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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Johan Svendsen - Norwegian rhapsody no.3 Op.21

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata no. 6 in G major, BWV.530

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Zadok the priest HWV.258

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johannes Brahms - 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Hector Berlioz - The Damnation of Faust (Hungarian March)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Teresa Carreño - Le sommeil de l'enfant, Op.35

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Dani Howard - Trombone Concerto: III. Illumination

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon

2016-02-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Michael Nyman - Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 10 months ago

Last heard a day ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto in C major for flute and harp K.299 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Barbara Strozzi - Lagrime mie (Diporti di Euterpe)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

George Gershwin - The man I love

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari - Il Segreto di Susanna: Overture

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Léo Delibes - Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Serenade no 2 in G minor for violin & orchestra, Op 69b

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Manuel de Falla - The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Lili Boulanger - Reflets

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Karl Jenkins - Adiemus

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Aria with Variations, HWV 430 'Harmonious Blacksmith'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

David Baker - Calypso (Jazz Suite '3 Ethnic dances')

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

2025-04-24

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op 61

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Manuel de Falla - Jota (La vida breve)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Prelude in G major, Op 32 No 5

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Alfonso X el Sabio - Saltarello

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Percy Grainger - Handel in the Strand

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Claude Debussy - Bruyères (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2004-10-17

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

William Grant Still - Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No 2 in D minor for violin, BWV 1004 (Gigue)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Veni,veni me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Maurice Ravel - Menuet antique

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months170.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Henk Badings - Canamus, amici, canamus; Finnigan's wake

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ion Dumitrescu - Symphonic Prelude

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Capriccio in A flat major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in A minor for Two Recorders, TWV.52:a2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Percy Grainger - Country Gardens

2018-01-12

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Richard Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

2004-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

John Tavener - Song for Athene

2019-01-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

John Ireland - Concertino Pastorale (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

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16 minutes ago: Beatles - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Way / The End

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94%

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86%

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95%

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89%

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53%

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77%

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60%

89%

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27%

67%

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31%

88%

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100%

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