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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 (London) playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Villem Kapp - Pohjarannik (The North Coast) - poem for bass soloist, male choir and organ
Villem Kapp - Pohjarannik (The North Coast) - poem for bass soloist, male choir and organ
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony no 9 in E flat, Op 70
Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony no 9 in E flat, Op 70
2023-05-12
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months20%12months30%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Paul Hindemith - Rasendes Zeitmaß. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache, from Viola Sonata op 25
Paul Hindemith - Rasendes Zeitmaß. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache, from Viola Sonata op 25
2024-04-26
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
André Grétry - Overture and Duo (Le jugement de Midas)
André Grétry - Overture and Duo (Le jugement de Midas)
2001-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Frédéric Chopin - 3 Ecossaises for piano, Op 72 no 3
Frédéric Chopin - 3 Ecossaises for piano, Op 72 no 3
2026-10-30
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Carlos Salzedo - Chanson dans la nuit (Study for harp)
Carlos Salzedo - Chanson dans la nuit (Study for harp)
2006-05-13
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prélude, from 'Cello Suite no 6 in D major, BWV.1012'
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prélude, from 'Cello Suite no 6 in D major, BWV.1012'
1983
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Sergey Prokofiev - Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op 100
Sergey Prokofiev - Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op 100
2023-03-03
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Antonín Dvořák - no.4 Als die alte Mutter
Antonín Dvořák - no.4 Als die alte Mutter
2011-10-10
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 21 hours ago
Filiberto Nantermi - Cor mio, deh non languire
Filiberto Nantermi - Cor mio, deh non languire
2018-06-22
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 19 hours ago
Joseph Haydn - Sonata in G minor, H.16.44
Joseph Haydn - Sonata in G minor, H.16.44
1987-06-15
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months30%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 19 hours ago
Claudio Monteverdi - Audi, coelum, verba mea - from Vespro della Beata Vergine
Claudio Monteverdi - Audi, coelum, verba mea - from Vespro della Beata Vergine
1984-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 18 hours ago
Fela Sowande - African suite for harp and strings
Fela Sowande - African suite for harp and strings
2024-03-22
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 8 months ago
Last heard 18 hours ago
Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, Op 48 (Agnus Dei)
Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, Op 48 (Agnus Dei)
2008-11-03
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%
First heard 7 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Franz Schubert - Octet in F Major, D 803: V. Menuetto. Allegretto
Franz Schubert - Octet in F Major, D 803: V. Menuetto. Allegretto
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 7 months ago
Last heard 7 days ago
George Frideric Handel - Royal Fireworks Music
George Frideric Handel - Royal Fireworks Music
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 7 months ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Michael McGlynn - Ocean
Michael McGlynn - Ocean
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 6 months ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months30%
First heard 6 months ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Harry Burleigh - Southland Sketches
Harry Burleigh - Southland Sketches
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 6 months ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement; Adagietto
Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement; Adagietto
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 6 months ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14 "Moonlight"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14 "Moonlight"
2007-09-25
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 6 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Tendernesst - Loom
Tendernesst - Loom
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 6 months ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Miles Davis & Bill Evans - Blue in Green
Miles Davis & Bill Evans - Blue in Green
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard a day ago
George Frideric Handel - Messiah (Amen)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah (Amen)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Pt 1, "Quoniam tu solus" & "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Pt 1, "Quoniam tu solus" & "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
2026-10-23
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Hear my Prayer: O for the wings of a dove
Felix Mendelssohn - Hear my Prayer: O for the wings of a dove
2005-10-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Panorama (The Sleeping Beauty)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Panorama (The Sleeping Beauty)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Joseph Haydn - Flute Quartet in D major, Op 5 no 3
Joseph Haydn - Flute Quartet in D major, Op 5 no 3
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Giacomo Puccini - Un bel dì, vedremo (Madame Butterfly)
Giacomo Puccini - Un bel dì, vedremo (Madame Butterfly)
1967-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months40%
First heard 5 months ago
Last heard 12 hours ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 (3rd mvt)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Trad. - Fern Blossom
Trad. - Fern Blossom
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei for chorus
Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei for chorus
2019-01-18
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Joe Webb - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
Joe Webb - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Johann Gottfried Müthel - Jesu, meine Freude, arr for organ
Johann Gottfried Müthel - Jesu, meine Freude, arr for organ
1991-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto (1st mvt)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto (1st mvt)
2019-04-26
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Lili Boulanger - Psalm 129
Lili Boulanger - Psalm 129
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Henry Purcell - Three parts upon a ground Z.731
Henry Purcell - Three parts upon a ground Z.731
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Ruairi Dall O Cathain - Tabhair dom do Lámh
Ruairi Dall O Cathain - Tabhair dom do Lámh
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Rita Strohl - Septet in C minor (3rd mvt)
Rita Strohl - Septet in C minor (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Johann Strauss II - Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354
Johann Strauss II - Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Gustav Mahler - Movement for Piano Quartet
Gustav Mahler - Movement for Piano Quartet
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 9 hours ago
Hildegard of Bingen - O frondens virga
Hildegard of Bingen - O frondens virga
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Joanna Marsh - Going to Heaven!
Joanna Marsh - Going to Heaven!
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard a day ago
Leonard Bernstein - Three Dance Episodes, from 'On the Town'
Leonard Bernstein - Three Dance Episodes, from 'On the Town'
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 3 months ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Jean‐Philippe Rameau - Les Boreades, Act 4 sc.4; Entree de Polimnie
Jean‐Philippe Rameau - Les Boreades, Act 4 sc.4; Entree de Polimnie
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Olivier Messiaen - Le Loriot (no 2 of Catalogue d'Oiseaux)
Olivier Messiaen - Le Loriot (no 2 of Catalogue d'Oiseaux)
2025-03-31
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 21 hours ago
Kaspar Förster - Dulcis amor Jesu
Kaspar Förster - Dulcis amor Jesu
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Nicola Antonio Porpora - Polifemo: Overture
Nicola Antonio Porpora - Polifemo: Overture
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Georg Melchior Hoffmann - Horn Concerto in E-flat major
Georg Melchior Hoffmann - Horn Concerto in E-flat major
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV230
Johann Sebastian Bach - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV230
2017-12-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Total: 1,000
Rating: 23%
Rotation quality: 93%
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Rating: 35%
Rotation quality: 97%
12 minutes ago: Johann Christian Bach, Frank de Bruine - Sinfonia Concertante in C major T.289 No.4 (2)
Rating: 11%
Rotation quality: 92%
8 minutes ago: John Martyn - Solid Air
Rating: 30%
Rotation quality: 93%
6 minutes ago: BREAK MACHINE - BREAK DANCE PARTY
Rating: 21%
Rotation quality: 91%
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Rating: 6%
Rotation quality: 75%
10 minutes ago: Franz Schubert (1797-1828) AUS - Ave Maria
Rating: 7%
Rotation quality: 99%
14 minutes ago: WALTHER: Preludio con fuga en sol majeur (LV 119), Olivier Vernet - Contemporaries of J.S. Bach - Johann Gottfried Walther
Rating: 9%
Rotation quality: 100%
17 minutes ago: Ronald Spigelman (conductor) Karin Schaupp (guitar) Queensland Symphony Orchestra - Guitar Concerto
Rating: 9%
Rotation quality: 58%
13 minutes ago: Ludwig Van Beethoven - Sonata For Violin And Piano N.8 In G Major Op.30 N.3
Rating: 6%
Rotation quality: 94%
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Rating: 35%
Rotation quality: 97%
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Rating: 48%
Rotation quality: 36%
6 minutes ago: Paul, Billy - The Whole Town's Talking
Rating: 30%
Rotation quality: 93%
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Rating: 54%
Rotation quality: 65%
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Rating: 47%
Rotation quality: 80%
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