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Radio 3,17 Mar 2026,30 mins

30 minutes of classical inspiration

Classical Mixtape

Available for 27 days

30 minutes of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of a busy day. Today's sequence opens with a Pavane by Ravel and a beautiful setting of an Indian hymn by Holst. The rich baritone voice of Dmitri Hvorostovsky yearns for love in a song by Rachmaninov, echoed by an orchestral song by Ruth Gipps. The The Bill Evans quartet partners a lullaby with one of Eric Satie's Gymnopedies, and the mix ends with a sweeping arrangement of Willian Grant Still's tribute to the African harp. Producer: Helen Garrison

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Pavane pour une infante defunte
    Pavane pour une infante defunte
    Maurice Ravel
  3. 2.
    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group, Op. 26: No. 3. Hymn to Vena
    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group, Op. 26: No. 3. Hymn to Vena
    Gustav Holst
  4. 3.
    Sad night, Op.26 no.12
    Sad night, Op.26 no.12
    Sergey Rachmaninov
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