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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:

7days40.35%

28days70.16%

6months190.06%

12months320.05%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days50.11%

6months110.04%

12months200.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months160.05%

12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months110.04%

12months200.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months100.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Pietro Locatelli - Sinfonia funebre in F minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 20 days ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ennio Morricone - Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Lilian Elkington - Out of the Mist

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Hallelujah (Messiah)

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 hours ago

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

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Claude Debussy - En bateau (Petite suite)

2011-05-03

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

John Dowland - Now, O Now I Needs Must Part

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Nigel Hess - Congestion Charge (New London Pictures)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 20 days ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Herbert Howells - Magnificat (Gloucester)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a month ago

Last heard a month ago

Henry Purcell - My beloved spake

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months140.05%

12months280.05%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps

1999-07-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months100.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 hours ago

Louise Farrenc - Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 hours ago

Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino (Overture)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque

2022-10-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months110.04%

12months190.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Jerome Moross - The Big Country (Main theme)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Hugo Wolf - Italian serenade

1998-10-05

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

John Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary

1983

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Henry Purcell - Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo (Toccata)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni & Remo Giazotto - Adagio in G minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari - Two orchestral intermezzi from 'I Gioielli della Madonna', Op 4

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

1986-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months100.03%

12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Albertus Groneman - Concerto in G major for solo flute, two flutes, viola & basso continuo

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Fantasy in F Minor, Op 49

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months90.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Amilcare Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

2012-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Vissi d'Arte (Tosca)

1965

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months100.03%

12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Claude Debussy - Rondes de Printemps (Images)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

2010-06-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months100.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - Bacchanale (Autumn, The Seasons Op 67)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months70.02%

12months220.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau

2011-06-28

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Kerensa Briggs - Media Vita

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Gustav Mahler - 5 Ruckert-Lieder

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Edvard Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Total: 1,000

Per Page

Classic music radio

ABC Classic FM

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99%

3 minutes ago: Andrés Segovia (guitar) - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Symphony 924

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14%

99%

17 minutes ago: Kazuhito & Naoko Yamashita, London Phil Orch, Leonard Slatkin - Concerto for 2 Guitars - Un poco moderato e pomposo

Radio Symphony

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58%

11 minutes ago: Frederic Chopin - Nocturne no. 18 in E, op. 62 no. 2

Classic FM

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34%

97%

3 minutes ago: Johann Sebastian Bach, Amandine Beyer - Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major (1)

Classic KABL 960 Radio

play

76%

8 minutes ago: Abe Battat - Once You Were Mine - Single

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Soul Groove Radio

play

12%

6 hours ago: Gary Makepeace - Afterwork Dance Party - - Gary Makepeace - After Work Dance Party 17.09.26

Gold Radio

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23%

93%

13 minutes ago: Blondie - Sunday Girl

Love 80's - DAB

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12%

99%

14 minutes ago: When Will I Be Famous - Bros

Classic FM

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34%

97%

3 minutes ago: Johann Sebastian Bach, Amandine Beyer - Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major (1)

Capital FM

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33%

52%

14 minutes ago: Taylor Swift - Opalite

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Oldies Internet Radio

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29%

84%

14 minutes ago: Earth, Wind & Fire - After The Love Has Gone

Café Romántico Radio

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41%

82%

5 minutes ago: Juan Gabriel - Yo No Naci Para Amar

Heart FM

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31%

74%

10 minutes ago: Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone

100hitz - Hot Hitz

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30%

38%

11 minutes ago: sombr - Hot-back to friends

Mix Radio

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34%

73%

15 minutes ago: Ryan Castro x Kapo - LA VILLA

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