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Radio 3,20 May 2026,30 mins

Power through with classical music

Classical Mixtape

Available for 28 days

Today's mixtape opens with chirpy Faure arranged for brass, giving way to the eerie and atmospheric sounds of Hania Rani's Non Fiction. This melts into the evergreen If Ye Love Me, by Tallis. An orchestra takes over with a canzonetta by Frank Bridge, leading into a mandolin concerto by Vivaldi and then Ravel's sparkling Le Tombeau de Couperin. A soothing arrangement of Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque for marimba quartet follows, paired with a waltz by Sibelius. The mixtape closes with a mournful sarabande for keyboard by Bach. Producer: Phoebe McFarlane

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Le papillon et la fleur
    Le papillon et la fleur
    Gabriel Fauré
  3. 2.
    If Ye Love me
    If Ye Love me
    Thomas Tallis
  4. 3.
    Canzonetta
    Canzonetta
    Frank Bridge