BBC Radio 3

18%

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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2013-11-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days70.15%

6months180.06%

12months320.05%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Kerensa Briggs - Media Vita

Popularity:

7days30.26%

28days40.09%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days00%

28days40.09%

6months40.01%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Arnold Bax - Tintagel

Popularity:

7days00%

28days40.09%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Edward Bairstow - Blessed city, heavenly Salem

Popularity:

7days00%

28days40.09%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Arvo Pärt - Fratres

1995-04-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimbas

1998

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Ma Vlast)

1994-08-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor

2025-03-20

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Eric Whitacre - The Seal Lullaby

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

William Walton - Crown Imperial

2004-05-24

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Steve Reich - Clapping Music

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Frederick Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months120.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

James Scott Skinner - Hector the Hero

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Piano Quintet in E major, Op 15

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Eric Coates - Covent Garden (London every day suite)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 17 days ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Claudio Monteverdi - Magnificat II

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Claude Debussy - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

2011-04-12

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

2007-11-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Danse Macabre

1996-12-31

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Hugo Wolf - Italian serenade

1998-10-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus (Overture)

1976-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Thomas Tallis - If ye love me

1988-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

2010-03-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major Op.57

2019-01-25

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2004-10-17

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Cristóbal de Morales - Parce mihi Domine

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

John Coltrane - Naima

1960

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

2016-04-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Hallelujah (Messiah)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio in G major, Op 9 no 1

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months130.04%

12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 no 2

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

1996-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Tauno Pylkkänen - Suite for oboe and strings, Op 32

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Claude Debussy - La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

1994

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

William Byrd - Iustorum animae

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Total: 1,000

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97%

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99%

2 minutes ago: Ludwig van Beethoven - An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98

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99%

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ABC Classic FM

99%

2 minutes ago: Mr. Gurruwiwi (vocals) - Yakurr Manikay

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