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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter

2021-10-15

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days70.15%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the apple tree

2023-09-26

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days50.11%

6months70.02%

12months80.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Herbert Howells - A Spotless rose

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days50.11%

6months50.02%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Errollyn Wallen - Peace on Earth

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days40.09%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Michael Praetorius - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days40.09%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 hours ago

Claude Debussy - En bateau (Petite suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months90.03%

12months110.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Elisabeth Lutyens - Channel crossing (La traversee), from En Voyage

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 15 days ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 20 days ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Le Noël des Oiseaux

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 20 days ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months170.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Trad. - Ding Dong Merrily On High

2013-01-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months110.04%

12months220.04%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Rachel Portman - Sewing and Archery (Emma)

Popularity:

7days30.27%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 4 days ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Suite in F major (No 7, Canaries)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 9 days ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months170.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 13 hours ago

Peter Warlock - Benedicamus domino

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 15 days ago

Last heard 3 days ago

John Tavener - The Lamb

2019-08-09

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Henry Mancini - Days of Wine and Roses

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

2004-07-28

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Claude Debussy - Arabesque No.1 in E major

2024-08-07

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months130.05%

12months210.04%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Peter Warlock - Bethlehem Down

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Leopold Mozart - A musical sleigh ride

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Jule Styne - Let it Snow

Popularity:

7days30.27%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Trad. - The Holly and the Ivy

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

2010-03-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months120.04%

12months260.05%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Morton Gould - Windjammer

Popularity:

7days30.27%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 days ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Nigel Hess - A Christmas Overture

2013-05-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Sally Beamish - Harbour Blues (Stone, Salt and Sky)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 12 days ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Sally Beamish - In the Stillness

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 21 hours ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months140.05%

12months280.05%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 9 days ago

John Joubert - There is no rose

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Enrique Granados - Lament of the Maiden and the Nightingale

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 18 days ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Nessun dorma (Turandot)

1993-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Trad. - Coventry Carol

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 21 days ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

2024-08-26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Pierre Villette - Hymne à la Vierge

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Arturo Márquez - Conga del fuego nuevo

2016-02-12

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months110.04%

12months190.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

William Walton - Portsmouth Point

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 22 days ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Sergey Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije - suite Op.60 (Troika)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

John Ireland - The Holy Boy

1995-12-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Philip Lane - Overture on French Carols

2006-11-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Florence Price - Song for Snow

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Hugo Wolf - Italian serenade

1998-10-05

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months100.03%

12months170.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

1999-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months160.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart - Songs for Baritone and Piano

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a month ago

Modest Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

1969

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months90.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a month ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months180.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

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