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Christmas Special

Live from Broadcasting House, Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham present the In Tune Christmas Special, with guests including Connaught Brass and The Albion Quartet.

Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham present the In Tune Christmas Special, live from The Radio Theatre at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Broadcasting House. It’s a Christmas party celebration like no other, where both presenters are joined by some of the show’s greatest performer friends. This year they welcome the festive season with musicians including Connaught Brass, The Albion Quartet, the Echo Vocal Ensemble and Ganda Boys, the pianist Charles Owen, accordionists Ryan Corbett and Djordje Gajic, the soprano Soraya Mafi, the Icelandic singer, Laufey, and the actress Siobhan McSweeney to keep us all in order.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 20 Dec 2022 17:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Finale from Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV.248

    Music Arranger: Simon Hogg. Ensemble: Connaught Brass.
  • Trad.

    Tweyanze

    Ensemble: Echo Vocal Ensemble. Ensemble: Ganda Boys. Conductor: Sarah Latto.
  • Steven Verhelst

    Pulcinella Suite 2.0

    Ensemble: Connaught Brass.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner - No. 1: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum

    Performer: Charles Owen.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner - No. 4: The Snow is Dancing

    Performer: Charles Owen.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in G major Op.33 No.5 (How do you do?) : IV - Finale

    Ensemble: Albion Quartet.
  • Jule Styne

    The Christmas Waltz

    Composer: Sammy Cahn. Performer: Laufey Jonsdottir.
  • Laufey Jonsdottir

    Let you break my heart again

    Performer: Laufey Jonsdottir.
  • Laufey Jonsdottir

    Valentine

    Composer: Spencer Stewart. Performer: Laufey.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in Eb BWV 552 "St Anne"

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Ryan Corbett. Performer: Ryan Corbett. Performer: Djordje Gajic. Performer: Djordje Gajic.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr þú oss himnum á (Hear us in the heavens)

    Ensemble: Echo Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Sarah Latto.
  • Roger Harvey

    Past 3 o'clock

    Ensemble: Connaught Brass.
  • Nina Simone

    Little Girl Blue / O Come Emmanuel

    Composer: Thomas Helmore. Performer: Sergey Rybin. Music Arranger: Sarah Latto. Conductor: Sarah Latto. Ensemble: Echo Vocal Ensemble.
  • Trad.

    Dembessa

    Ensemble: Echo Vocal Ensemble. Ensemble: Ganda Boys. Conductor: Sarah Latto.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 - No.3 in G flat major

    Performer: Charles Owen.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American", IV - Vivace ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Albion Quartet.
  • Frederick Loewe

    My Fair Lady - I could have danced all night

    Composer: Frederick Loewe. Performer: Soraya Mafi. Performer: Soraya Mafi. Performer: Sergey Rybin. Performer: Sergey Rybin.
  • Herbert Howells

    Come sing and Dance

    Performer: Soraya Mafi. Performer: Sergey Rybin.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka, First Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair (Extract)

    Performer: Ryan Corbett. Performer: Djordje Gajic.
  • Hugh Martin

    Have yourself a merry little Christmas

    Composer: Ralph Blane. Music Arranger: Luther Henderson. Ensemble: Connaught Brass.
  • Adolph Adams

    O Holy Night

    Music Arranger: Sam Rapley.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Dec 2022 17:00

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