Synopsis
Highlights from BBC Radio 3s In Tune - featuring interviews with guests from the world of music and the arts. In Tune is presented by Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham.
Episodes
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Anne-Sophie Mutter
04/02/2014 Duration: 12minThe 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.
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Andreas Scholl
30/01/2014 Duration: 09minAndreas Scholl, one of the world's finest counter-tenors, talks to Suzy about his career, his multi-talented family and how he approaches concerts.
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Martin Creed
30/01/2014 Duration: 07minSuzy 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
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Tribute to Pete Seeger
28/01/2014 Duration: 06minTo mark the passing of folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger, Suzy Klein talks to Martin Carthy about his legacy.
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Tributes to Claudio Abbado 20 Jan
20/01/2014 Duration: 19minA 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
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Joshua Bell
17/01/2014 Duration: 07minSuperstar 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.
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Murray Gold
17/01/2014 Duration: 07minDoctor 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
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Music on the Brink - Postcard from London
10/01/2014 Duration: 05minJonathan 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
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Jessye Norman
09/01/2014 Duration: 13min"Stand up straight and sing!" - Jessye Norman's advice for life. Listen to her on singing, civil rights and more.
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Music on the Brink - Postcard from St. Petersburg
09/01/2014 Duration: 04minJonathan 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
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Maxim Vengerov
09/01/2014 Duration: 07minTop 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
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Music on the Brink - Postcard from Berlin
08/01/2014 Duration: 04minJonathan Pryce reads a fictional postcard from Berlin charting the music landscape of the city. Written by Dr Mark Berry
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Joshua Rifkin
08/01/2014 Duration: 10minAmerican pianist Joshua Rifkin talks about his love of Scott Joplin, his million-selling recordings of his music and the rewards of live performance.
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Music on the Brink - Postcard from Paris
07/01/2014 Duration: 04minJonathan 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
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Sakari Oramo
07/01/2014 Duration: 05minSakari 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
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Music on the Brink - Postcard from Vienna
06/01/2014 Duration: 05minJonathan 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
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Will Gompertz Xmas Cards 4: Warhol
19/12/2013 Duration: 08minBBC 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
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Will Gompertz Xmas Cards 3:Banksy 18 Dec
18/12/2013 Duration: 07minBBC 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
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Will Gompertz Xmas Cards 2:Matisse 17 Dec
17/12/2013 Duration: 05minBBC 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.
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Michael Tilson Thomas
16/12/2013 Duration: 12minConductor Michael Tilson Thomas on his long career, the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony.