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 Suzy Klein and Ian Skelly

Essential Classics: Ian Skelly with Mendelssohn's Die schöne Melusine and essential Tudor music

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Ian Skelly with Mendelssohn's Die schöne Melusine and essential Tudor music

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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

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

1010 An Essential Symphony movement from the BBC archive.

1100 Essential Five – this week we suggest five pieces of Tudor music.

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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Ian Skelly with Mendelssohn's Die schöne Melusine and essential Tudor music

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