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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

William Byrd - This sweet and merry month of May

Popularity:

7days30.26%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Peter Tranchell - The Dog That Sat

Popularity:

7days30.26%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 4 days ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Franz Schubert - Der Schmetterling, Op. 57 No. 1, D. 633

Popularity:

7days30.26%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Leroy Anderson - March of the Two Left Feet

Popularity:

7days30.26%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 5 days ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto no 15 in B flat, K. 450

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 days ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance

1986-01-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months120.04%

12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Arthur Henry Mann, Robert Cooke, James Nares & Charles Villiers Stanford - Psalm 78

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 days ago

Last heard a day ago

Basil Harwood - Sonata No 1 in C sharp minor (Allegro appassionato)

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 days ago

Last heard a day ago

Charles Villiers Stanford - For lo, I raise up

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 days ago

Last heard a day ago

Boris Lyatoshinsky - Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Oscar Peterson - Hymn To Freedom

1963-01-01

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Cecilia McDowall - Standing as I do before God

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days20.04%

6months70.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

George Gershwin - 3 Preludes

Popularity:

7days20.18%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Dora Pejačević - Four piano pieces

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

George Frideric Handel - Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV.76 (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau

2011-06-28

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months90.03%

12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Claude Debussy - Beau Soir

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Clara Schumann - Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Claude Debussy - Images

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei

2019-01-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

2016-04-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Cristóbal de Morales - Parce mihi Domine

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

2003-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months130.04%

12months240.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major, H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor (Sanctus and Osanna)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Joseph Haydn - The heavens are telling (The Creation)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger - Toccata Arpeggiata

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 hours ago

George Gershwin - An American In Paris

1959

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Danse macabre, Op 40

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1959

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Alexander Borodin - Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto no 1 in D major, K412

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Richard Strauss - Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

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

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Serenade to music

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days 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 6 days ago

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

2010-03-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Boris Papandopulo - Dodolice: traditional folk ceremony for soprano, piano and girls' choir

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Ruth Gipps - Seascape Op.53

2014-02-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

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