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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months160.06%

12months250.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months150.05%

12months320.05%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau

2011-06-28

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months140.05%

12months250.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Percy Grainger - Handel in the Strand

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months130.05%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2013-11-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months120.04%

12months240.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months120.04%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months110.04%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months110.04%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months100.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

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

2011-04-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months100.03%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months220.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

2003-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months100.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

John Tavener - The Lamb

2019-08-09

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 hours ago

Maurice Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

2016-01-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months100.03%

12months190.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow

1993-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months90.03%

12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

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

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months90.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2004-10-17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months90.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

2004-07-28

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months210.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Trad. - I Saw Three Ships

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months90.03%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months200.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Arvo Pärt - Fratres

1995-04-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months90.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Zadok the priest HWV.258

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

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

2011-04-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months190.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana

2021-11-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town (Overture)

2018-02-09

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maurice Ravel - Introduction and Allegro

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque

2022-10-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Ronald Binge - Sailing By

1994-07-11

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

John Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary

1983

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter

2021-10-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months80.03%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness

2006-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

2018-07-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months80.03%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

1976-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Percy Grainger - Country Gardens

2018-01-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

2010-04-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Florence Price - Adoration

2023-04-14

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

George Gershwin - An American In Paris

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months80.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Bedrich Smetana - The Bartered Bride (Overture)

2012-09-11

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Percy Grainger - Molly on the shore

2012-03-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 hours ago

John Gardner - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

2009-11-17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Meredith Monk - Ellis Island

2014-03-21

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

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

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Errollyn Wallen - Peace on Earth

2020-10-30

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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