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Radio 3,23 Jun 2026,30 mins

The eclectic classical mix

Classical Mixtape

Available for 29 days

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring a clarinettist's take on Wagner’s dream-inspired Wesendonck-Lieder, mournful text from Isaiah set as sacred song by Byrd, and the resolution to Bernstein’s tragic West Side Story.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H.I.105 (2nd mvt)
    Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H.I.105 (2nd mvt)
    Joseph Haydn
  3. 2.
    Wesendonck-Lieder, WWV 91: No. 5, Träume
    Wesendonck-Lieder, WWV 91: No. 5, Träume
    Richard Wagner
  4. 3.
    Ne irascaris Domine a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589) (1st mvt)
    Ne irascaris Domine a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589) (1st mvt)
    William Byrd