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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

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Rachel Portman - flight

2021-12-10

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

John Dowland - Can She Excuse My Wrongs

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 hours ago

Reynaldo Hahn - A Chloris

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Serenade no 2 in A major, Op 16

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Cecilia McDowall - Adoro te devote

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Ester Mägi - Bucolic

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op 61

Popularity:

7days10.09%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen

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First heard 2 years ago

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

2020-01-10

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Franz Schubert - Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Grażyna Bacewicz - Suite for chamber orchestra

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture, Op 62

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Arthur Bliss - Things to come (March)

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Maria Herz - Concerto for Harpsichord or Fortepiano, String Orchestra and Flute, op. 15

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

2000-09-20

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

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Amy Beach - Peace I leave with you

2020-09-25

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Franz Schubert - 4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Arnold Bax - 4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

George Gershwin - I got rhythm

2016-10-14

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Eugen Suchon - Ballade for Horn and Orchestra

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - William Tell (Overture)

2014-06-13

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

George Frideric Handel - As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Leopold Ebner - Trio in B flat major

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Charles‐Marie Widor - Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor)

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Jocelyn Pook - How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

George Frideric Handel - Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

2019-10-04

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

George Walker - Lyric for Strings

2022-10-28

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

César Franck - Violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3'1

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Alexander Glazunov - Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Gerald Finzi - Romance Op.11

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune

1994

Popularity:

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6months10%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

7days10.09%

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6months30.01%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

2022-11-18

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Edward Elgar - Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Op.26

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First heard 3 years ago

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Jean Sibelius - Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

2007-11-12

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

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Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

2025-04-24

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

William Byrd - Ave verum corpus

2023-06-02

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Thea Musgrave - Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland for orchestra

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Henry Purcell - Music for a while (Oedipus)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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