Ian Skelly

BBC Broadcaster, Host of BBC Radio 3’s mid morning show Essential Classics, Radio 3 in Concert and the BBC Proms. Writer & Filmmaker. On Insta as @theianskelly

[Bella Kwon @StyleKickBK]

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Radio 3 still my go-to morning listen. The storytelling around the pieces is what makes Essential Classics work.

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

More surprising stories lie behind some of the music on Essential Classics this morning on @BBCRadio3 as we glide towards the weekend with our man still at the scene trying to fathom it out.

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

It’s elementary my dear Holmes. We have a great idea to launch the search for a playlist on Essential Classics @BBCRadio3 today. Sleuths are already at the scene along with our own Inspector Morse.

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

Questions of identity are at the heart of our listener generated playlist on Essential Classics this morning. Who is who? And why did they call him Who! Join me for a morning of great music… and some mystery larks @BBCRadio3 from 9.30.

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We’re up hill and down dale this morning on Essential Classics @BBCRadio3 and we build a playlist together out of a clock that tells the time for Trumpton… well, a garden somewhere in the town thereof. Our own Chippy Minton is at the scene.

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

A new week of great music dawns with me and Monday’s edition of Essential Classics @BBCRadio3. It may get tetchy this morning, though, as we construct a potentially diabolical playlist… as our man at the scene explains.

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A little behind the scenes look at what it’s like of a morning on @BBCRadio3 … er … behind the scenes.

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The moon has decided to take matters into its own hands and have a go at blocking out the sun today so amongst the Essential Classics @bbcradio3 I will be making a few musical references. Galileo Galilei at the scene explains…

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

Not an inch to spare on stage at the Royal Albert tonight @BBCRadio3 as TWO orchestras team up, one from New York @JuilliardSchool and one from London @RoyalAcadMusic. Hear the music they make at 7pm @BBCRadio3 and around the world. Our man high up in the gods explains.

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

@MikeHBates @bbcproms Have a listen to the interval conversation I had with Jeremy Summerley who explains the history of the versions and how this one came out of the organ part Haydn played and was sanctioned by him whereas perhaps the one you know, Mike, wasn’t!

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

Looking forward Tasmin. We’re live at 19.00 @BBCRadio3.

[Tasmin Little CBE @tasminlittle]

Tonight at c.19:45 I’ll be @RoyalAlbertHall talking live @BBCRadio3 with @Ianskellyradio3 about upcoming unmissable @bbcproms . Do join us!

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From backstage to front of house @BBCProms. It’s a night of choral delights from 7pm live @BBCRadio3 …. as our wandering minstrel at the scene explains.

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And so to Friday and a stack of Essential Classics @BBCRadio3 that ranges from the big to the small and includes a portrait of a chimney belonging to a King. At the scene, you know who…

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

I know I have skin in the game but I must say this is a lovely arrangement and commissioned in memory of someone who was clearly very special. And how curious it appeared on such an anniversary. RIP. https://t.co/W2gEUbHZ8W via @YouTube

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@Troyvisitor @BBCRadio3 @bbcproms The Rachmaninov was splendid I must say. You should have come and said hello. We were practically neighbours! Glad you enjoyed it.

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I’ll be putting your sense of rhythm to the test on Essential Classics this morning @BBCRadio3. And I have music by a composer you probably haven’t heard of who made a crucial decision that created a wonder of the musical world. Our foot tapping correspondent is at the scene…

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@jackie21437570 @BBCRadio3 Gosh. That’s loyalty Jackie! Glad it’s still making your morning.

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It’s all go in Wednesday’s Essential Classics from 9.30 @bbcradio3. You’ll need your telescope, your fishing rod and your trusty Baedeker guide, as our trusted house manager explains…

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We’re live at the Royal Albert Hall the BBC Proms @BBCRadio3 with a distinguished group of visitors from the new home of No 10 Downing Street. We’re live at 6. Our man in a box explains…

[Ian Skelly @Ianskellyradio3]

@GaryFreer2 @classicjacko @gregjames @BBCR1 @SinfoniaOfLondn Indeed. I kept the flares especially just in case there was a revival.