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Radio 3,23 Mar 2026,30 mins

Your daily classical soundtrack

Classical Mixtape

Available for 29 days

Wind down at the end of a busy day with half an hour of back to back classical music, including a lyrical prelude by Rachmaninov, an atmospheric seascape by Anna Clyne, and a haunting theme tune to a popular, long-running TV crime drama series by John Harle. As the Spring equinox nudges us into a new season, there are echoes of winter in music by Vivaldi and Lars-Erik Larsson, French melody from Claude Debussy and a film score by Georges Delerue. Also in the sequence is a profoundly moving choral work by the Scottish composer James MacMillan, written in memory of the victims of the Dunblane massacre 30 years ago this month. Producer: Helen Garrison

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Prelude in D Major Op. 23 No. 4
    Prelude in D Major Op. 23 No. 4
    Sergey Rachmaninov
  3. 2.
    Abstractions: III. Seascape
    Abstractions: III. Seascape
    Anna Clyne
  4. 3.
    Silencium - music for the TV series 'Silent Witness'
    Silencium - music for the TV series 'Silent Witness'
    John Harle
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