistair McGowan.

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.

Iestyn Davies, Samuel West, Joshua Bell, Southbank Gamelan, James Gilchrist.

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.

Picks from across the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein

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.

In Tune's weekly podcast

Suzy Klein with highlights from across the week on Radio 3's In Tune.

Suzy Klein with highlights from across the week on Radio 3's In Tune.

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

Sean Rafferty visits Boughton House as the Handel exhibition opens to the public.

Dance star Kevin Clifton talks to Sean about the upcoming Strictly Prom.

Musicals superstar Michael Crawford and composer Richard Taylor on The Go-Between.

Cellist Sol Gabetta talks to Suzy about playing at this year's First Night of the Proms.

Gemma Arterton and Nigel Hess chat to Suzy about Shakespeare, brioche and pigeons.

Suzy Klein speaks to conductor John Wilson

Cellist Gabriella Swallow chats to Suzy about her 'Urban Family' of musical friends.

Suzy talks to cellist Guy Johnston ahead of his Herbert Howells world premiere

Pianist Clare Hammond chats to Suzy about collaborating with composer Ken Hesketh.

The actor and comedian talks about performing Weimar Cabaret with Meow Meow.

Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie tells Suzy about all the things you can do with a drum.

Sean talks to pianists Lucy Parham and Oliver Condy ahead of the Cheltenham Festival

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

The mezzo talks about performing in Wagner's Ring Cycle with Opera North.

Sean talks to Andreas Ottensamer, principal clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Suzy talks to design postgraduate Luca Alessandrini about his new spider-silk violin.

Artistic Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris chats to Suzy.

Percussionist Colin Currie chats about working with Steve Reich and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

The violinist talks about his upcoming Wigmore Hall concert.

Dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied talks to Suzy about the state of ballet today

Georgia Mann visits the new Tate Modern extension.

The Hollywood composer chats about the new London theatre production of Aladdin.

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.

Composer Anna Meredith chats about her new work for the Scottish Ensemble.

Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton and Richard Stokes on The Penguin Book of English Song.

Sean chats to composer Joseph Horovitz on his 90th birthday.

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.

Suzy talks to members of the versatile Danish chamber group Ensemble MidtVest.

The cellist talks about winning the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition.

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.

The pianist on his love of Beethoven and Schubert, and on learning the bagpipes.

Maxim Rysanov chats to Suzy about Pēteris Vasks's new Viola Concerto, written for him.

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

The conductor Stephen Layton talks to Sean Rafferty.

Suzy talks to author Donna Leon about Venice, food and her love of Baroque opera.

Actor Simon Callow on his early experiences of Shakespeare and a special Shakespeare400 gala concert he is curating with London Philharmonic Orchestra

Suzy talks to author Joanne Harris about her new book, Different Class.

Pianist Javier Perianes talks about his passion for Spanish music.

Conductor Zubin Mehta talks to Suzy ahead of three 80th Birthday concerts in Mumbai.

The pianist Till Fellner joins Sir Neville Marriner for his 92nd birthday celebrations.

Suzy Klein meets the curator of This is a Voice, an exhibition at Wellcome Collection.

Suzy chats to singer/songwriter Tanita Tikaram about her music and influences.

The legendary violinist chats to Suzy ahead of concerts with the Oxford Philharmonic.

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.

Pianist Peter Donohoe chats to Sean about Russian music, ELP and the key of F minor.

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.

Suzy discusses Beethoven with pianist Jonathan Biss.

Pianist Yundi talks to Sean about performing Chopin.

Composer Judith Weir talks to Sean about the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Superstar pianist Lang Lang chats to Suzy about his new piano method books for beginners

The mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter talks to Suzy Klein about her career.

Tansy Davies in conversation with Suzy.

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.

Olaf Bar talks to Sean about his current project.

The violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman talks to Sean Rafferty, about his long career, playing the viola and duetting with his wife.

The Signum Quartet talk to Sean and play live in the studio

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

Violist Rivka Golani and Ramona Big Head of the Blackfoot First Nation talk to Sean.

Paul McCreesh visits the studio to talk about Gabrieli ROAR.

Sir Roger Norrington joins Sean to talk about a forthcoming project.

Lars Tharp in conversation with Sean Rafferty.

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

Martin James Bartlett plays live in the In Tune studio

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

One of the world's best trumpeters, Håkan Hardenberger, talks to Suzy Klein.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays live in the studio.

The conductor François-Xavier Roth and soprano Camilla Tilling talk to Sean Rafferty.

Simon Halsey talks to Sean about his current projects

Annabel Arden talks to Sean Rafferty about the art of directing opera.

The great cellist and pedagogue William Pleeth is remembered by his son, Anthony Pleeth, and granddaughter, Tatty Theo - also professional cellists.

Milos visits the In Tune studio to talk about his latest album and to play live

Jack Liebeck talks to Sean and plays live in the studio.

Composer Tunde Jegede on the world premire of his kora concerto.

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

Peter Sellars in conversation with Georgia Mann.

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

Sarah Nicolls talks about her latest project and performs live.

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.

Semyon Bychkov on conducting Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House.

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”.

Singer Angélique Kidjo chats to Suzy about her recent Grammy nomination.

Jonathan Pryce reads from Kalevipoeg as part of our Northern Lights season.

Michael Nyman and Hilary Summers talk to Suzy about their latest project.

Jonathan Pryce reads from Kalevala as part of our Northern Lights season.

Jonathan Pryce reads from Beowolf as part of our Northern Lights season.

GB Hurdler William Sharman & Channel 4 newsreader Cathy Newman talk to Sean Rafferty and perform pieces by Schumann on In Tune.

Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton talk to Sean about the Leeds Lieder season.

Journalist and political sketch writer Quentin Letts on his novel, The Speaker's Wife.

The soprano Ermonela Jaho talks to Sean Rafferty about playing Leoncavallo's Zaza.

Conductor Lahav Shani chats to Sean from Birmingham

Avi Avital brings his mandolin into the In Tune studio

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.

Nelson Goerner talks to Sean Rafferty.

Eddie Gomez and Simon Bainbridge talk to Sean about an exciting new collaboration.

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

Choreographer Sasha Waltz talks to Suzy Klein about her latest project.

Wynton Marsalis and Nicola Benedetti in an interview recorded back in August

Our very own Katie Derham pops in with Anton du Beke to update us on Strictly

Alexander Armstrong visits the studio to sing songs from his new album

The "king and queen of banjo" pop in to talk to Sean and play some live music

John Rutter talks to Sean Rafferty about his work, and gives tips on composing carols.

Louise Dearman talks to Sean Rafferty about singing Gershwin and her career.

Conductor Edward Gardner pops into the studio to talk about his new post in Bergen

The cellist Alisa Weilerstein talks to Sean Rafferty.

Sean visits the new Agincourt 600 Royal Armouries Exhibition at the Tower of London and talks to Dr Malcolm Mercer, Curator of Tower History

Sean talks to Stephen Kovacevich about his 75th birthday celebration concert

Nancy Carroll and Roger Allam visit the In Tune studio to talk about their new play

Composer Thomas Newman on writing the music for the new Bond film, Spectre

Performance artist Laurie Anderson pops in to talk about her new work.

Sean talks to mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly

Nicola Benedetti with ten intriguing facts about Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.

Sean talks to conductor Valery Gergiev

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Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending

Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Haydn's Trumpet Concerto.

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 Shostakovich's Symphony No.10

Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Anna Clyne's Night Ferry

Nicola Benedetti reveals ten intriguing facts about Verdi's Requiem

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.

Hear our experts’ many tips and tricks for warming up – from practising in Italian, to talking in a higher voice, and why basses can enjoy longer lie-ins before morning rehearsals than sopranos. Our experts vocal trainer Mary King, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies, soprano Angel Blue and baritone Roderick Williams explain all, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

Why is singing in Italian like riding a racehorse? Why is French such a tricky language to sing in? And what's with all those German consonants? Find out more from our experts baritone Roderick Williams, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Angel Blue, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

How do you deal with an instrument you can’t see, only imagine? How can you practice throwing your voice? And why is counter-tenor technique akin to that of yodelling? Hear tips and tricks on technique from our experts baritone Roderick Williams, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Angel Blue, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

On Thursday 11th June the saxophonist and jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman passed away. In this podcast saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch talks to Suzy Klein about Coleman's great legacy, and how he himself was influenced by Coleman's revolutionary free jazz style.

Suzy talks to The Sixteen's Harry Christophers.

Multi award winning conductor Jose Serebrier talks to Suzy Klein ahead of his concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in London, which includes a selection of Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and The Last Paradise by Xiaogang Ye with violinist Cho-Liang Lin.

This week Edward Gardner prepares to conduct his final production at the English National Opera as their Music Director, a new production of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. Ahead of the show, Edward talks to Suzy Klein about his time at ENO, how he's grown as a conductor and what he still hopes to do achieve in the future.

Suzy talks to conductor Philippe Herreweghe, one of the world’s leading choral conductors, about the delights of Gesualdo madrigals, and of the great inspiration he got from early music pioneers Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt.

Composer and Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir talks to Suzy Klein. Having just triumped at this year's Ivor Novello Awards, Judith also has a brand new piece called 'Good Morning, Midnight' which receives its world premiere at the Wigmore Hall in London this Saturday.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize, Anne Enright, talks to Sean Rafferty at the Hay Festival about returning to the west coast of Ireland to research her latest book, The Green Road.

National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke talks to Sean Rafferty at the Hay Festival about writing in English and in Welsh, the possibility of being inspired by a tea bag, and on listening to Bach at David's Cathedral.

Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman talks to Sean Rafferty at the Hay Festival about her latest book Love Hurts, a collection of short love stories, and about writing for young people.

Queen of Shops Mary Portas talks to Sean Rafferty at the Hay Festival about her latest book Shop Girl: A Memoir, and discovering her passion for design whilst growing up in the 1970s, which included making her own fancy dress costumes.

Author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series, Alexander McCall Smith, talks to Sean Rafferty at the Hay Festival about his recent book The Novel Habits of Happiness, and about winning a pig as a prize for his latest work of comic fiction, Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party.

Daniel Barenboim talks to Georgia Mann about his newly designed piano, built specially ahead of his Schubert recital series at the Royal Festival Hall. He describes why the piano is so radically different from others, and how he came to have the idea.

Sean Rafferty talks to comedian and Carry On legend Jim Dale about his varied career. He tells Sean about his work on Broadway, his songwriting, voicing the 400+ voices in the US Harry Potter series, and does impressions of Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Williams.

Violinist Christian Tetzlaff talks to Suzy Klein about his preference for his modern German violin over Strads, and how it feels to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto for the 301st time.

Violinist Nicola Benedetti talks to Suzy Klein about the latest Ten Pieces project, which is set to roll out across secondary schools shortly. Nicola talks passionately about the importance of music education, engaging young audiences, and reveals more about the ten works on this year's list, including Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending.

Nigel Kennedy on what it means to be musician, bridging musical boundaries and his upcoming collaboration with Oxford Philomusica

Violinist Tasmin Little on her passion for English music, rarely-played music and her upcoming recording with BBC Philharmonic and Andrew Davis.

Conductor Masaaki Suzuki talks to Sean Rafferty, ahead of a concert in St John's Smith Square with the Bach Collegium Japan. When Suzuki first suggested recording a complete cycle of Bach's cantatas to the director of the BIS record label, his proposal was met with "uncontrollable laughter". However, hearing Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan won the record executive over, and the rest is history. Suzuki tells Sean Rafferty how he was drawn to Bach, why vocal training in Japan makes Japanese singers ideal for his music, and, now that the Bach cycle is complete, and what the future holds beyond the music of the great master.

Conductor Valery Gergiev on the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition taking place in Moscow and St Petersburg June-July this year, and his thoughts on who should become the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's new chief conductor.

Mike Leigh, the revered British director behind the likes of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and last year's Mr Turner, talks to Sean Rafferty about his exciting new venture in to the world of opera with a brand new ENO production of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic Pirates of Penzance. Joined by the opera's conductor David Parry, Leigh talks about how he was finally convinced to make an opera, his love of Gilbert and Sullivan, and the daring act of going for an entirely straight and authentic production, in tribute to what he sees as the genius of the two men.

Violinist Isabelle Faust talks about playing chamber music, and about the greatness of the Brahms Violin Concerto.

Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Rebecca von Lipinski talk to Sean Rafferty ahead of their appearance as Florestan and Leonore in a special performance of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio this Friday (8th May) with the BBC Philharmonic at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Semyon Bychkov, fresh from winning the best conductor prize at the International Opera Awards, talks to Suzy Klein about his upcoming concerts at the Royal Academy of Music and with the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as his visit to the BBC PROMS this season with the Vienna Philharmonic and an early passion for volleyball.

Singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney talks to Suzy about her influences, from Purcell to Joni Mitchell, and the release of her debut album, 'The Longest River'.

Serbian-born pianist Ivan Ilic on Debussy, Scriabin, and watering his plants.

Violinist David Garrett discusses life on the road, reaching new audiences and the hard work required in building a fan base.

One of the world's greatest percussionists, Dame Evelyn Glennie, on how to listen, her project commissioning new music for percussionists, and performing a world premiere for a new instrument, the Aluphone, at the 2015 Proms as part of her 50th birthday celebrations.

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes on his complete cycle of Beethoven piano concertos at the 2015 Proms, marking the grand finale of his 'Beethoven Journey' with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Violinist Jack Liebeck and Professor Brian Cox talk to Suzy Klein about the nature of time, the universe & everything ahead of the upcoming Oxford May Music festival which starts next week. Brian Cox will give two lectures on time at the festival which will be followed by Jack Liebeck's Trio Dali and clarinettist Paul Dean performing Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Adrian Chandler, violinist and director of the acclaimed early music ensemble La Serenissima, talks to Sean Rafferty about reviving the Violino in Tromba Marina (a 3 stringed metallic sounding violin) favoured by Vivaldi and constructed and researched by Chandler himself. Adrian will be playing the instrument in a special La Serenissima concert at Cadogan Hall this weekend.

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber on working as Daniel Barenboim's assistant, mimicking other conductors, playing the accordion, charity work and his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Conductor of the mighty New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, joins Sean to talk about the orchestra's residency at the Barbican, and the all-consuming demands made on an American Musical Director.

Cellist Matthew Barley talks to Sean Rafferty about HK Gruber's hugely challenging cello concerto which he will perform at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall this Friday (17th April) with the BBC Philharmonic and Gruber himself conducting.

Conductor Paavo Jarvi is currently in the UK to continue his great Nielsen Symphony Cycle with the Philharmonia Orchestra, performing Symphony No.4 throughout the week. Paavo talks to Sean Rafferty about the greatness of Nielsen's works, plus the challenges of his new CD of Shostakovich Cantatas, including the the political impact of peforming these patriotic Soviet pieces in Estonia recently.

Star trumpeter Alison Balsom on touring Bramwell Tovey’s piece 'Songs of the Paradise Saloon' with London Philharmonic Orchestra and the need to practice the natural trumpet

Composer James Macmillan talks to Sean Rafferty about his St Luke Passion and the relevance of Passions today. James himself will be conducting his St Luke Passion at King's College, Cambridge live on BBC Radio 3 on Good Friday at 7.30 before the piece receives its London premiere at the Barbican Hall on Easter Sunday.

As In Tune reveals the nominations for this year's RPS Music Awards, Sean Rafferty talks to tenor Mark Padmore who is nominated in the Singer category alongside baritone Christian Gerhaher and soprano Nine Stemme. Mark talks about his current role in Bach's St Matthew Passion, performed on period instruments by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Pianist Jonathan Biss talks to Suzy Klein about his life-long obsession with Beethoven, which has inspired not just his recordings but also his writing and a new online course he runs from the Curtis Institute. Jonathan recently released his latest recording of Beethoven on his own JB label.

Angela Hewitt drops in to the In Tune studio to play Bach as well as her new venture, Scarlatti. She talks to Suzy Klein about her upcoming Masterclasses as part of the 'It's All About Piano' festival and looks back on 20 years of Bach recordings for Hyperion.

Acclaimed Canadian pianist Louis Lortie talks to Suzy Klein about how he approaches playing Chopin, and also about his next recital of Liszt and Beethoven.

Legendary Irish mezzo-soprano, Ann Murray, talks to Suzy Klein about her farewell recital album, recorded with pianist Malcolm Martineau and members of their families.

Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake discuss the unique combination of styles in the songs of Liszt and their working relationship spanning the last 25 years

Suzy Klein is joined in our Salford studios by the Quebecois folk group Le Vent du Nord whose performances capture 'the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party'!

Two huge names from the jazz world, Courtney Pine (playing bass clarinet) and pianist Zoe Rahman are in the In Tune studio talking about their new album 'Song (the Ballad Book)', a stripped back and intimate collection of standards. Courtney and Zoe talk to Sean Rafferty all about how they started working together and the process of choosing the works for the album.

Sean Rafferty with ex-Colin Davis pupil and rising star conductor Ben Gernon, who is about to take the Camerata Salzburg on a tour of the UK.

Pianist Jeremy Denk talks to Sean Rafferty ahead of his concert with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Cadogan Hall in London. Jeremy talks about trading a life of chemistry for the piano, winning the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award and the composers he most admires.

Kurt Weill's opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny opens at the Royal Opera House soon - singers Kurt Streit and Christine Rice take a break from rehearsals to join Sean Rafferty to talk about their characters, and how mezzo-sopranos are 'quite used to playing hookers and whores'...

The Brook Street Band's cellist Tatty Theo on 18th century Leipzig coffeehouse culture - in particular, Zimmerman's Kaffeehaus and the music performed there.

The Glyndebourne season starts in May and in this podcast Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to one of the big names to look out for - tenor Edgaras Montvidas, who will be starring in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung.

Opera director Peter Sellars' new production of Purcell's Indian Queen for the ENO opens tonight. In this interview with Suzy Klein, Sellars touches upon a vast range of things, from his love of Purcell to his thoughts on the future of the ENO, and the continuing importance of the arts today.

Tenor Noah Stewart joined Suzy Klein ahead of singing in Purcell's Indian Queen at English National Opera and then Pinkerton in Puccini's Madam Butterfly at the Royal Opera House, a role in which he feels he's done his job if he gets booed...

Violinist Ray Chen talks to Suzy Klein ahead of his concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall this week. Ray talks about his early competition wins, his love of fashion, and why performing is not just about the music but also the audience.

Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva on moving from Moscow to Cardiff, choosing the right teacher and performing in Vivaldi's L'Oracolo in Messenia with Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante at the Barbican in London

Mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter talks to Sean Rafferty about performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and her recent Grammy win for her album Douce France.

Sean Rafferty gets a sneak preview of the National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition ‘Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends’, which focuses on John Singer Sargent’s collection of portraits of his closest contemporaries including artists, writers, actors and musicians. Joining Sean round the gallery is the exhibition's curator (and great nephew to Sargent) Richard Ormond.

Principal clarinettist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Andreas Ottensamer discusses connections between sport and music, his new Brahms recording and the Berlin Phil's London residency.

Wagnerian bass-baritone Iain Paterson on the challenge of singing Hans Sachs in Wagner's Die Meistersinger at ENO, the importance of art and getting into music by accident after a sports injury

Soprano Elizabeth Zharoff talks to Suzy Klein about starring as Violetta at English National Opera, and her other passion - writing music for video games, and how she'd like those two worlds to collide.

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida and Robin Ticciati talk to Suzy Klein ahead of their concert at Usher Hall in Edinburgh with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, which sees Uchida performing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G. The pair talk about working together for 10 years, the joys of Ravel and the challenges of the concert's other pieces which includes works by Faure, Boulez and Haydn.

Fortepianist Robert Levin tells Suzy Klein how he improvises cadenzas in Mozart's concertos, why they aren't a place to show off technical virtuosity, and what he'll do if musical inspiration ever fails him.

Pianist Artur Pizarro remembers his teacher, Aldo Cicciolini, who died on 1st February.

Conductor Kent Nagano talks to Sean Rafferty about his concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in London last week. The recital, part of the Barbican's 'Total Immersion: Percussion!' saw the orchestra performing the UK premiere of 'Tutuguri', Wolfgang Rihm’s work for large orchestra, percussionists, taped chorus and speaker. Nagano spoke about the process of realising such an ambitious work, as well as the story of how a meeting with Frank Zappa lead to a stint conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda on life and music in Turin, working with pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and returning to Beethoven with the BBC Philharmonic

Royal Opera House conductor Antonio Pappano on Giordano's great verismo opera, Andrea Chenier.

Composer Gerald Barry discusses the influences of Handel and castrati on his opera 'The Intelligence Park', and conductor Clark Rundell shares his enthusiasm for Barry's music.

Sean Rafferty goes backstage at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, part of Shakespeare's Globe in London, in the company of Dr Will Tosh, the theatre’s resident Research Fellow. Part of a special edition of In Tune, live from the Playhouse.

Sean Rafferty gets a special sneak preview of 'Rubens and His Legacy - Van Dyck to Cézanne', a new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London focusing on the work of the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. Sean talks to curator Nico Van Hout about some of the exhibition's highlights, and we hear music of the period by Khachaturian, Monteverdi and Purcell.

Sean Rafferty introduces the deep, rich tones of Russian baritone Sergei Leiferkus. In London for a performance of Rachmaninov's Miserly Knight with the LPO and Vladimir Jurowski, Leiferkus talks all things opera, and tells Sean about the peculiar quality of the Russian voice.

Composer George Fenton talks to Sean Rafferty about The Blue Planet in Concert - a live performance of the music shown with footage from the TV series.

Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton turn their attention to American song, and talk to Sean about their upcoming recital. Oh, and table tennis.

Pianist Valentina Lisitsa on how a taste for classical music develops just like a taste for food and wine, her optimism for the future of classical music, and performing Prokofiev with the London Symphony Orchestra

Pianist Imogen Cooper talks to Ian Skelly about her new CD of music by Robert and Clara Schumann, the challenges of play/directing, and preparing the ground for a new Trust for young pianists.

Pianist John Lill talks to Suzy about his illustrious career, the secrets of good technique, and the continuing inspiration of Beethoven.

Folk ensemble Tir Eolas talk to Suzy Klein about their debut album, and play live in the studio

Grammy award-winning Renée Fleming talks to Suzy Klein about her starring role as Hanna Glawari, the titular 'Merry Widow' of Franz Lehár’s operetta which is currently running at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The production, which sees Fleming performing the role all through January, will be broadcast live not only to Opera on 3, but also to cinemas across the UK on Saturday 17th January.

Soprano Dame Felicity Lott talks to Suzy Klein about her new role as patron of the City of London Sinfonia, initially focusing on CLS’s education and wellbeing programme Meet the Music. She speaks about the joys of working with young people as well as her other plans for 2015, plus she performs Schumann and Frank Bridge live in the In Tune studio.

Singer, broadcaster and BBC Ten Pieces ambassador Cerys Matthews reveals her favourite Christmas piece

Jazz pianist and BBC Ten Pieces ambassador Julian Joseph reveals his favourite Christmas piece, and even treats us to an interpretation of his own!

Harpist and BBC Ten Pieces ambassador Catrin Finch reveals her favourite Christmas carol

Sean Rafferty talks to the man completely synonimous with Christmas music - choral composer John Rutter, who has now been writing immensely popular carols for decades. Ahead of his special Christmas 'Sing Along' concert at Kings Place in London, John Rutter talks to Sean about the continuing popularity of carols 50 years after 'Shepherds pipe', his first entry to the canon. He also talks about the old carols that continue to inspire him, and his experience of composing his own requiem.

Sean talks to conductor Peter Phillips, discussing his acclaimed choir The Tallis Scholars as they prepare for a Christmas concert.

Superstar Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja talks to Sean Rafferty about singing Verdi at the Royal Opera House.

Trumpeter and BBC Ten Pieces ambassador Alison Balsom reveals her favourite Christmas piece

Conductor Sakari Oramo on Danish composer Carl August Nielsen's life and work, and making new discoveries in music

Conductor John Mauceri talks to Suzy Klein about his new CD of 'Music for Hitchcock' and the joy to be found in musical diversity.

Violinist Jack Liebeck joins Sean Rafferty at MediaCityUK in Salford to talk about performing and recording Bruch, and his Oxford May Music Festival linking music, science and the Arts.

Trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger talks to Sean Rafferty about his new Brett Dean commission with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, premiering at the Barbican in London this week. He speaks about Brigitte Nilsson giving him vocal tips and the importance of contemporary repertoire for the trumpet.

Pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy talks to Sean about life under Stalin and meeting Shostakovich.

Choreographer and director Matthew Bourne on the changing attitudes to dance, the BBC Young Dancer competition and taking Edward Scissorhands on tour.

Actress Vanessa Redgrave and international lawyer Philippe Sands with baritone Laurent Naouri perform extracts from their piece about the three men at heart of the Nuremburg trial.

Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier discusses working with students, his time at Ulster Orchestra and bungee jumping backwards.

Husband and wife Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber join Sean in the studio to talk about their new CD of music for two cellos by Vivaldi and their mammouth tour for next year. The CD is Julian's penultimate cello recording having officially retired from playing earlier this year. He talks to Sean about life after playing, while Jiaxin performs music by Bach and Philip Glass live in the studio.

Legendary bass Sir John Tomlinson talks to Sean Rafferty about performing in Tristan at the Royal Opera House, and a memorial concert for Leslie Head, a man who helped many young musicians in their early careers.

Dame Emma Kirkby talks to Sean Rafferty about her career as an early music specialist with particular emphasis on lutesong, and her working relationship with lutenist Jakob Lindberg.

Director Peter Sellars on John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary at English National Opera

David Skinner, the director of the acclaimed consort Alamire, talks to Sean Rafferty about their new CD 'The Spy's Choirbook', a collection of music of Continental Europe from the early sixteenth century, all drawn from the manuscripts of Petrus Alamire himself. David tells the fascinating story of Alamire's supposed opposition to Henry VIII, and how composer's of the time used music to convey secret messages.

The Observer's food critic and Masterchef judge Jay Rayner turns his hand(s) to the piano, and performs jazz with his quartet ahead of their gig at The Crazy Coqs.

Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal discusses starting out as a singer, coffee, her hero Ella Fitzgerald and the EFG London Jazz Festival. Includes Steve Wright's 'Jazz Factoids', featuring Sean Rafferty.

Conductor and harpsichordist William Christie on his passion for Handel, staging ballets by Rameau, and forming his Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979

Last week the London Jazz Festival began it's 22nd year with a host of concerts including one by jazz piano legend Abdullah Ibrahim, who peformed with his septet Ekaya as well as a brand new trio. Ahead of this concert, Abdullah joined Suzy Klein on the line to talk about his early days as a pianist, the music that influenced him most, and his thoughts on still performing at 80.

Violinist-turned-conductor Julian Rachlin is the Royal Northern Sinfonia's new Principal Guest Conductor, who believes "they qualify as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world".

Russian pianist Denis Matsuev aka 'The Siberian Bear' discusses performing and touring with the LSO and Valery Gergiev, taking risks in performance and his love of jazz

Singer and pianist Jamie Cullum discusses the making of his new album 'Interlude' and his London Jazz Festival highlights

Sardinian jazz singer Filomena Campus joins Suzy Klein in the studio to talk about her new album Scaramouche and this week's residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho. She also performed two songs with fellow Sardinian accordionist Antonello Salis.

Conductor Sir Mark Elder discusses learning to love Vaughan Williams, the importance of quiet time and libraries when preparing to perform a work, the evolving sound of the Halle Orchestra and spending this winter with La boheme in Paris. Live from Manchester Central Library.

Baritone Simon Keenlyside talks to Suzy Klein about his new CD of classic American (and West End) show songs, 'Something's Gotta Give', recorded with Scarlett Strallen and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Conductor and composer Carl Davis talks to Suzy Klein about the upcoming performance of Last Train to Tomorrow at the Roundhouse. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport through a song cycle performed by Finchley Children's Music Group.

In Tune was live from the Sage Gateshead to kick off Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival, with Sean Rafferty speaking to a number of musicians and speakers from across the weekend. In this podcast Sean talks to singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe, who performed songs by himself as well as Noel Coward. the Beach Boys, and even a tiny bit of Pachelbel on the show.

In Tune was live from the Sage Gateshead to kick off Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival, with Sean Rafferty speaking to a number of musicians and speakers from across the weekend. In this podcast Sean talks to New Generation Thinker and historian Alun Withey, who talks about the fascinating history of beards and their standing in society.

In Tune was live from the Sage Gateshead to kick off Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival, with Sean Rafferty speaking to a number of musicians and speakers from across the weekend. In this podcast Sean talks to Karen Armstrong, one of the world’s leading thinkers about religion. Karen gave this year's the Free Thinking Lecture, arguing that, in the current global situation, a recognition of how little we know is the only way to peace.

In Tune was live from the Sage Gateshead to kick off Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival, with Sean Rafferty speaking to a number of musicians and speakers from across the weekend. In this podcast Sean talks to Turkish author Elif Shafak, who gave an interview at the Free Thinking Festival about imagination and storytelling as she publishes her new novel The Architect’s Apprentice.

In Tune was live from the Sage Gateshead to kick off Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival, with Sean Rafferty speaking to a number of musicians and speakers from across the weekend. In this podcast Sean talks to Lord Falconer, the former Lord Chancellor and Chairman of the Sage Gateshead. Lord Falconer talks to Sean about the Sage's continued success 10 years after opening and the similarities between his own stint as lord chancellor and that of Gilbert & Sullivan's lord chancellor in Iolanthe.

In Tune was live from the Sage Gateshead to kick off Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival, with Sean Rafferty speaking to a number of musicians and speakers from across the weekend. In this podcast Sean talks to popular children's author David Almond, who talks about why his writing appeals to both children and adults, and he reads an extract from his novel A Song for Ella Grey.

Tenor Mark Padmore and composer/pianist Thomas Larcher on the differences between music education in England and Austria, working together on Larcher's 'Padmore Cycle' and new music

Baritone Jonathan Lemalu from New Zealand and pianist Audrey Hyland perform live in the In Tune studio and discuss 'Songsmiths', a project founded by Audrey Hyland herself and featuring a number of talented up and coming opera singers. The duo perform alongside counter tenor Christopher Ainslie and mezzo soprano Anna Huntley at St John's Smith Square on Sunday 2nd November.

Choreographers Wayne McGregor and Alex Whitley talk to Sean Rafferty about their new work set to music by Thomas Ades opening at Sadlers Wells on 30 October.

Violinist/Conductor Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth discuss their UK tour with the Canadian Arts Centre Orchestra in memory of Canada's contribution to WW1, and about being married and how the Brahms Double Concerto was a sort of love letter between them

This week the nominations for the 2014 British Composer Awards were announced. Celebrated percussionist Evelyn Glennie will be speaking at the awards ceremony in December, and she spoke to Sean Rafferty about what life is like for a composer.

Legendary singer songwriter Neil Sedaka talks to Sean about his upcoming UK tour, his illustrious pop career and the classical life that could have been. Along the way he performs two classic songs and even a bit of Chopin!

Exhibit 6/6: Barlach Angel. Sean talks to curators Barrie Cooke and Clarissa von Spee of the exhibition 'Germany: Memories of a Nation' at the British Museum.

Exhibit 5/6: Banknotes. Sean talks to curators Barrie Cooke and Clarissa von Spee of the exhibition 'Germany: Memories of a Nation' at the British Museum.

Exhibit 4/6: Huntsman Automaton. Sean talks to curators Barrie Cooke and Clarissa von Spee of the exhibition 'Germany: Memories of a Nation' at the British Museum.

Exhibit 3/6: Gutenberg Bible. Sean talks to curators Barrie Cooke and Clarissa von Spee of the exhibition 'Germany: Memories of a Nation' at the British Museum.

Exhibit 2/6: Tischbein's Goethe. Sean talks to curators Barrie Cooke and Clarissa von Spee of the exhibition 'Germany: Memories of a Nation' at the British Museum.

Exhibit 1/6: Strasbourg Clock. Sean talks to curators Barrie Cooke and Clarissa von Spee of the exhibition 'Germany: Memories of a Nation' at the British Museum.

Dancer and choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne and composer Giles Easterbrook discuss Arthur Bliss' Miracle in the Gorbals, the history of Sadler's Wells Theatre and working with Ninette de Valois

Celebrated opera director Jonathan Miller helms a new production of Bizet's Carmen for the Mid-Wales Opera company, translated to English by the writer and comedian Rory Bremner. The two sat down with Sean Rafferty to talk all about it.

The phenomenal pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida talks to Sean Rafferty ahead of her performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London this week, playing Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Diabelli and Schubert.

'Living legend' violinist Joshua Bell talks to Sean Rafferty about his new Bach CD recorded with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Sean Rafferty visits the new Rembrandt exhibition at the National Gallery in London.

Renowned baritone Sir Thomas Allen and pianist Joseph Middleton discuss Schubert, model making and singing at the Met in New York.

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about The Firebird by Stravinsky - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein asks Anna Meredith to reveal ten intriguing facts about her new piece Connect It - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Folk singer Eliza Carthy on starring in the BBC Music 'God Only Knows' recording, working with Tim Erikson, and the trouble with musical labels.

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Mozart's Horn Concerto - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Handel's Zadok the Priest - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about In The Hall of the Mountain King from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Storm from Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

As the BBC launches the Ten Pieces scheme, inspiring children to get creative with classical music, Suzy Klein speaks to one of the scheme's abassadors violinist Nicola Benedetti all about it.

Suzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Beethoven's Symphony No.5 - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces

Sean talks to David Thomas, Emma Kirkby, and Pavlo Beznosuik about the conductor, musicologist, and founder of the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.

Violinist Chlose Hanslip drops by to talk about her upcoming recital at London's Wigmore Hall on Thursday 25th September with pianist Igor Tchetuev, where they'll be performing works by Medtner, Scnittke and Beethoven. She also regails Sean Rafferty with her love of Shostakovich, and the story of the first time she picked up the violin - at the age of 3!

Cellist Steven Isserlis and violin dealer Charles Beare tell the amazing story of a 'trench cello' from World War One and Steven plays on the instrument live in the studio

After two years of renovations, the Wallace Collection's Grand Gallery finally reopens on Friday 19th September, playing host to a stunning selection of some of the world's greatest ever works of art from Hals’ The Laughing Cavalier, to Rubens’ The Rainbow Landscape, and Poussin’s A Dance to the Music of Time. Sean Rafferty was given a special sneak preview of this beautiful gallery by the Collection's director Dr Christoph Vogtherr, learning about the wonderful pieces and their connections to classical music of the period.

Three Gramophone Award-winners: violinist Leonidas Kavakos (Artist of the Year), conductor Riccardo Chailly (Orchestral category) and conductor John Butt (Choral category) talk to Sean Rafferty.

Welsh baritone and award winning actor Emma Thompson on performing Sweeney Todd at English National Opera next year

As he gets ready to launch his percussion festival 'Metal Wood Skin' at the South Bank in London, percussionist Colin Currie talks to Sean Rafferty all about it, and performs an example of 'Body Percussion' live in the studio. We also call up one of Colin's best friends who happens to be the revered contemporary composer Steve Reich. He tells Sean all about working with Colin and how he once had a removals company with none other than Philip Glass...

Legendary photographer Terry Cryer on working with the stars of jazz and blues over the past 60 years, blagging his way into the industry and a new retrospective exhibition at the RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate

Last Night of the Proms violinist, Janine Jansen talks to Suzy Klein about handling those Last Night nerves.

National Treasure, composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies shares his 80th birthday cake with Suzy Klein.

Trumpeter Alison Balsom talks to Suzy Klein about her new album, tour, and inspiring young musicians and the importance of music education.

James Rhodes talks about his new Channel 4 documentary 'Don't Stop the Music', in which the outspoken pianist attempts to give schoolchildren the chance to learn a musical instrument by calling for an 'instrument amnesty'.

Choral composer Eric Whitacre and Professor Stephen Clift discuss the huge benefits of singing and the science behind it as they prepare for the upcoming symposium 'Recent Advances in the Science of Singing and Wellbeing and Health' which takes place at the Royal College of Music in London on Wednesday 10th September.

American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato on preparing for auditions, owning a role, voice type and performing with Sir Antonio Pappano at the Wigmore Hall

Conductor Marin Alsop talks to Sean Rafferty about tackling Mahler's First Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and how music can unite us in times of trouble.

The superstar pianist Lang Lang drops by the In Tune studio to talk about his new series of books 'Mastering the Piano', a 5 volume set for teachers and young students. Lang Lang talks to Sean about how his own experiences learning the piano have shaped his approach to education, plus he gives us a quick word on his upcoming projects.

Sitar star Anoushka Shankar talks to Sean Rafferty about Indian classical music, playing with her father, Ravi Shankar, and Tagore, who is revered as the father of modern Indian art.

American soprano Christine Goerke talks to Sean Rafferty about her upcoming performance as the title role of Strauss' Elektra at the Proms this Sunday (31st August). She talks about her thoughts on the role, the early years of her career and why she can never listen to a recording of her own singing.

Conductor Donald Runnicles on performing Strauss' Salome at the Proms and adapting to the acoustic and surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall, and mentoring young conductors and singers

Producer and Artistic Advisor of Seoul Philharmoniuc Orchestra Michael Fine and Chinese sheng player Wu Wei discuss the central place of Classical music in the cultural life of Korea and the orchestra's debut at the BBC Proms.

The world renowned pianist Sir András Schiff talks to Sean Rafferty all about his upcoming recital at the Edinburgh Festival, the power of Bach's music, and why he may never return to his homeland of Hungary.

Cellist Natalie Clein talks about her upcoming recitals at the Purbeck Chamber Music Festival, including a special WW1 memorial concert with a twist - taking place in a tank museum.

Tenor Stuart Skelton on singing at the BBC Proms, working with Edward Gardner, playing the lead role in Verdi's Otello at English National Opera and 'the 72 hour rule'

On Wednesday 13th August, conductor and renowned baroque flautist Frans Brüggen passed away. In this podcast, we delve in to the archives for an interview with Brüggen himself, and Suzy Klein talks to two people who worked with him - tenor John Mark Ainsley and Philippe Herreweghe, conductor and founder of the Collegium Vocale Gent choir - who assess Brüggen's legacy.

Composer and musician Stevie Wishart talks to Suzy Klein about composing for the Proms back in 2011, and her upcoming Prom with the Aurora Orchestra. She also treats us to a performance of one of her own compositions on the Hurdy-Gurdy!

Tenor Toby Spence on his relationship with his voice, surfing and performing Britten at Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms

American pianist Jonathan Biss discusses his approach to performing the works of Beethoven and Schumann, and his upcoming appearances at the 2014 BBC Proms including the UK premiere of Bernard Rands' Piano Concerto

Proms artist, violinist James Ehnes, talks to Suzy Klein about his love of chamber music, the Stradivarius violin he fell in love with, and finding his own voice as a performer.

Proms artist, conductor Sir Neville Marriner talks to Suzy Klein about turning 90, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and what he'd still like to achieve.

Peter Phillips, director of the Tallis Scholars, talks about the choir's upcoming Late Night Prom celebrating the late contemporary composer John Tavener.

The Canadian pianist, producer, rapper and 'sit-down comedian' talks to Sean Rafferty about his new book and CD 'Re-Introduction Etudes' which aims to make everyone fall in love with the piano again.

Composer Gabriel Prokofiev discusses his new Violin Concerto, ahead of its world premiere at the Proms this year.

South African soprano Pumeza on singing at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Bristol Proms and operatic roles for the future

Proms artist, conductor Sir Roger Norrington talks to Sean Rafferty about coming back to Bach and preparations for his coming concert with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

Pianist Barry Douglas on recording Brahms, inspiring young musicians and his Proms 2014 appearance with conductor Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra

Proms artist, violinist Tasmin Little on performing the Moeran Violin Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena in her 20th appearance at the BBC Proms.

Newly-appointed Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir CBE, talks to Sean Rafferty about her new royal role.

Baritone Gerald Finley talks to Sean Rafferty about singing Durufle's Requiem at the BBC Proms, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Conductor Gareth Malone talks to Sean Rafferty about conducting the Proms Military Wives Choir and the upcoming War Horse Prom on 3rd August.

Baritone Roderick Williams talks to Sean Rafferty about performing at the Last Night of the Proms.

As part of Radio 3's Music in the Great War, David Owen Norris considers remembrance and visits the Royal College of Music to find out about some of the stories behind the names on their memorial plaque.

As part of Radio 3's Music in the Great War, David Owen Norris turns his attention to the former British colonies.

Violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman on his forthcoming UK tour commemorating Canada's role in the First World War. The tour includes a performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony which brings together two orchestras he's currently associated with: the Royal Philharmonic and the Ottawa-based National Arts Centre Orchestra.

As part of Radio 3's Music in the Great War, David Owen Norris's turn his attention to the US and a particular song: When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France ...

As part of Radio 3's Music in the Great War, David Owen Norris hears about the extraordinary musical vision of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin who, in some ways, saw the war as part of his grand plan.

As part of Music in the Great War on Radio 3, David Owen Norris finds out about the instruments that soldiers used at the front, including the extraordinary makeshift cello of the French musician, Maurice Marechal.

As part of Music in the Great War on Radio 3, David Owen Norris hears about the extraordinary account of life at the front written by a celebrated Viennese violinist: Fritz Kreisler.

As part of Music in the Great War on Radio 3, David Owen Norris takes a look at music on the Home Front and takes a trip South of the Thames to the Old Vic; the theatre slap bang in the middle of the Waterloo slums where Lilian Baylis staged her groundbreaking seasons of Shakespeare and opera while the zeppelins dropped bombs around her.

As part of Music in the Great War on Radio 3, David Owen Norris takes a look at the fate of the celebrated piano makers C Bechstein who, at the outbreak of the war had a famous showroom and concert hall in the heart of London.

As part of Music in the Great War on Radio 3, David Owen Norris hears about the incredible bravery of the pipers who led troops over the top and cemented their heroic status in the public mind.

Renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti on playing folk violin, music education and her new album 'Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy'

As part of Music in the Great War on Radio 3, David Owen Norris explores an extraordinary charity anthology put together in the first few weeks of the war for the relief of Belgian refugees. It was called King Albert’s book.

Pianist James Rhodes on connecting with young audiences, the healing powers of music, his passion for music education and setting up his own record label.

Finnish star soprano Karita Mattila on her upcoming performance of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House

Legendary guitarist John Williams tells Suzy why he's not retiring, his thoughts on music teaching and why playing the guitar is like chess

Russian American pianist Kirill Gerstein on jazz, growing up in Russia and recording the music of Mussorgsky and Schumann on his new album.

One of the world's greatest conductors, Bernard Haitink, on his love of working with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, meeting Shostakovich, recording the first complete cycle of Shostakovich symphonies in the West, and working with young conductors in Lucerne

Pianist, bandleader and broadcaster Jools Holland on touring with his orchestra, his love of Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington, and making music in his Greenwich studio.

Brenda Lucas discusses her late husband, John Ogdon, one of Britain's greatest ever classical pianists, ahead of a new documentary 'Living with Genius' on BBC Four

Counter-tenor Iestyn Davies talks to Swean Rafferty about the upcoming testosterone-fuelled 'Rinaldo' at Glyndebourne this summer, with not one but THREE counter-tenors in the cast.

Gillian Clarke talks Welsh poetry, Ruby Wax on staying sane, William Dalrymple on the art of Mughal Delhi and Sebastian Faulks talks Birdsong. Sean Rafferty presents, live from the 2014 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts

Legendary pianist-turned-poet Alfred Brendel talks to Sean Rafferty about music and writing, and reads some of his poems.

American composer Nico Muhly talks about composing liturgical music, his love of the choir and working for Philip Glass

Sean visits the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and talks to Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen about this year's show

Stephen Hough talks to Sean Rafferty about the music of the night, as explored on his latest CD.

Sean Rafferty visits the new Exponential Horn installation by sound artist Aleksander Kolkowski at the Science Museum in London. Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert and In Tune will be relayed through the enormous loudspeaker each day for the duration of the exhibition.

Music Director of the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Royal Opera House discusses Rossini, Verdi's Requiem, concert programming and his favourite conductors

Miss Saigon composer Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyricist Alain Boublil talk about the new production of the show returning to London, in its 25th anniversary year.

Legendary violinist Gyorgy Pauk talks to Sean about his enviable career, his work with young players and his love of London.

Opera's new 'power couple' soprano Ailyn Perez and tenor Stephen Costello talk to Suzy Klein about life together on the opera stage.

Mezzo Rosalind Plowright OBE talks about what's inspired her to record her first recital disc, her previous life as an operatic soprano and how she has always yearned to do a musical

Pianist Angela Hewitt discusses Bach's Art of Fugue and upcoming gigs at Glyndebourne and Wigmore Hall.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.8 of 12: David Garrick and his wife. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

Sean talks to 'the perfect modern diva' soprano Joyce DiDonato about La Cenerentola at the New York Met, and she offers sound advice on finding your own voice.

Jazz singer, saxophonist and songwriter Curtis Stigers discusses his new album 'Hooray for Love' and how mountain biking inspires new lyrics

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen's Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.12 of 12: London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards the city, c. 1750, by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto). You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

Sean speaks to Marcelo Bratke and Marco Gambino about l'Invitation au Voyage, their concert of music and poetry.

BBC Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo talks about the 2014 Proms, playing the violin with Janine Jansen and the importance of practicing when you're young.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen's Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.11 of 12: Don Rodrigo Caldero on Horseback, by Rubens, 1612-15. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

American cellist Alisa Weilerstein on playing at the 2014 Proms, recording the Elgar Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and her very first cello, made from a cereal box and a toothbrush.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.10 of 12: Portrait of Frederick the Great. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.9 of 12: Table clock by John Pyke. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

Guitarist Milos talks about his beloved Smallman guitar, how he took up the instrument and the art of fingernail lengths...

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.7 of 12: Cleopatra with the Asp, by Guido Reni c1628. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen's Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.6 of 12: The Return from the Chase signed and dated 1737. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.5 of 12: Miniature of Princess Anne. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

Sean walks round the new blockbuster Matisse exhibition at Tate Modern to discover Matisse's Cut-Outs accompanied by co-curator Flavia Frigeri

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen's Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.4 of 12: The Temple and Oracle of Apollo by Melchior Baumgartner (1621-1686) and Charles Clay (d.1740). You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.3 of 12: A Plan and Elevation of the Royal Fire-Works to be performed in St James's Park, 27 April 1749. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.2 of 12: Scene from The Beggar's Opera. You can see all 12 art works in the 18th Century Gallery on the Radio 3 website.

Countertenor Andreas Scholl and his wife and musical partner pianist Tamar Halperin talk about their favourite repertoire and working in their 'magical' homemade studio between episodes of the Sopranos

For the BBC 18th Century Season, Sean Rafferty looks at 12 Georgian art works from the Royal Collection at the Queen’s Gallery, guided by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. No.1 of 12: The Music Party by Philippe Mercier. Images of all twelve art works in the series can be seen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01x3ttt

Conductor Steuart Bedford remembers bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk.

Superstar soprano Danielle de Niese talks to Suzy about deciding to be an opera singer at 8 years old, her love of working with young singers and performing in the Bermondsey St tunnel

One of the world's finest conductors, Mariss Jansons, talks to Suzy about his musical heroes, his future projects and how conducting helped him recover from a heart attack

Two stars of opera - baritone Bryn Terfel and tenor Joseph Calleja discuss their own musical heroes, the language they most like to sing in and performing in Gounod's Faust at the Royal Opera House

Suzy Klein speaks to violinist Nicola Benedetti about her tour of India with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Live from Southbank Centre: National Treasure mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly CBE talks to Sean Rafferty about her career.

Brit Award nominated singer Laura Mvula and choral composer Eric Whitacre discuss their collaboration for a concert at Union Chapel in London and the power of the human voice

Sean Rafferty takes a tour of the new Wondrous Machines exhibition at Southbank Centre - machines inspired by the inauguration of the Royal Festival Hall organ - with Shan Maclennan and Chloe Bird.

Icon of stage and screen, Dame Julie Andrews on her breakthrough in film and on Broadway, and her admiration for Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil

"Music feeds the mind with long-term strength" - British pianist John Lill on his life and career.

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann on opera in high definition, and the struggles of Massenet's Werther.

As she celebrates 70, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa talks to Suzy Klein about her glittering career highlights, the demands of being an opera singer and her current role in the Royal Opera's 'La Fille du Regiment'. She also gives a new generation of singers some valuable advice: don't go cheap on the singing lessons!

Star tenor Juan Diego Florez talks about remembering stage moves, keeping his voice agile after 40, and his newfound appreciation for rehearsing. As he limbers up for a run of Donizetti's La fille du regiment at the Royal Opera House, he also tells Suzy about balancing his homelife with his career, and his program for kids in Peru.

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes talks to Suzy about his Beethoven journey ahead of his solo recital at the Barbican in London.

Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor pays tribute to influential flamenco guitarist Paco De Lucia, who died today.

Chinese piano superstar talks about bringing Chinese music to European audiences, learning the accordion and the perils of jetlag

Dame Felicity Lott with memories of recording Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer aged two-and-a-half, as well as other memories from her long career.

Pianist Piotr Anderszewski talks about his love of Schumann, why he shouldn't be expected to play Chopin and his dream for a piano you can play lying down.

Pianist Yuja Wang talks to Sean Rafferty about music, colour and her musical heroes.

Soprano Dame Josephine Barstow reflects on the life and work of the late Richard Angas - the much loved bass who performed in Jonathan Miller's Mikado more than 150 times

Conductor Edward Gardner on the return of Peter Grimes at ENO, Mendelssohn in Birmingham with the CBSO and his career plans for the future

Sean visits the 'By George! Handel’s Music for Royal Occasions' at The Foundling Museum in London, and speaks to Caro Howell (Director of the Foundling Museum) and Katharine Hogg (curator of the exhibition and librarian at the museum)

The astonishing violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, fresh from a rehearsal with the LSO and a flight from Australia, talks to Sean Rafferty about her repertoire, her musical collaborations and her violin, and wonders why exactly the 'frog' of the violin bow got such a bizarre name.

Andreas Scholl, one of the world's finest counter-tenors, talks to Suzy about his career, his multi-talented family and how he approaches concerts.

Suzy meets artist Martin Creed at his new retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery, to walk round the exhibition and explore the use of sound in his work

To mark the passing of folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger, Suzy Klein talks to Martin Carthy about his legacy.

A series of tributes to the late Claudio Abbado, with Lucerne Festival chief Michael Haefliger, Orchestra Mozart violinist Etienne Abelin, pianist Maria Joao Pires, conductor Daniel Harding and former LSO director Clive Gillinson

Superstar violinist Joshua Bell talks to Sean Rafferty about juggling conducting and performing with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and why he became a judge of Miss America.

Doctor Who composer Murray Gold talks about his long running association with the series, his plans for the future and the upcoming premiere of his new work inspired by a family tragedy

Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from London just before WW1, where Vaughan Williams seems to have caught the imagination of the city. Written by Dr Kate Kennedy

"Stand up straight and sing!" - Jessye Norman's advice for life. Listen to her on singing, civil rights and more.

Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard set in the St. Petersburg Conservatoire just before The Great War broke out, looking at the music of the time, particularly Prokofiev. Written by David Nice

Top violinist Maxim Vengerov on balancing the roles of chamber musician, soloist and conductor, looking after his prized violin and his new disc of Mozart Church Sonatas

Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from Berlin charting the music landscape of the city. Written by Dr Mark Berry

American pianist Joshua Rifkin talks about his love of Scott Joplin, his million-selling recordings of his music and the rewards of live performance.

Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from an enthusiastic concert goer in Paris just before the outbreak of WW1 which looks at the musical temperature of the time. Written by Dr Caroline Potter

Sakari Oramo, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, talks about the role of the conductor, the city of Vienna and his upcoming plans with the orchestra

Jonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard set in Vienna just before the outbreak of WW1 that asks whether Vienna really was the musical capital of Europe. Written by Professor David Wyn Jones

BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz explores seasonal works of art. In the fourth Christmas card of the season he looks at Andy Warhol's graphic Christmas cards of the late 1950s, images which paved the way for him to become the father of pop art

BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz explores seasonal works of art. In the third of the series it's the turn of Banksy and the provocative images he spray-painted on the division wall between Israel and the Palestinian Territories near Bethlehem

BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz explores seasonal works of art. In the second of 5 Christmas Cards he celebrates Christmas Eve by Henri Matisse, and looks forward to 2014 when a major exhibition of the artist's work opens at Tate Modern in London.

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas on his long career, the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony.

BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz explores seasonal works of art. In the first of 5 Christmas Cards he turns to Van Gogh's self-portrait Bandaged Ear, which began life on Christmas Eve 1888

Sean Rafferty talks to tenor Roberto Alagna & mezzo soprano Anita Rachvetishvili about their roles in Bizet's Carmen at Covent Garden.

Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo pays tribute to the great Nelson Mandela

Maestro Daniel Barenboim on conducting the New Years Day Concert in Vienna, and on winning the Marion Dönhoff prize for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Sean Rafferty about where he found inspiration for his tenth symphony as he approaches his 80th birthday.

Gerald Finley on singing Wagner - he's back at the Royal Opera House singing Parsifal, and has recorded a new Winterreise disc with pianist Julius Drake. He talks to Sean Rafferty about the challenges of singing Schubert and Wagner.

Baritone Njabulo Madlala talks to Sean Rafferty about his meteoric rise from a South African Township to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter talks about her latest album of French songs.

Choirmaster and presenter Gareth Malone talks about teaching people to Sing While You Work and the joy of putting together his brand new group, Gareth Malone's Voices

Composer John Rutter, cellist Steven Isserlis and soprano Patricia Rozario reflect on the life and work of the late Sir John Tavener

Superstar pianist Lang Lang on his new role as UN Messenger of Peace, playing from memory and how to deal with nerves and injury.

Mandolinist Chris Thile and conductor Masaaki Suzuki talk separately and together about their love of JS Bach

Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela talks to Suzy about his stunning career, how music to him is 'an incurable virus' and his lifelong musical relationship with pianist Larry Willis

Soprano Dame Emma Kirkby on her early love of John Dowland's music, Brighton Early Music Festival and tutoring young performers. She is joined by singer Anna Thunstrom and lutenist Wezi Elliot.

World renowned guitarist Xuefei Yang on Western Classical Music in China, the music that has been adapted for guitar and playing her guitar in a swimming pool.

Sean Rafferty talks to director Simon McBurney about his new production of Magic Flute at English National Opera

Conductor Riccardo Chailly on his Brahms cycle with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig at the Barbican and the rumours around whether or not he'll take over as Music Director at La Scala, Milan

Did you hear what you think you heard? The Clerks' Edward Wickham talks to Sean Rafferty about misheard lyrics from the Renaissance to the present day with musical examples by Josquin Des Prez and Christopher Fox.

The legendary Vladimir Ashkenazy talks about his career as a concert pianist, playing for Shostakovich and learning to conduct

Conductor Edward Gardner on his early interest in music, Mendelssohn at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and nurturing talent at English National Opera