In Tune Highlights

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 features former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Pavel Kolesnikov; Canadian baritone and star of Last Night of the Proms, Gerald Finley; genre-defying pianist Chilly Gonzales; and the internationally-celebrated Fidelio Trio.

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 members of the NYJO USA.