RC 260822SAfm
Saturday, 22 August 2026
A relaxed Saturday classical mix centred on a listener quiz, with Dino revealing Scheherazade as the answer and unpacking music from Beethoven to Ravel, Chopin and film themes.
- 16:40
The day’s “You Tell Me” answer was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, inspired by Tales of the Arabian Nights; listeners who named either the composer or the suite were marked correct.
- 16:42
Rimsky-Korsakov’s first movement, “The Sea and Sinbad Ship,” was played and described as a vivid seafaring scene with waves, storm, shipwreck and calm, setting up the quiz’s explanation.
- 16:10
The programme moved through a broad classical-and-jazz playlist, including Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, Handel on oboe, Ravel, Chopin, Mozart, Liszt, Rodrigo, Kenny Durham and film music from Schindler’s List and Pearl Harbor.
- 17:14
The presenter mixed in light audience interaction and anecdotes, from a Maori folk song request response to a playful running joke about “invading Limpopo for the mangoes” after listeners suggested Mango Groove.