Sunday, 2 August 2026
A relaxed Sunday Classical Fix mixed listener-requested favourites, opera highlights and film music, with Dino also weaving in SAFM’s 90th-anniversary promos throughout.
The Classical Fix · SAfm
- 17:11
The playlist moved from Schubert’s Trout and Mozart’s Verum Corpus into big crowd-pleasers like Dvořák’s New World, Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess and Bernstein’s Candide overture.
- 16:26
Opera feature included Verdi’s Libiamo from La Traviata, followed later by Rossini’s Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville and Bizet’s Habanera, sung by Teresa Berganza.
- 17:21
Listener requests and dedications mattered: Nigel from Durban got the Warsaw Concerto, and Kaya’s note prompted the reminder that Chariots of Fire opens the Comrades Marathon.
- 18:17
The show leaned heavily into soundtrack and orchestral favourites, including John Williams’ Superman March, Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire, John Barry’s Dances with Wolves theme and Massenet’s Flight of the Bumblebee.