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Radio 3,04 Feb 2026,30 mins

Expand your horizons with classical music

Classical Mixtape

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Wind down at the end of a busy day with half an hour of back to back classical music. Today's sequence begins with a serene instrumental interlude from Purcell's "King Arthur", and a song from Ravel's "Shéhérazade" sung exquisitely by Janet Baker. Violinist Esther Abrami weaves her way through an arrangement of a chant by Hildegard of Bingen, and the peerlessly perfect choral ensemble Tenebrae provides a shimmering account of "Spheres" from Ola Gjeilo's "Sunrise Mass". John Barry's sleepily, seductive film score to the film "Midnight Cowboy" sits alongside a playful piano miniature by Elena Kats-Chernin, and the playlist ends with a ravishing arrangement of a Bach three part invention from the Swingle Singers. Producer: Helen Garrison

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    King Arthur: Act V Symphony
    King Arthur: Act V Symphony
    Henry Purcell
  3. 2.
    Sheherazade - 3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: iii L'indifferent
    Sheherazade - 3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: iii L'indifferent
    Maurice Ravel
  4. 3.
    O virtus sapientiae, arr. for violin and string quintet
    O virtus sapientiae, arr. for violin and string quintet
    Hildegard of Bingen