BBC Radio 3

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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Fanny Mendelssohn - Overture in C major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Franz Schubert - Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

2025-04-17

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 hours ago

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek - Donna Diana (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

1986-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Jasper Dommett - King Torques Hollow Acetate

2025-05-16

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ruth Gipps - Seascape Op.53

2014-02-25

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 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

George Gershwin - Girl Crazy (Overture)

1976

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin Op.15'2

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Richard Rodgers - Prologue: The Carousel Waltz (from 'Carousel')

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 hours ago

Clara Schumann - Quatre pièces fugitives, Op 15

2023-03-24

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a month ago

Edward Elgar - Introduction & Allegro

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Jean Sibelius - Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia, Op 49

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances

2013-07-30

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Francis Poulenc - Flute Sonata

1999-12-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Giacomo Puccini - E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

1979-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

William Walton - Orb and sceptre - coronation march

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Richard Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

2004-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Will Todd - My Lord has come

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture

2013-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Bolero

2020-11-20

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Claudio Monteverdi - Zefiro Torna

2009-01-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Christian Sinding - The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Jonathan Dove - Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Susan Spain-Dunk - Two Scottish Pieces for orchestra Op 54

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month 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

Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings

2010-01-18

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Frédéric Chopin - Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

2025-01-08

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Automne, Op 35 No 2

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

William Grant Still - Summerland (3 Visions)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

2024-09-13

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Danse macabre Op.40

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

George Gershwin - Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)

1991-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Overture in E flat major Op.24

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Claude Debussy - Petite Suite

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Tarantelle Op.6

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

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

2009-11-10

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Amy Beach - Dreaming

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

François-Joseph Gossec - Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)

2014-06-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

George Frideric Handel - Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

2019-10-04

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Kodály Zoltán - Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

1990-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Cassie Kinoshi - Whalesong

2025-02-21

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months00%

12months90.01%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 8 months ago

Joanna Marsh - In Winter's House

2022-10-14

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Robert Schumann - Arabeske In C Major Op.18

2024-05-17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Trad. - I Saw Three Ships

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months90.03%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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