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Radio 3,27 Feb 2026,30 mins

30 minutes of classical inspiration

Classical Mixtape

Available for 29 days

Switch off from the busy day with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. This evening's Classical Mixtape begins with The Tale of the Kalendar Prince from Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Ravel and Liszt provide some dreamy piano, and Cecilia McDowall's transcendent 'Standing as I do before God' is sung beautifully by Tenebrae. The Grimethorpe Colliery Band give a brassy rendition of Dvorak's Largo from the 'New World Symphony', and we finish with The Flower Garden, from Joe Hisaishi's score for the Studio Ghibli animated film 'Howl's Moving Castle'. Produced by Joe Blamey

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Sheherazade)
    The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Sheherazade)
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  3. 2.
    Jeux d'eau
    Jeux d'eau
    Maurice Ravel
  4. 3.
    Standing as I do before God
    Standing as I do before God
    Cecilia McDowall
  5. 4.
    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)
    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)
    Antonín Dvořák
  6. 5.
    Consolation No 3 in D flat major
    Consolation No 3 in D flat major
    Franz Liszt
  7. 6.
    The Flower Garden (from 'Howl's Moving Castle')
    The Flower Garden (from 'Howl's Moving Castle')
    Joe Hisaishi