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Radio 3,21 May 2026,30 mins

Your daily classical soundtrack

Classical Mixtape

Available for 29 days

Today's sequence starts with Richard Rodney Bennett wishing us a sweet choral good-night, and throughout this half-hour soundscape we also hear lullaby music from Helvi Leiviska and Andrea Casarrubios. There are slow movements from works by J.S. Bach and Mozart, Boris Giltburg plays piano music by Rachmaninov, and to end, a pair of romantic French melodies by Debussy and Faure. Produced by Andy King. To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3'.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    A Good-Night
    A Good-Night
    Richard Rodney Bennett
  3. 2.
    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor BWV.1060 (2nd mvt)
    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor BWV.1060 (2nd mvt)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Études-tableaux, Op 33: No 2 in C Major (Allegro)
    Études-tableaux, Op 33: No 2 in C Major (Allegro)
    Sergey Rachmaninov