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Radio 3,15 May 2026,30 mins

Switch up your listening with classical music

Classical Mixtape

Available for 28 days

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring the horn concerto Mozart completed shortly after his opera The Marriage of Figaro, the Kyrie from Rheinberger’s mass for double choir - written in response to the conservative musical ideals of the Cecilian movement - and a setting of poetry by Cristóbal de Castro by de Falla, depicting the intoxicating spell cast by a lover’s dark eyes. To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance. Andante cantabile
    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance. Andante cantabile
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3. 2.
    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)
    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)
    Frédéric Chopin
  4. 3.
    Mass in E-Flat Major, Op. 109, IJR 75 "Cantus Missae": I. Kyrie
    Mass in E-Flat Major, Op. 109, IJR 75 "Cantus Missae": I. Kyrie
    Josef Rheinberger