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Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: Purcell School Musicians, Nicola Benedetti

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12/03/2012

Purcell School Musicians, Nicola Benedetti

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Purcell School Musicians, Nicola Benedetti

With music from students at the Purcell School and violinist Nicola Benedetti.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from students at the Purcell School for Young Musicians, which celebrates its 50th anniversary, and violinist Nicola Benedetti.

Students at the Purcell School for Young Musicians, which celebrates its 50th anniversary, will be performing works by Brahms, Prokofiev and Francaix live in the studio. Their director of music Oliver Poole joins Sean Raffety in the studio to talk about their celebratory concert at the Royal Festival Hall.

The violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk play Schumann's Trio No. 3 and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio on In Tune ahead of their upcoming lunchtime concerts at LSO St Luke's.

Jonathan Dove's new opera 'Life's A Dream' receives its world premiere shortly with the Birmingham Opera company. The opera's director Graham Vick and its composer will be talking to Sean about the brand new production.

Sean Rafferty presents In Tune, with the latest arts and cultural news.
Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk 
Twitter @BBCInTune.

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