Sam Jackson

@classicjacko

Controller @BBCRadio3 & @BBCProms :: Author :: Dad of 4 :: Board member @HelpMusicians :: Phil 4:13 :: @pompey

London

Joined October 2010

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · May 14

Highest Q1 audience for @BBCRadio3 in over a decade. 150,000+ new listeners in the last year. Best-ever figures for multiple programmes. And all in a quarter when we took a European Roadtrip, broadcast from Auschwitz, and celebrated Boulez. A happy day! bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

classicjacko's tweet card. The latest RAJAR figures show show how audiences consumed audio content from the BBC during the first quarter of 2025

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Finn Forster@FinnForster1 · 8 h

Tomorrow! 🥳 So excited to be back at @glasshouseicm supporting @jadethirlwall for @bbcproms Set time: 20:30pm Tune into @BBCRadio3 to hear it. ❤️ #BBCProms

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Chris West@ChrisWestBass · 10 h

It's my job and my life too, and I can't overstate what a relief it has been to finally have a Radio 3 that doesn't talk down to its audience, cares what music people enjoy listening to and attempts to include new listeners rather than exclude them. There is still much to do.

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · 13 h

Went to this a few weeks ago and can confirm: it is absolutely fascinating. The behind-the-scenes footage from that famous MTV Unplugged album is reason enough to justify the ticket price, let alone everything else on display.

RRoyal College of Music@RCMLondon · 16 h

Before an afternoon of secrets, suspense and storytelling at The Traitors Prom this weekend, why not explore a different kind of legend? Our Kurt Cobain Unplugged exhibition is open just across the road! Book your tickets: bit.ly/RCM-Cobain_pro… @bbcproms #KurtCobain

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · 15 h

Last week, I had a wide-ranging conversation with @acatherwoodnews for @BBCR4Feedback. We discussed @BBCRadio3, the @bbcproms, the state of music education, and much more. Part two is on-air this afternoon, and available on @BBCSounds any time after that: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

classicjacko's tweet card. Andrea Catherwood speaks to comedian Tony Hawks about his new series on inheritance.

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · 19 h

Great to see @bbcbitesize profiling the @bbcproms @glasshouseicm, as @jadethirlwall returns to the North East to perform with @RNSinfonia and @robertamesmusic: bbc.co.uk/bitesize/artic…

classicjacko's tweet card. We speak to three musical maestros on getting ready for Prom Queen JADE

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 23

Two giants of 20th century music, with their centenaries celebrated at the @bbcproms. Berio + Boulez + @Ensemble_inter = a very special Late Night Prom.

classicjacko's tweet image. Two giants of 20th century music, with their centenaries celebrated at the @bbcproms. Berio + Boulez + @Ensemble_inter = a very special Late Night Prom.

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 23

The @glasshouseicm is looking glorious, ahead of our weekend of @bbcproms in the North East. But it’s to Sunderland we head first, for a very special Prom at the @FireStationSun with @sowetokinch and friends: bbc.co.uk/events/e36mzc

classicjacko's tweet image. The @glasshouseicm is looking glorious, ahead of our weekend of @bbcproms in the North East. But it’s to Sunderland we head first, for a very special Prom at the @FireStationSun with @sowetokinch and friends: bbc.co.uk/events/e36mzc

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 23

A pleasure to welcome the first international orchestra of the season to the @bbcproms: the @nationaldefce, conducted by @CristiMacelaru and joined by @RandallGoosby for a sumptuous evening of French music — including the UK premiere of Charlotte Sohy’s ‘Dance mystique’.

classicjacko's tweet image. A pleasure to welcome the first international orchestra of the season to the @bbcproms: the @nationaldefce, conducted by @CristiMacelaru and joined by @RandallGoosby for a sumptuous evening of French music — including the UK premiere of Charlotte Sohy’s ‘Dance mystique’.

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 23

“I have my piano in my room so I'm spending a lot of time in there just playing and chilling. I don't think that there's a day that I go without playing it…especially on game days." England’s new footballing hero Michelle Agyemang: bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

classicjacko's tweet card. England forward Michelle Agyemang was a ball girl four years ago at Wembley. Now she is making an impact for the Lionesses at Euro 2025.

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 23

"If Glastonbury is looking for a classical highlight next year, this could be a knockout." Great to see these @FT reviews of our two world premieres from @tomcoult and @MarkSimpson_88 with the @BBCPhilharmonic at the @bbcproms this week: ft.com/content/021997…

classicjacko's tweet card. Major new pieces by Tom Coult and Mark Simpson were performed alongside works by Mahler, Strauss and Berlioz

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 22

Brilliant collaboration here between the @BBCPhilharmonic and @bbc5live, marking the 20th anniversary of the 2005 Ashes with a special edition of @bbctms: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

classicjacko's tweet card. The 2005 Ashes retold by Test Match Special and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 21

The first of the @BBCPhilharmonic’s @bbcproms this season, and what a way to begin — with a world premiere by @tomcoult (commissioned by the BBC and gloriously sung by @fatboyclayton) and a blazing Mahler 7, all under the baton of the brilliant @johnstorgards.

classicjacko's tweet image. The first of the @BBCPhilharmonic’s @bbcproms this season, and what a way to begin — with a world premiere by @tomcoult (commissioned by the BBC and gloriously sung by @fatboyclayton) and a blazing Mahler 7, all under the baton of the brilliant @johnstorgards.

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Errollyn Wallen@ErrollynWallen · Jul 21

Composers - let’s all give thanks to our orchestras and to our precious BBC @BBCRadio3 @bbcproms @BBCSO #FirstNightofTheProms

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Emma Harding@EmmaHarding01 · Jul 21

The travelling #Tchaikovsky - that’s the theme of our Composer of the Week each day 4pm @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds Today @DonaldMacleod01 follows his grand tour of Europe. Producer Iain Chambers #classicalmusic bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Elizabeth Alker@elizabethalker · Jul 21

Who’s with me for @BBCRadio3 Classical Live this afternoon. Highlights from Friday’s First Night of @bbcproms - Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture now playing - choral music by Vaughan Williams coming up and later, brand new recordings from the recent Regensberg Early Music…

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 21

"If you only do one thing in London today…" 🫵 @bbcproms @BBCPhilharmonic @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds @classicjacko @RoyalAlbertHall @finlandinuk @mahlerfdn @TimeOutLondon @tomcoult #Mahler

JJohn Storgårds@johnstorgards · Jul 20

…now 21.7 having the honour and joy to do my 18th ever @bbcproms concert, with #Mahler7 ! Composed at #Wörthersee #Maiernigg (pics from visit there last year) @BBCPhilharmonic @RoyalAlbertHall @BBCRadio3 @mahlerfdn Also new wonderful @tomcoult piece with amazing Allan Clayton 💎

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 21

“The effortless @SamaraJoy99 was accompanied with peerless sublimity by the @BBCCO and her superb Octet.” A wonderful 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review for the @bbcproms in @thetimes: thetimes.com/culture/music/…

classicjacko's tweet card. The 25-year-old New Yorker’s theme was The Great American Songbook and Beyond, but she veered wonderfully way off course

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Sam Jackson@classicjacko · Jul 20

A great privilege to have welcomed @NMcCarthyPiano to the @bbcproms for the very first time. And what a storming Walton 1 from the @BSOrchestra under Mark Wigglesworth. We’re only three days in, but we’ve already had some corkers so far this season 🎶

classicjacko's tweet image. A great privilege to have welcomed @NMcCarthyPiano to the @bbcproms for the very first time. And what a storming Walton 1 from the @BSOrchestra under Mark Wigglesworth. We’re only three days in, but we’ve already had some corkers so far this season 🎶

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