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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Ten Facts Ten Pieces - Zadok the Priest
03/10/2014 Duration: 05minSuzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Handel's Zadok the Priest - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces
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Ten Facts Ten Pieces - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
02/10/2014 Duration: 04minSuzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces
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Ten Facts Ten Pieces - In the Hall of the Mountain King
01/10/2014 Duration: 04minSuzy 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
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Ten Facts Ten Pieces - Britten's Storm
30/09/2014 Duration: 04minSuzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Storm from Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces
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Ten Pieces - Nicola Benedetti
30/09/2014 Duration: 05minAs 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.
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Ten Facts Ten Pieces - Beethoven's 5th Symphony
29/09/2014 Duration: 05minSuzy Klein reveals ten intriguing facts about Beethoven's Symphony No.5 - one of the works chosen for BBC Ten Pieces
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Christopher Hogwood Obituary
24/09/2014 Duration: 17minSean talks to David Thomas, Emma Kirkby, and Pavlo Beznosuik about the conductor, musicologist, and founder of the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.
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Chloe Hanslip
23/09/2014 Duration: 09minViolinist 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!
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Steven Isserlis Trench Cello
19/09/2014 Duration: 09minCellist 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
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Wallace Collection's Grand Gallery
18/09/2014 Duration: 08minAfter 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.
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Gramophone Awards Winners
17/09/2014 Duration: 20minThree 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.
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Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson
16/09/2014 Duration: 06minWelsh baritone and award winning actor Emma Thompson on performing Sweeney Todd at English National Opera next year
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Colin Currie & Steve Reich
16/09/2014 Duration: 15minAs 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...
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Terry Cryer
12/09/2014 Duration: 07minLegendary 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
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Janine Jansen
12/09/2014 Duration: 10minLast Night of the Proms violinist, Janine Jansen talks to Suzy Klein about handling those Last Night nerves.
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
09/09/2014 Duration: 14minNational Treasure, composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies shares his 80th birthday cake with Suzy Klein.
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Alison Balsom
09/09/2014 Duration: 12minTrumpeter Alison Balsom talks to Suzy Klein about her new album, tour, and inspiring young musicians and the importance of music education.
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James Rhodes
08/09/2014 Duration: 13minJames 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'.
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Eric Whitacre and Professor Stephen Clift
08/09/2014 Duration: 10minChoral 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.
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Joyce DiDonato
05/09/2014 Duration: 12minAmerican mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato on preparing for auditions, owning a role, voice type and performing with Sir Antonio Pappano at the Wigmore Hall