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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

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Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

2023-06-30

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Lili Boulanger - D'un vieux jardin

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Josef Rheinberger - Abendlied

2006-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

2020-10-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Charles Villiers Stanford - The Blue Bird

2016-01-01

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Claude Debussy - Syrinx

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Antoine Reicha - Oboe Quintet in F major, Op 107

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Augusta Holmès - Overture for a Comedy

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture Op.80

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Rudolf Matz - Ballade for violin, cello & piano

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Francesco Manfredini - Sinfonia da chiesa in D major, Op 2 No 12, 'Sinfonia pastorale'

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

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Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Florence Price - Clouds

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto in A minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Henry Purcell - Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

2009-11-10

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Dmitry Shostakovich - Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

2002-04-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Edward Elgar - Introduction & Allegro

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Herbert Howells - A Spotless rose

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Dobrinka Tabakova - Pirin

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

John Williams - Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

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12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Franz Schubert - Piano Trio in E flat, 'Notturno'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Claude Debussy - Reverie

2012-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Giuseppe Verdi - The Force of Destiny (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

César Franck - Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Clara Schumann - Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, Op 16 no 2

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Giuseppe Verdi - Brindisi (La traviata)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Luka Sorkocevic - Symphony no 3 in D major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Arthur Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Trad. - The Lark in the Clear Air

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Grażyna Bacewicz - Overture

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Henry Purcell - Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z.24

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Sergey Prokofiev - The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Julius Fucik - Entry of The Gladiators

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Richard Strauss - Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Claude Debussy - Estampes

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Georges Bizet - Farandole (L'Arlésienne - Suite No 2)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Fantasia on an Irish song 'The last rose of summer' for piano, Op 15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Edvard Grieg - Last Spring, Op 33 no 2

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Amilcare Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

2012-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Claude Debussy - The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

2024-01-12

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Robert Schumann - Piano Sonata No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 11

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gerald Finzi - Eclogue in F major Op.10

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

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