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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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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: Francesca Chiejina, Beatrice Rana

Francesca Chiejina, Beatrice Rana

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Francesca Chiejina, Beatrice Rana

Sean Rafferty talks to soprano Francesca Chiejina and pianist Beatrice Rana.

Joining Sean Rafferty in the studio and performing live tonight are soprano Francesca Chiejina and pianist Beatrice Rana.

Noticed for her performances as Puccini's Mimi and Melissa in Handel last season, Francesca Chiejina has just performed Lauretta in the Scottish Opera's new production of Il trittico. For her upcoming solo recital at Wigmore Hall in London, the 30-year-old soprano, who wants to make classical music accessible to everyone, has chosen Coult, Berg and Strauss. She joins Sean Rafferty and performs live in the studio.

Also in the studio is acclaimed pianist Beatrice Rana. On her latest album, she chose the music of the Schumanns, performing their two piano concertos with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and pairing the ever-so-famous piece by Robert, with the much lesser known one by Clara: a concerto the composer wrote when she was only 14 and performed herself as the soloist at age 16 with Mendelssohn conducting...

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