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Radio 3,18 Jun 2026,30 mins

The perfect classical half hour

Classical Mixtape

Available for 28 days

Today's mixtape opens with nostalgic brass, melting into a Bach prelude arranged for percussion. A solo tenor takes the baton in a folk song arranged for chorus by Percy Grainger, followed by Schubert's highly emotive Impromptu in G flat. The second half features some magical Mel Bonis, a Mozart string quintet and whimsical clarinet with orchestra. The mixtape closes with Copland's pastoral Down a Country Lane.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    A Downland Suite - no.2; Elegy
    A Downland Suite - no.2; Elegy
    John Ireland
  3. 2.
    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor
    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Brigg Fair, arr. for tenor and chorus
    Brigg Fair, arr. for tenor and chorus
    Trad.