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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Claude Debussy - Tarantelle styrienne

2024-07-30

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Thomas Tallis - If ye love me

1988-09-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Ronald Binge - Sailing By

1994-07-11

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Overture)

1960

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Arturo Márquez - Conga del fuego nuevo

2016-02-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Wedding-cake Op.76

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Claude Debussy - L'isle joyeuse

1989-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Arvo Pärt - Magnificat

2006-09-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Scott Joplin - The Entertainer

1999-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Franz Liszt - La Campanella

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

1976-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 hours ago

Hubert Parry - I was glad

2019-08-30

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Cecilia McDowall - Alma redemptoris Mater

2021-04-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

2020-10-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Meredith Monk - Ellis Island

2014-03-21

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Percy Grainger - Country Gardens

2018-01-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Overture in C major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight

2013-04-09

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

2018-07-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

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

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

John Tavener - Song for Athene

2019-01-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

2024-08-26

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D major, Op.64'5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

1977

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Édouard Lalo - Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

1981-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Léo Delibes - Waltz (Coppelia)

2007

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Amy Beach - Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Zadok the priest HWV.258

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

George Gershwin - An American In Paris

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Frederick Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Vocalise, Op.34 no.14

2025-05-29

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Dorothy Howell - Two Pieces for Muted Strings

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

2010-04-14

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

William Henry Harris - Faire is the heaven

1988-09-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

2013-11-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Rondeau (Les biches)

2018-05-11

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Ruth Gipps - Jane Grey Fantasy, Op 15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op 107

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

John Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary

1983

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei

2019-01-18

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

1986-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Anton Bruckner - Locus Iste

2002

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Franz Schubert - Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

1999-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

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