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: The very best of classical music

The very best of classical music

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, The very best of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000  Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

1230 Album of the Week

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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The very best of classical music

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