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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E flat major, Op 44, No 3 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra - Go Tell It On The Mountain

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Malcolm Arnold - Commonwealth Christmas Overture, Op. 64

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Skating in Central Park

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 9 hours ago

Louise Farrenc - Overture in E flat major Op.24

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Trad. - Deep River

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV.645

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

John Ireland - The Holy Boy

1995-12-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (La réjouissance)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

William Lawes - Suite a 4 in G minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Howard Blake - Walking In The Air (From "The Snowman")

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Stanislaw Moniuszko - Duet (Halka & Janusz) : "Oh Janusz my darling" from Halka, Act I

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Thomas Tallis - Videte miraculum

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Sergey Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije - suite Op.60 (Troika)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Joanna Marsh - In Winter's House

2022-10-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Percy Grainger - Shepherd's Hey

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Trad. - Joy to the world

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Traditional Carol - I Saw Three Ships

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Gustaf Nordqvist - Jul, jul, strålande jul

1997-12-28

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 14 hours ago

Traditional Carol - Deck the halls

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

William James Kirkpatrick & Wendy Nieper - Away in a Manger

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Takashi Yoshimatsu - White Landscapes, Op. 47a; (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata no. 51 BWV.51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months80.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months150.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Jacques Offenbach - Sleigh Ride

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Rosenmüller - Gloria for SATB, cornett, 2 violins, 2 violas and bass continuo

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

John Rutter - The very best time of year

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Ye Xiaogang - Starry Sky, Op. 56

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Erik Gustaf Geijer - Piano Quartet in E minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Garth Edmundson - Toccata on 'Von Himmel hoch'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme Op.74)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Traditional Irish - The Wexford Carol

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Nigel Hess - A Christmas Overture

2013-05-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute (Overture)

1984-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months170.03%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johan Halvorsen & George Frideric Handel - Passacaglia after Handel

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Adolf Hasse - Organ Concerto in D major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

John Rutter - Angels' carol for chorus and accompaniment

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Trio Sonata

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Darius Milhaud - Brazileira (Scaramouche)

2019-04-26

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Organ Sonata no.4 BWV.528 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jacques Ibert - Trois Pieces Breves for wind quintet

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

John Tavener - Song for Athene

2019-01-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Hamish MacCunn - The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op.3

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

1986-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months100.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

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