Conductor Lorin Maazel on his 51 year association with the Vienna Philharmonic, opera staging, and his own Castleton Festival in Virginia.

Mighty Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel on his new album, new record label, and how to beat jetlag.

One of the greatest singers on the planet, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato on singing at the Last Night of the Proms, kickboxing, frocks and the great Dame Janet Baker.

'The Maltese Tenor', Joseph Calleja, talks to Sean Rafferty about why he chose to pursue opera, the sporting career he abandoned, and serenading girls beneath their windows. He sings Verdi arias at the BBC Proms, before appearing at this year's Proms in the Park, and his new album of romantic Mediterranean songs, Amore, is out now.

Poet Paul Muldoon pays tribute to his friend and fellow Irish poet, the great Seamus Heaney

Actor, writer and director Simon Callow talks to Sean about getting Inside Wagner's Head.

British Jazz original Django Bates talks to Sean Rafferty ahead of his Prom celebrating American Jazz legend Charlie Parker.

The legendary mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker on her extraordinary life and career, on the day she celebrates her 80th birthday.

Highlights from In Tune for the week 12-16 August, presented by Sean Rafferty. Featuring interviews with Broadway singer Maria Freedman on Sondheim & Bernstein, conductor Valery Gergiev on his Proms appearance, Peter Phillips on Renaissance music, Suzy Klein talking to the Spooky Men's Chorale about getting Australian men to sing, and novellist Alexander McCall Smith discussing his writing at the In Tune special from Edinburgh Festival.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor Ilan Volkov returns to the Proms to conduct a programme of experimental music.