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As a person whose music dial is rusted on to Classic, I certainly do want to hear a great range of music during the day, from Hildegarde von Bingen to movie soundtracks and everything in between; however, at night I don't want to listen to something that sounds like two cats wandering at random up and down a piano keyboard and do want a reasonable level of sounds so that I'm not suddenly woken by crashing chords out of nowhere!
When I was learning the piano, "classical music" was defined as music from composers such as Chopin, Mozart, Liszt and Schubert.
It also included music from Béla Bartók, a 'contemporary' composer who lived till 1945.
By defining a timeline up to 600 years back, consideration must be given to composers 'closer' to our time such as Johann Strauss and romantics such as Sergei Rachmaninof as well as Benjamin Britten.
Classic FM in London include include contemporary composers such as John Williams and Karl Williams,
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/
Sacred choral music should also be included in the playlist. Here is an an example from St. John's College at Sydney University, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MZgtrCHh4j4&pp=ygURUmljaGFyZCBwZXJyaWdub24%3D.
Other examples include Kings College Cambridge and St. Martin in the Fields.
Generally programming classical music, the length of tracks has to be considered. Is a radio station prepared to play tracks greater than three minutes?
Some classic music should never go to air on a mainstream classical station such as the random playing of the piano keys in a piano stuffed with newspapers or the regular flushing of a toilet I heard in the early 1980s on 2MBS-fm.
Then some 'classical' music should never go to air as it is atonal and does not make musical sense. Pleasant harmonious melodies please.
Thank you
Anthony, Strathfield South, in the land of the Wangal and Darug Peoples of the Eora Nation