Suzy Klein is joined in our Salford studios by the Quebecois folk group Le Vent du Nord whose performances capture 'the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party'!

Two huge names from the jazz world, Courtney Pine (playing bass clarinet) and pianist Zoe Rahman are in the In Tune studio talking about their new album 'Song (the Ballad Book)', a stripped back and intimate collection of standards. Courtney and Zoe talk to Sean Rafferty all about how they started working together and the process of choosing the works for the album.

Sean Rafferty with ex-Colin Davis pupil and rising star conductor Ben Gernon, who is about to take the Camerata Salzburg on a tour of the UK.

Pianist Jeremy Denk talks to Sean Rafferty ahead of his concert with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Cadogan Hall in London. Jeremy talks about trading a life of chemistry for the piano, winning the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award and the composers he most admires.

Kurt Weill's opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny opens at the Royal Opera House soon - singers Kurt Streit and Christine Rice take a break from rehearsals to join Sean Rafferty to talk about their characters, and how mezzo-sopranos are 'quite used to playing hookers and whores'...

The Brook Street Band's cellist Tatty Theo on 18th century Leipzig coffeehouse culture - in particular, Zimmerman's Kaffeehaus and the music performed there.

The Glyndebourne season starts in May and in this podcast Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to one of the big names to look out for - tenor Edgaras Montvidas, who will be starring in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung.

Opera director Peter Sellars' new production of Purcell's Indian Queen for the ENO opens tonight. In this interview with Suzy Klein, Sellars touches upon a vast range of things, from his love of Purcell to his thoughts on the future of the ENO, and the continuing importance of the arts today.

Tenor Noah Stewart joined Suzy Klein ahead of singing in Purcell's Indian Queen at English National Opera and then Pinkerton in Puccini's Madam Butterfly at the Royal Opera House, a role in which he feels he's done his job if he gets booed...

Violinist Ray Chen talks to Suzy Klein ahead of his concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall this week. Ray talks about his early competition wins, his love of fashion, and why performing is not just about the music but also the audience.