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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Franz Schubert - Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)
Franz Schubert - Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Maurice Duruflé - Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op 10
Maurice Duruflé - Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op 10
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Carl Nielsen - Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)
Carl Nielsen - Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Frédéric Chopin - Rondo in C major, Op 73
Frédéric Chopin - Rondo in C major, Op 73
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Johannes Brahms - Schicksalslied for chorus and orchestra, Op 54
Johannes Brahms - Schicksalslied for chorus and orchestra, Op 54
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E Flat major
Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E Flat major
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, Op. 50
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)
2000-09-20
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Nocturne)
Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Nocturne)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in A major Kk.322
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in A major Kk.322
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 15 days ago
Caroline Shaw - Partita (Sarabande)
Caroline Shaw - Partita (Sarabande)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Engelbert Humperdinck - Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck - Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)
2025-04-04
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Georges Bizet - L'Arlésienne suite no.1 (Carillon)
Georges Bizet - L'Arlésienne suite no.1 (Carillon)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Ma Vlast)
1994-08-05
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months90.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 15 days ago
Béla Bartók - Romanian folk dances Sz.68 orch. from Sz.56 (Orig. for piano)
Béla Bartók - Romanian folk dances Sz.68 orch. from Sz.56 (Orig. for piano)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Joaquín Rodrigo - Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)
Joaquín Rodrigo - Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Guillaume de Machaut - Ballade 32, 'Ploures, dames'
Guillaume de Machaut - Ballade 32, 'Ploures, dames'
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 24 days ago
Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major (2nd mvt)
Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major (2nd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 17 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 17 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 24 days ago
Nino Rota - Otto e mezzo (Eight and a Half)
Nino Rota - Otto e mezzo (Eight and a Half)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata a quattro in C major
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata a quattro in C major
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 25 days ago
Padre Antonio Soler - Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor
Padre Antonio Soler - Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Giacomo Puccini - Suor Angelica: Intermezzo
Giacomo Puccini - Suor Angelica: Intermezzo
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
John Ireland - A London Overture
John Ireland - A London Overture
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 17 days ago
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)
Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 17 days ago
Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight
Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight
2013-04-09
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months90.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata in C minor, Op 1 No 8
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata in C minor, Op 1 No 8
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite
Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months60.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 23 days ago
Benjamin Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia
Benjamin Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
2018-07-27
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Trad. - Deep River
Trad. - Deep River
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Edvard Grieg - Triumphal March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
Edvard Grieg - Triumphal March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Claude Debussy - Valse romantique
Claude Debussy - Valse romantique
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Pietro Locatelli - Concerto grosso in F major Op.1'1
Pietro Locatelli - Concerto grosso in F major Op.1'1
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin concerto in D major, Op 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin concerto in D major, Op 35
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Danse macabre, Op 40
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Danse macabre, Op 40
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months60.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 23 days ago
Johan Halvorsen & George Frideric Handel - Passacaglia after Handel
Johan Halvorsen & George Frideric Handel - Passacaglia after Handel
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Joaquín Rodrigo - 3 Piezas espanolas for guitar
Joaquín Rodrigo - 3 Piezas espanolas for guitar
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Frederick Delius - Summer Evening
Frederick Delius - Summer Evening
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Total: 1,000
play watch
23%
94%
6 minutes ago: Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
play watch
13%
94%
9 minutes ago: George Ezra - Budapest
play watch
33%
97%
a few seconds ago: Georg-Philipp Telemann, Emmanuel Pahud - Concerto for Flute, Violin and Cello in A major (2)
play watch
13%
88%
3 minutes ago: Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
play watch
26%
93%
9 minutes ago: Paul Weller - I Started A Joke
play
8%
96%
2 minutes ago: Stanley Turrentine - Impressions
play watch
17%
91%
6 minutes ago: N/A
raw: Joshua Radin - I Can See Clearly Now
7 minutes ago: Billy Cotton & His Band - Truckin
play watch
14%
99%
25 minutes ago: Bach / Logerot - Fuite en Fi : Ens Quai n°5
play watch
12%
69%
4 minutes ago: AMB - Amandus - Mills - Brodersen - In The Curve
play watch
33%
97%
a few seconds ago: Georg-Philipp Telemann, Emmanuel Pahud - Concerto for Flute, Violin and Cello in A major (2)
play watch
100%
53%
10 minutes ago: SZA - 30 for 30 (x Kendrick Lamar)
play watch
38%
70%
16 minutes ago: Mc Car - No Eres La Misma
play watch
33%
51%
6 minutes ago: Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license
play watch
71%
95%
9 minutes ago: The Beau Brummels - Just A Little