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Episode details

Radio 3,06 Apr 2026,30 mins

The eclectic classical mix

Classical Mixtape

Available for 29 days

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring the music from the masques Purcell wrote to punctuate Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tōru Takemitsu’s portrayal of a Long Island pond painted by Cornelia Foss, and the Desford Colliery Band ponder the shade cast by a plane tree, plus Pavel Chesnokov sets the liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Symphony No. 8 in D Major, MWV N 8: II. Adagio
    String Symphony No. 8 in D Major, MWV N 8: II. Adagio
    Felix Mendelssohn
  3. 2.
    Impromptu no.2 in B minor
    Impromptu no.2 in B minor
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4. 3.
    Tebe poyem [We hymn Thee]
    Tebe poyem [We hymn Thee]
    Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov