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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Maurice Ravel - Bolero

2020-11-20

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto in A minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Leonard Bernstein - Mambo (West Side Story)

1961

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Dopo Notte (Ariodante)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

John Gardner - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

2009-11-17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months00%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 months ago

Frédéric Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Michael Haydn - Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Arturo Márquez - Danzón no.2

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Louise Farrenc - Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G major, Kk.455

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for cello and piano

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Peter Ludwig Hertel - Clog Dance (La fille mal gardée)

2018-08-26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Cecilia McDowall - Standing as I do before God

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Excerpts from Songs Without Words, Op 6 (1846)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

John Field - Aria; Nocturne & Chanson

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

2002-12-24

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gabriel Fauré - Après un rêve

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture

2013-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Ottorino Respighi - Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Bill Evans - Peace Piece

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Joseph Haydn - Divertimento for 2 flutes and cello in C major, Hob.4.1, 'London trio' No 1

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

George Frideric Handel - For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months10%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 months ago

Claude Debussy - Pagodes (Estampes)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor, Op 37

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Ronald Binge - The Water Mill

2017-12-13

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

George Gershwin - Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)

1991-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Francis Poulenc - Sonata for violin and piano

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Vissi d'Arte (Tosca)

1965

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Sally Beamish - In the Stillness

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek - Donna Diana (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 hours ago

Giuseppe Tartini - Trumpet Concerto in D major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Dmitry Shostakovich - Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

2002-04-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Carlos Gardel - Por una cabeza

2024-02-02

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months00%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 months ago

Charles Villiers Stanford - The Blue Bird

2016-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise Op.83

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Frédéric Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Grace Williams - Sea Sketches

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

2007-11-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Johannes Brahms - Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Hilda Sehested - 3 Fantasy pieces

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Evelyn Glennie - A Little Prayer

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Arthur Butterworth - Romanza for horn and strings

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Frederick Delius - La Calinda

2007-03-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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