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Radio 3,16 Feb 2026,30 mins

Ease into the evening with classical music

Classical Mixtape

Available for 27 days

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Tonight's mixtape starts with Lucy Walker's dreamy Give Me Your Stars, sung by the inimitable VOCES8. Gentle solo pieces from Rachmaninov and Brahms take us up to Joe Hisaishi's beautifully cinematic Nostalgia. Tonight's mixtape ends with Agape (from the Greek word for unconditional love), a meditative and transcendent piece from Nicholas Britell's Oscar-nominated score for If Beale Street Could Talk. You can hear more film music on Radio 3’s Sound of Cinema, or on Radio 3 Unwind’s Cinematic Soundtracks - both are available on BBC Sounds. Producer: Joe Blamey

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Give Me Your Stars
    Give Me Your Stars
    Lucy Walker & Sara Teasdale
  3. 2.
    Lilacs Op.21`5
    Lilacs Op.21`5
    Sergey Rachmaninov
  4. 3.
    Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15
    Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15
    Johannes Brahms