In Tune Highlights

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