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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months120.04%

12months190.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Gwenllian Llŷr - Strawberry Moon

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Louis Spohr - Nonet in F major, Op 31

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Alonso Lobo - Versa Est In Luctum

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade in G major for string quartet, Op 120

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 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

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 9 hours ago

Elizabeth Maconchy - Music for Strings (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 hours 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

Sergey Rachmaninov - 13 Preludes Op.32 (no.10 in B minor)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Overture in E flat major Op.24

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Benjamin Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio in G major, Op 9 no 1

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Edward Elgar - The Wand of youth - suite no.2 Op.1b (The Tame Bear)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Hermann Ambrosius - Suite

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Nick Martin - Kołysanka

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Danse macabre, Op 40

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight from the City

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Winter

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Hugo Alfvén - Shepherd Girl's dance (The Mountain king)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Alessandro Marcello - Concerto in D minor for oboe and strings

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johann David Heinichen - Clori e Tirsi: cantata ("Se mai, Tirsi, mio bene")

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Alice Mary Smith - The Masque of Pandora (Two Intermezzi)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days 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

Amy Beach - Dreaming

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 92

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Hector Berlioz - Danse des sylphes (S.475) transc. for piano from "La Damnation de Faust"

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

2009-11-23

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Claude Debussy - Nuages (Nocturnes)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Alissa Firsova - Stabat Mater

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Herbert Murrill - Carillon

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Joseph Haydn - The Creation (H.21.2), Pt 1 no.13; Die Himmel erzahlen

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Lili Boulanger - Vieille prière bouddhique

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

George Gershwin - I got rhythm

2016-10-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Peter Maxwell Davies - One star, at last

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D major Op.20'4 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jean‐Philippe Rameau - The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Thea Musgrave - Song of the Enchanter

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Joyeuse marche

1988-11-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Guillaume Dufay - Ave maris stella

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Straussiana

2019-08-30

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Stanislaw Moniuszko - Polonaise in E flat major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jean‐Philippe Rameau - Les fêtes d'Hébé (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

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