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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Meredith Monk - Ellis Island
Meredith Monk - Ellis Island
2014-03-21
Popularity:
7days20.18%
28days20.04%
6months70.02%
12months110.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Tarantelle Op.6
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Tarantelle Op.6
Popularity:
7days00%
28days30.07%
6months70.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Camille Saint‐Saëns - The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
Camille Saint‐Saëns - The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
2020-09-25
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months70.02%
12months110.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town (Overture)
Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town (Overture)
2018-02-09
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months70.02%
12months140.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Donnacha Dennehy - Hard Landing
Donnacha Dennehy - Hard Landing
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 months ago
Last heard 2 months ago
Arowah - In this World of War, Peace is What We're Fighting For
Arowah - In this World of War, Peace is What We're Fighting For
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months70.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 4 months ago
Last heard 4 months ago
Amy Beach - Masked Ball, Op.22
Amy Beach - Masked Ball, Op.22
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months70.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
1995-01-01
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months70.02%
12months140.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 23 days ago
Frederick Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Frederick Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
1997-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months70.02%
12months140.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 6 days ago
John Adams - China Gates
John Adams - China Gates
2025-01-03
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months70.02%
12months100.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Má vlast)
Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Má vlast)
1994-08-05
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months70.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Carl Davis - Pride and Prejudice: Main Title
Carl Davis - Pride and Prejudice: Main Title
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months70.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
Eric Whitacre - Sleep
Eric Whitacre - Sleep
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months70.02%
12months170.03%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Hugo Alfvén - Shepherd Girl's dance (The Mountain king)
Hugo Alfvén - Shepherd Girl's dance (The Mountain king)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimbas
Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimbas
1998
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 months ago
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Straussiana
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Straussiana
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
1976-01-01
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months140.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645
Johann Sebastian Bach - Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)
Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)
2007-11-12
Popularity:
7days00%
28days30.07%
6months60.02%
12months120.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water
Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months70.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps (Overture)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps (Overture)
1991-05-27
Popularity:
7days00%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months110.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Gioachino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
Gioachino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
1989-06-15
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months110.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter
Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter
2021-10-15
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months90.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 months ago
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 2 months ago
Léo Delibes - Waltz (Coppelia)
Léo Delibes - Waltz (Coppelia)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 7 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 25 days ago
Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57
Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57
2025-04-24
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka
Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Evelyn Glennie - A Little Prayer
Evelyn Glennie - A Little Prayer
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)
2023-06-30
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months90.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Leonard Bernstein - Mambo (West Side Story)
Leonard Bernstein - Mambo (West Side Story)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months90.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
1999-01-01
Popularity:
7days00%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months140.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard an hour ago
Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
2009-11-23
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months140.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 10 days ago
John Tavener - The Lamb
John Tavener - The Lamb
2019-08-09
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months130.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 25 days ago
Hubert Parry - I was glad
Hubert Parry - I was glad
2019-08-30
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months140.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
Ronald Binge - The Water Mill
Ronald Binge - The Water Mill
2017-12-13
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months90.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 2 months ago
Florence Price - Adoration
Florence Price - Adoration
2023-04-14
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months110.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 24 days ago
Amilcare Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
Amilcare Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
2012-01-01
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 hours ago
Modest Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
2016-10-14
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Jonathan Dove - Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars
Jonathan Dove - Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars
Popularity:
7days00%
28days00%
6months60.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)
2022-11-18
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months130.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Cécile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op 107
Cécile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op 107
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months90.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Claude Debussy - Arabesque No.1 in E major
Claude Debussy - Arabesque No.1 in E major
2024-08-07
Popularity:
7days00%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months190.03%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
1960
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months130.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin
Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin
Popularity:
7days00%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 13 days ago
George Gershwin - Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)
George Gershwin - Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)
1991-01-01
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months110.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Giacomo Puccini - O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Giacomo Puccini - O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
2021-11-12
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months90.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise Op.83
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise Op.83
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days20.04%
6months60.02%
12months60.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Marianna Martines - Sinfonia in C major
Marianna Martines - Sinfonia in C major
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months70.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Manuel de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
Manuel de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
2007-01-23
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months140.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Total: 1,000
play watch
25%
99%
6 minutes ago: Bee Gees - Tragedy
play watch
33%
98%
4 minutes ago: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Spanish Dance
play
6%
77%
3 minutes ago: Van Halen - When It's Love
9 minutes ago: www.radiosymphony.com - Visit our website!
play
8%
100%
8 minutes ago: Dusty Springfield - Summer Is Over
play watch
18%
95%
9 minutes ago: Fleetwood Mac - Come A Little Bit Closer
play watch
16%
92%
7 minutes ago: Just Kiddin - Fall for You (Franky Rizardo Remix)
play watch
13%
85%
2 hours ago: Blues Therapy Radio with Ray Hansen (R) - Ray Hansen - Blues Therapy
play watch
18%
96%
3 minutes ago: PITBULL - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
play watch
10%
49%
10 minutes ago: Unknown - Love train The OJays
play watch
31%
87%
7 minutes ago: Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
play watch
33%
54%
6 minutes ago: Miley Cyrus - Hot-Used To Be Young
play watch
71%
96%
5 minutes ago: The Beatles - Come Together
play watch
39%
85%
7 minutes ago: Nicky Romero, David Guetta - Shout
play watch
33%
51%
6 minutes ago: Beyonce - BREAK MY SOUL