Sopranos, Strings, and the 8-Bar Blues

Katie Derham presents highlights from In Tune, with performances jazz & blues artists Jacqui Dankworth + Charlie Wood; Echea, the Fellowship String Quartet at the Royal Academy of Music; rising star soprano Francesca Chiejina discusses Porgy & Bess; and Sean Rafferty goes to Glasgow for performances by students from the Royal Scottish Conservatoire and Glasgow University Chapel Choir in a special broadcast from the university’s Debating Chamber. Playlist: Cole Porter Every Time We Say Goodbye Performer: Jacqui Dankworth. Performer: Charlie Wood. Traditional New Orleans Junko Partner Performer: Charlie Wood Lonnie Chatmon/Walter Vinson Sitting On Top of the World Performer: Jacqui Dankworth. Performer: Charlie Wood. Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op 20 No 4 (4th mvt) Ensemble: Echéa Quartet. George Gershwin Summertime Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Jeremy Cooke. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor African Love Song Performer: Francesca Coleridge-Taylor. Performer: Jeremy Cooke. Benjamin Cooke Hark, hark the lark! Glasgow University Chapel Choir / Katy Cooper (cond.) Traditional Maids of Mitchelstown Folk Trio from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Robert Burns Scots Wha Hae Performer: Ríoghnach Connolly. Ensemble: Band of Burns