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Soprano Renee Fleming, pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, and agent Jasper Parrott pay tribute to Andre Previn who ed 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 In Tune, including folk super-group Spell Song and their arrangement of Jackie Morris “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 acaglia 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 & 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 “Burn’s 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. 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 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 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

Katie Derham presents this week's In Tune Highlights, bringing you a top selection from the best musicians on the show this week. This week featured that ever Australian oud player, Joseph Tawadros, the intimate sound of singer-songwriter Ana Silvera's new album and fabulous Italian pianist Gloria Campenor. London Metropolitan Brass played an old classic, and Polish retro-punk band Hanba gave us a taste of their set from the WOMAD festival.

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.