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Top composers and works

This page shows the composers and works being performed most frequently over the coming months (as found in our database). Click on any of the cities, composers or works to go to directly to a list of the works. This list excludes opera, which can be found in a separate list by clicking here

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Top composers
1	Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
2	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
3	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
4	Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
5	Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
6	Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
7	Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
8	Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
9	Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
10	Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
11	Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
12	Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
13	Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
14	Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)
15	Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
16	Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
17	Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
18	Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
19	Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
20	Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
21	Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
22	Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
23	Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
24	Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)
25	Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
26	Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
27	Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
28	Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881)
29	Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek (1810-1849)
30	Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
31	Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
32	Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
33	Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
34	Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
35	Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
36	Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)
37	Berg, Alban (1885-1935)
38	Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
39	Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
40	Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
41	Janácek, Leoš (1854-1928)
42	Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
43	Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)
44	Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884)
45	Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
46	Webern, Anton (1883-1945)
47	Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
48	Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
49	Khachaturian, Aram Ilyich (1903-1978)
50	Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)

Top works
1	Nutcracker, ballet, Op.71 (Tchaikovsky)
2	Swan Lake - ballet, Op.20 (Tchaikovsky)
3	Messiah, HWV 56 (Handel)
4	Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68 (Brahms)
5	Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98 (Brahms)
6	Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op.95 (Dvořák)
7	Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (Brahms)
8	Symphony no. 4 in A major "The Italian", Op.90 (Mendelssohn)
9	Symphonic Dances for orchestra, Op.45 (Rachmaninov)
10	Symphony no. 3 in A minor, "Scottish", Op.56 (Mendelssohn)
11	Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74 (Tchaikovsky)
12	Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) (Mussorgsky)
13	Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.92 (Beethoven)
14	Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (Beethoven)
15	Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37 (Beethoven)
16	Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64 (Tchaikovsky)
17	Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.73 (Brahms)
18	Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28 (Strauss)
19	Romeo and Juliet, ballet, Op.64 (Prokofiev)
20	Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67 (Beethoven)
21	La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (Debussy)
22	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58 (Beethoven)
23	Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100 (Prokofiev)
24	Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV1046 (Bach)
25	The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)
26	La Valse (Ravel)
27	Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV1048 (Bach)
28	Symphony no. 8 in G major, Op.88 (Dvořák)
29	Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (Mendelssohn)
30	Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Bach)
31	Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55 (Beethoven)
32	Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73 (Beethoven)
33	Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastoral", Op.68 (Beethoven)
34	Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (Strauss)
35	Symphony no. 9 in C major, "The Great", D.944 (Schubert)
36	Symphony no. 9 in D Minor (Bruckner)
37	A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music, Op.61 (Mendelssohn)
38	Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491 (Mozart)
39	Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15 (Beethoven)
40	Prelude à l'apres-midi d'un faune (Debussy)
41	Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36 (Tchaikovsky)
42	Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV1047 (Bach)
43	Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (Mahler)
44	Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 (Bartók)
45	Piano concerto in G major (Ravel)
46	Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70 (Dvořák)
47	Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16 (Grieg)
48	Violin concerto in D minor, Op.47 (Sibelius)
49	Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 (Schumann)
50	Appalachian Spring: Suite (Copland)

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