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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 (London) playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2013-11-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months180.06%12months310.05%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months110.04%12months260.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months130.04%12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months130.04%12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months110.04%12months220.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months220.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months80.03%12months220.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1959

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months90.03%12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque

2022-10-14

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months120.04%12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days30.07%6months110.04%12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Percy Grainger - Molly on the shore

Percy Grainger - Molly on the shore

2012-03-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months120.04%12months200.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana

Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana

2021-11-15

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months100.03%12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days30.07%6months100.03%12months190.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau

Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau

2011-06-28

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months70.02%12months190.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Franz Liszt - La Campanella

Franz Liszt - La Campanella

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months80.03%12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months70.02%12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months100.03%12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Lili Boulanger - Nocturne

Lili Boulanger - Nocturne

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%28days50.11%6months120.04%12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2004-10-17

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months100.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town (Overture)

Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town (Overture)

2018-02-09

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months90.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

2003-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months80.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

Maurice Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months50.02%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Thomas Tallis - Spem in alium

Thomas Tallis - Spem in alium

2006-01-05

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months80.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Bedrich Smetana - The Bartered Bride (Overture)

Bedrich Smetana - The Bartered Bride (Overture)

2012-09-11

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months80.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

2012-03-05

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months90.03%12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn

James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months90.03%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

1986-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days30.07%6months90.03%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow

1993-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days30.07%6months70.02%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Claude Debussy - Tarantelle styrienne

Claude Debussy - Tarantelle styrienne

2024-07-30

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months110.04%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

2010-06-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Claude Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Claude Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

2011-04-12

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino (Overture)

Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino (Overture)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months70.02%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings

2010-01-18

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

Antonín Dvořák - Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

2021-11-19

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months100.03%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months90.03%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

2010-03-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months70.02%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 hours ago

Percy Grainger - Handel in the Strand

Percy Grainger - Handel in the Strand

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

George Gershwin - An American In Paris

George Gershwin - An American In Paris

1959

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months100.03%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months70.02%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man

1960

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months80.03%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

2017-09-08

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Fritz Kreisler - Liebesleid

Fritz Kreisler - Liebesleid

1999-03-31

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months80.03%12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Franz Schubert - Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

Franz Schubert - Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Claude Debussy - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

Claude Debussy - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

2011-04-12

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months60.02%12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maurice Ravel - La Valse

Maurice Ravel - La Valse

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Thomas Tallis - If ye love me

Thomas Tallis - If ye love me

1988-09-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Overture)

Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Overture)

1960

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months70.02%12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

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