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Show recapsThe Classical Fix

RC 260808SAfm

Saturday, 8 August 2026

A nostalgia-heavy Classical Fix marked SAFM’s 90th birthday, with Dino Maduravuthu interviewing veteran broadcaster Rodney Trudgeon and unpacking Handel’s king-and-tree aria.

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  1. 17:24

    Rodney Trudgeon reflected on 50 years in radio, including 24 years at the SABC, learning from David Lloyd, Paddy O’Byrne, Christopher Bennett and Stephen O’Reilly, and presenting Midday Concerts.

  2. 17:10

    SAFM’s 90th anniversary ran through the show, with Dino positioning the station and its predecessors as a long-running home for classical music and South African public conversation.

  3. 16:43

    The day’s quiz answer was George Frederick Handel: the aria was Ombra mai fu from Serse/Xerxes, where the King of Persia sings to his favourite tree.

  4. 16:23

    Listeners heard a broad classical playlist, from Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Schumann to Dvořák, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and Paganini, with film music and lighter classics mixed in.

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