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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Barry Douglas
24/07/2014 Duration: 08minPianist Barry Douglas on recording Brahms, inspiring young musicians and his Proms 2014 appearance with conductor Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra
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Tasmin Little
24/07/2014 Duration: 10minProms 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.
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Judith Weir
23/07/2014 Duration: 12minNewly-appointed Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir CBE, talks to Sean Rafferty about her new royal role.
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Gerald Finley
22/07/2014 Duration: 12minBaritone Gerald Finley talks to Sean Rafferty about singing Durufle's Requiem at the BBC Proms, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
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Gareth Malone
21/07/2014 Duration: 51minConductor Gareth Malone talks to Sean Rafferty about conducting the Proms Military Wives Choir and the upcoming War Horse Prom on 3rd August.
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Roderick Williams
21/07/2014 Duration: 10minBaritone Roderick Williams talks to Sean Rafferty about performing at the Last Night of the Proms.
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WW1 Musical Story 10/10 - RCM Plaque
04/07/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 9/10 - Indian Army
03/07/2014 Duration: 06minAs part of Radio 3's Music in the Great War, David Owen Norris turns his attention to the former British colonies.
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02 Jul 14
02/07/2014 Duration: 07minViolinist 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 8/10 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
02/07/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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 ...
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WW1 Musical Story 7/10 - Alexander Scriabin
01/07/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 6/10 - Marechal
30/06/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 5/10 - Fritz Kreisler
30/06/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 4/10 - Lilian Baylis
30/06/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 3/10 - Bechstein Hall
25/06/2014 Duration: 05minAs 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.
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WW1 Musical Story 2/10 - Highland Pipers
24/06/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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Nicola Benedetti
24/06/2014 Duration: 09minRenowned violinist Nicola Benedetti on playing folk violin, music education and her new album 'Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy'
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WW1 Musical Story 1/10 - King Albert’s Book
23/06/2014 Duration: 06minAs 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.
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James Rhodes
20/06/2014 Duration: 12minPianist James Rhodes on connecting with young audiences, the healing powers of music, his passion for music education and setting up his own record label.
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Karita Mattila
19/06/2014 Duration: 07minFinnish star soprano Karita Mattila on her upcoming performance of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House