BBC Radio 3

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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

George Frideric Handel - Eternal source of light (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Meredith Monk - Ellis Island

2014-03-21

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Edward Elgar - Elegy Op.58

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise Op.83

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Gabriel Fauré - Après un rêve

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - Concert waltz no.1 in D major Op.47

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Carnival Overture Op.92

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Isaac Albéniz - Iberia - book 1

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari - Two orchestral intermezzi from 'I Gioielli della Madonna', Op 4

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Madeleine Dring - Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Lili Boulanger - Psalm XXIV, LB 36

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Peter Warlock - Mattachins (Capriol Suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Franz Schubert - Nachtgesang im Walde, D. 913

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Lili Boulanger - Cortège

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Hans Rott - Symphony no.1 in E major (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

William Walton - Sinfonia Concertante (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Doreen Carwithen - Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Henri Mulet - Carillon-sortie in D major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Vissi d'Arte (Tosca)

1965

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Louis Couperin - Suite in D minor: Courante, Sarabande and Canaries

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Clarissa Connelly - Wee Rosebud

2023-11-07

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Amy Beach - Peace I leave with you

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 hours ago

Claude Debussy - Rondes de Printemps (Images)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Dora Pejačević - Four piano pieces

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 hours ago

Charles Mouton - Pièces de Lute in C minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

Bedrich Smetana - The Bartered Bride - Overture

2012-09-11

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 hours ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 minutes ago

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

1981-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Nessun dorma (Turandot)

1993-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Miles Davis - Generique

1958-01-29

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Joseph Haydn - Symphony No 100 in G major, 'Military' (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps

1999-07-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

2004-07-28

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Teresa Carreño - Mi Teresita

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

John Tavener - Song for Athene

2019-01-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jan van Gilse - String Quartet (Unfinished, 1922)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Concertino, Op.107

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Dmitry Shostakovich - Festive Overture

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Jennifer Higdon - Blue Cathedral

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Marianna Martines - Overture in C major (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Total: 1,000

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