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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:

7days10.08%

28days40.09%

6months140.05%

12months270.05%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in G minor, FP 93

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Thomas Tallis - Spem in alium

2006-01-05

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D major, Op 64 no 5 (Hob.III.63) "Lark"

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Alexander Scriabin - Waltz, Op. 38

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a month ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat major Op.20 for strings - 4th mvmt (presto)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 18 days ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Jack Strachey - In a party mood

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 months ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Mel Bonis - Narcisse

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Overture in C major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17

2009-09-29

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months150.05%

12months350.06%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months110.04%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Ruth Gipps - Song for orchestra, Op 33

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Percy Grainger - Molly on the shore

2012-03-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Michel Legrand - The Go-Between (Original movie sound track); Main title

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 20 days ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Preludio Sinfonico

2024-02-09

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months110.04%

12months230.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings

2010-01-18

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Max Bruch - Scottish fantasy, Op 46

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana

2021-11-15

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Maurice Ravel - La Valse

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Catrin Finch - Listen to the Grass Grow

2018-04-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow

1993-01-01

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days30.07%

6months100.03%

12months220.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months140.05%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor

2025-03-20

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I: No. 2, Valse

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

2010-06-02

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Hildegard von Bingen - Ancient Suite

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Concertino, Op.107

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps (Overture)

1991-05-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Paul Desmond - Take Five

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

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

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Arthur Butterworth - Romanza for horn and strings

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

2013-11-05

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps

1999-07-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 hours ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Edward Elgar - Falstaff - Symphonic Study Op.68

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Doreen Carwithen - Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Gabriel Fauré - Nocturne no 1 in E flat minor, Op 33 No 1

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Claude Debussy - Tarantelle styrienne

2024-07-30

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart - Songs for Baritone and Piano

Popularity:

7days10.08%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Anna Clyne - Masquerade

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Popularity:

7days20.17%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Total: 1,000

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