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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days50.11%

6months110.04%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months150.05%

12months320.05%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Elsa Barraine - Les tziganes

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard a month ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Joby Talbot - The Queen Of Hearts' Tango (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a month ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Distant Glacier (Scott of the Antarctic)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Zadok the priest HWV.258

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Gustav Holst - Dance of Spirits of Fire (The Perfect Fool)

Popularity:

7days30.27%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Gustav Holst - Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

2025-03-19

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Trad. - The Turtle Dove

Popularity:

7days30.27%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 months ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Vittorio Monti - Czardas

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - The Shrovetide Fair (Petrushka)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Liza Lehmann - If no one ever marries me (The Daisy Chain)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months120.04%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Tarantelle in A minor Op.6

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - African Dance (African Suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Franz Schubert - Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow

1993-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

John Dowland - Time stands still

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Lili Boulanger - Nocturne

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Doreen Carwithen - Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Isaac Albéniz - Iberia - book 1

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Percy Grainger - Shepherd's Hey

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Lili Boulanger - Cortège

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

William Grant Still - Serenade

2022-05-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Rhona Clarke - A Song for St Cecilia's Day

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

John Tavener - The Lamb

2019-08-09

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Claude Debussy - La Fille aux cheveux de lin

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months160.06%

12months270.05%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps (Overture)

1991-05-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months220.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau

2011-06-28

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months140.05%

12months250.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave verum corpus, K 618

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Jacques Ibert - Flute Concerto

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

2004-07-28

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Edward Elgar - Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Kerensa Briggs - Media Vita

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Gabriel Fauré - Sicilienne Op.78

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Total: 1,000

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