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Radio 3,27 Mar 2026,30 mins

Expand your horizons with classical music

Classical Mixtape

Available for 26 days

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. We begin tonight's Classical Mixtape with a pair of late Romantic English composers often inspired by folk melodies, Rebecca Clarke and Edward Elgar. We then cross the channel to hear from two prominent French composers, Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy. Next, we have a pair of 'Nocturnes', from Edvard Grieg and Fryderyk Chopin. Finally we have two film scores, Philip Glass' String Quartet 'Mishima' and - to close tonight's sequence - the End Title from 'The Shawshank Redemption', by Thomas Newman. Producer: Joe Blamey To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3'.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    I'll bid my heart be still
    I'll bid my heart be still
    Rebecca Clarke
  3. 2.
    Sospiri
    Sospiri
    Edward Elgar
  4. 3.
    In Paradisum (Requiem in D minor, Op 48)
    In Paradisum (Requiem in D minor, Op 48)
    Gabriel Fauré