Essential Classics

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Music: Classical

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Essential Classics: Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Hadley's Hills, Ravel's Bolero, Adrian Scarborough

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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Hadley's Hills, Ravel's Bolero, Adrian Scarborough

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Hadley's Hills, Ravel's Bolero, Adrian Scarborough

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Musical Time Travellers – stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the actor Adrian Scarborough.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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