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Radio 3's drivetime show has all the latest interviews and music ahead of the coronation.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you all the latest interviews and music as we build up to the coronation.

In Tune: English Touring Opera, New Generation Artists, Nicola Benedetti's Ten Facts Ten Pieces

English Touring Opera, New Generation Artists, Nicola Benedetti's Ten Facts Ten Pieces

01/10/2015

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, English Touring Opera, New Generation Artists, Nicola Benedetti's Ten Facts Ten Pieces

Live music from English Touring Opera, plus a New Generation Artists Scheme announcement.

Suzy Klein with live music from English Touring Opera and two of the latest artists to join the New Generation Artists Scheme. Plus Nicola Benedetti presents Ten Facts Ten Pieces.

Suzy Klein presents, with live music from English Touring Opera bringing a taster of their upcoming season to the studio, featuring Massenet's Werther, Debussy's Pelleas & Melisande and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. Live music from two of the latest artists to join Radio 3's New Generation Artists Scheme, announced today, and Katie Derham and Anton Du Beke pop by with an update on their Strictly Come Dancing adventure.

Plus, Ten Pieces ambassador, Nicola Benedetti presents: Ten Facts Ten Pieces - a short downloadable feature linked to the BBC's Ten Pieces project, which continues to inspire a generation of children to become creative with classical music. This year the project focuses on secondary school children. Each day at 5.30 Nicola finds ten quirky and entertaining facts about each of the Ten Pieces. Today's work is Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 by J. S. Bach, orchestrated by Stokowski.

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