In Tune Highlights

BBC Philharmonic Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena discusses conducting twice at the BBC Proms and teaches Suzy how to dance the Farruca

James Rhodes, dubbed 'the maverick pianist', talks to Suzy Klein, with excerpts from his performances of listeners' choices.

Bass-baritone Iain Paterson reveals what it's like to work with Daniel Barenboim, how he's preparing to sing Wotan in the first of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the BBC Proms, and the scale of his admiration for hero John Tomlinson.

Impressionist Alistair McGowan on Satie; pianist Stephen Hough on the First Night of the Proms; Dame Felicity Lott on languages; ballet 'bad-boy' Sergei Polunin; and Revd Bazil Reade and the London Community Gospel Choir ahead of the first ever Gospel Prom.

He thinks of Doctor Who as "an intergalactic Atticus Finch". Murray Gold talks to Suzy about surviving as a composer, an inclination for charm and warmth over aggression in his writing, and the excitement/terror of Doctor Who at the BBC Proms this weekend.

Suzy tracks down the elusive dancer Sergei Polunin warming up for the opening night of Roland Petit's Coppelia at The Coliseum.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor Designate looks forward to the First Night of the Proms.

Suzy Klein talks to conductor Paul McCreesh, pianist Barry Douglas & composer James Kerr, natural horn players Pip Eastop & Anthony Halstead, violinist Ida Haendel, composer John Tavener and cellist Steven Isserlis.

Suzy Klein talks to legendary violinist Ida Haendel about Klemperer, approval letters from Sibelius, Walton and Britten, and her London 2013 celebrations.

The best bits from last week's In Tune. Sean Rafferty talks to film critic Mark Kermode with conductor Robert Ziegler, art critic Brian Sewell, author Tracy Chevalier, mezzo Sarah Connolly with conductor William Christie, and actress Claire Bloom with conductor Nathan Williamson.

Pianist, broadcaster and British music expert David Owen Norris introduces four neglected but fine English composers, and visits places in London where they lived and worked. In the last episode David climbs to the top of a famous London park to meet one of his personal musical discoveries, the composer Percy Sherwood

Sean Rafferty takes a look at the National Gallery's new exhibition 'Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure' with curator Betsy Wieseman.

Featuring Susan Bullock and Toby Spence on the new production of Britten's Gloriana at the Royal Opera House, the London Soloists Ensemble, Penguin Cafe, and the Tokyo String Quartet's Clive Greensmith on winding up their long career.

Pianist, broadcaster and British music expert David Owen Norris introduces four neglected but fine English composers, and visits places in London where they lived and worked. In this episode at the home of English ballet in Covent Garden we meet the renowned ballet conductor Constant Lambert who also had a penchant for integrating jazz into his works

The best bits from last week's In Tune. Dame Janet Baker reminisces about working with Benjamin Britten, Sean talks jazz with singer Stacey Kent and pianist Judy Carmichael, conductor Semyon Bychkov talks about his influences and composer Hans Zimmer talks about his score for Man of Steel

Pianist, broadcaster and British music expert David Owen Norris introduces four neglected but fine English composers, and visits places in London where they lived and worked. In this episode we meet Muriel Herbert, a practically forgotten song composer, at her alma mater in Kensington

Superman: Man of Steel composer Hans Zimmer talks to Sean about approaching such an iconic film and score in order to create something new.

Dr Jon Whiteley talks about some of his favourite Stradivari instruments on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He is joined by violinist Savitri Grier, who demonstrates Stradivari's earliest known violin, made in 1666.

The best bits from last week's In Tune. Suzy Klein talks to accordion player Ksenija Sidorova, renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, experimental composer/artist Scanner, young pianist Alexandra Dariescu plus conductor Tim Murray and bass Alan Ewing on the Importance of Being Ernest at Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.

Pianist, broadcaster and British music expert David Owen Norris introduces four neglected but fine English composers, and visits places in London where they lived and worked. In this episode we meet composer Charles Dibdin in the theatres of 18th century London