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Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

Jazz trumpeter Guy Barker brings some festive spirit to the In Tune studio, performing live with saxophonist Giacomo Smith and pianist James Pearson. They talk to Sean Rafferty ahead of Guy Barker's Big Band Christmas concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Plus, more live music from Elias String Quartet and pianist Jonathan Biss who are looking forward to performing together at Wigmore Hall.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 15 Dec 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Trad.

    Angels from the Realms of Glory

    Music Arranger: Philip Ledger. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Philip Ledger.
    • Essential Christmas Carols from King’s.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Léo Delibes

    Flower Duet from Lakme

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Émile Naoumoff.
    • Delibes: Lakmé: Flower Duet (Arr. Naoumoff for Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No 2 in E major, BWV 1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Cindy Albracht. Performer: Frederik Paulsson. Performer: Julia-Maria Kretz. Performer: Tijmen Huisingh. Performer: Monika Urbonaite. Performer: Nimrod Guez. Performer: Pauline Sachse. Performer: Maarten Jansen. Performer: Rick Stotijn. Performer: Jan Jansen.
    • Bach Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Capriccio – violin pieces.
    • Virgin.
    • 5.
  • Phil Boutelje & Dick Winfree

    China Boy

    Performer: Guy Barker. Performer: Giacomo Smith. Performer: James Pearson.
  • Rebecca (Junior Carol Competition winner)

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.1 in G minor, Op.13 'Winter Daydreams' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Lionel Hampton

    Boogie Woogie Santa Claus

    Performer: Lionel Hampton.
    • Last Christmas Mix.
    • Blue Lagoon.
    • 19.
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas (after Charlie Parker)

    Performer: Guy Barker. Performer: Giacomo Smith. Performer: James Pearson.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Nine Epigrams (No 4)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello: Clein / Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Nine Epigrams (No 5)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello: Clein / Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Great Escape (main theme)

    Music Arranger: James Langley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Raine.
    • Film Music Gala: A Celebration of the Greatest Film Music Ever Written.
    • RPO.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words in A minor, Book 1 No 2

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Lieder Ohne Worte.
    • Sony.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Edward Elgar

    Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HELIODOR.
  • JUNIOR Carol 4 - Isabelle

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    La course en traineau

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Offenbach.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

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