Classic 100 Concerto (ABC)

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During 2007, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Concerto countdown. [1]

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The works in the countdown were selected by votes cast by listeners to the station.

The broadcasting of the results of the countdown began on 27 October 2007 [2] and concluded on 31 October 2007. [3] The concert featuring the final five works was broadcast live from the Hamer Hall in Melbourne, and featured the Australian Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. [4]

Countdown results

The results of the countdown are as follows:

RankComposerWorkKeyInstrumentOpusCompleted
100VivaldiConcerto for Two MandolinsG majorMandolinRV 532
99Carl VinePiano ConcertoPiano
98Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto F minorTuba1954
97Telemann Viola Concerto G majorViolaTWV 51:G9
96Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 C minorPianoOp.351933
95Mozart Bassoon Concerto B-flat majorBassoonK 1911774
94Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 The EgyptianF majorPianoOp.1031896
93GiulianiConcerto for Guitar and Strings No. 1Guitar and stringsOp.30
92Ross EdwardsOboe ConcertoOboe2002
91J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 F majorVariousBWV 10461721
90VivaldiConcerto for Two TrumpetsC majorTrumpetRV 537
89Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat majorPianoS 1241849
88Korngold Violin Concerto D majorViolinOp.351945
87Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 D majorCelloHob.VIIb:21783
86Glazunov Saxophone Concerto E-flat majorSaxophoneOp.1091934
85J.S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 D minorHarpsichordBWV 1052
84Bruch Scottish Fantasy E-flat majorViolinOp.461880
83J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 B-flat majorVariousBWV 10511721
82Mozart Oboe Concerto C majorOboeK 3141777
81TelemannConcerto for Flute, Oboe d'amore and Viola d'amoreFlute, Oboe and Viola
80Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 D majorHornK 4121791
79J.S. Bach Violin Concerto E majorViolinBWV 1042
78Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 A minorViolinOp.771948
77Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 C majorPianoOp.261921
76Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 E-flat majorPianoK 2711777
75Vivaldi Lute Concerto D majorLuteRV 93
74Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 E-flat majorCelloOp.1071959
73Hummel Piano Concerto No. 2 A minorPianoOp.851816
72Berg Violin Concerto Violin1935
71J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 F majorVariousBWV 10471721
70VivaldiFlute Concerto 'Il gardellino'D majorFluteRV 428
69Marcello Oboe Concerto D minorOboe
68Barber Violin Concerto ViolinOp.141939
67Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Violin1914
66Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 G majorPianoOp.441880
65RiedingViolin ConcertoB minorViolinOp.35
64Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini A minorPianoOp.431934
63Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 E-flat majorPianoK 4821785
62Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 C majorPianoOp.151797
61J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 G majorVariousBWV 10491721
60HandelHarp ConcertoB-flat majorHarpHWV 2941736
59J.S. Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin C minorOboe and violinBWV 1060R
58Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 G minorPianoOp.221868
57LitolffConcerto Symphonique No. 4PianoOp.102
56Ross EdwardsViolin Concerto ManinyasViolin1988
55Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 G majorViolinK 2161775
54Bartók Concerto for Orchestra OrchestraBB 1231943
53Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 F minorClarinetOp.731811
52Hummel Trumpet Concerto E-flat majorTrumpetS 491803
51Gershwin Piano Concerto F majorPiano1925
50DaviesPiano Concerto No.1 MennonitePiano1975
49Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello A minorViolin and celloOp.1021887
48Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 B-flat majorPianoK 5951791
47Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Piano1924
46Addinsell Warsaw Concerto Piano1941
45Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 D majorViolinOp.61818
44Mozart Sinfonia Concertante E-flat majorViolin and ViolaK 3641779
43Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 C majorCelloHob.VIIb:11765
42Glass Violin Concerto Violin1987
41Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 F majorPianoOp.1021957
40Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 C minorPianoK 4911786
39Vivaldi Four Seasons – Summer G minorViolinRV 3151723
38Vivaldi Four Seasons – Winter F minorViolinRV 2971723
37Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 C minorPianoOp.371800
36AlbinoniOboe ConcertoD minorOboeOp.9 No.21722
35Elgar Violin Concerto B minorViolinOp.611910
34Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 F minorPianoOp.211830
33Vivaldi Four Seasons – Spring E majorViolinRV 2691723
32 Sean O'Boyle and William Barton Concerto for didgeridoo Didgeridoo
31Schumann Piano Concerto A minorPianoOp.541845
30J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 D majorVariousBWV 10501721
29Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 D minorPianoK 4661786
28Ravel Piano Concerto G majorPiano1931
27Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 A majorPianoK 4881786
26Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 E-flat majorHornK 4951786
25J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 G majorVariousBWV 10481721
24Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 D minorPianoOp.151858
23Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 E minorPianoOp.111830
22Haydn Trumpet Concerto E-flat majorTrumpetHob.VIIe:11796
21Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp C majorFlute and HarpK 2991778
20Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 B-flat majorPianoOp.831881
19Beethoven Triple Concerto C majorViolin, Cello, and PianoOp.561803
18Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D majorViolinOp.351878
17Brahms Violin Concerto D majorViolinOp.771878
16Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 G majorPianoOp.581806
15Sibelius Violin Concerto D minorViolinOp.471904
14Dvořák Cello Concerto B minorCelloOp.1041895
13Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 C majorPianoK 4671785
12Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E minorViolinOp.641844
11Grieg Piano Concerto A minorPianoOp.161868
10Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 D minorPianoOp.301909
9Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 B-flat minorPianoOp.231875
8J.S. Bach Concerto for Two Violins D minorViolinBWV 10431731
7Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Guitar1939
6Mozart Clarinet Concerto A majorClarinetK 6221791
5Elgar Cello Concerto E minorCelloOp.851919
4Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 G minorViolinOp.261866
3Beethoven Violin Concerto D majorViolinOp.611806
2Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 C minorPianoOp.181901
1Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor ConcertoE-flat majorPianoOp.731811

By composer

The following 45 composers were featured in the countdown:

ComposerNationalityWorks in countdown
Richard Addinsell British1
Tomaso Albinoni Italian1
Johann Sebastian Bach German10
Samuel Barber American1
Béla Bartók Hungarian1
Ludwig van Beethoven German6
Alban Berg Austrian1
Johannes Brahms German4
Max Bruch German2
Frédéric Chopin Polish2
Victor Davies Canadian1
Antonín Dvořák Czech1
Ross Edwards Australian1
Edward Elgar British2
George Gershwin American2
Mauro Giuliani Italian1
Philip Glass American1
Alexander Glazunov Russian1
Edvard Grieg Norwegian1
George Frideric Handel German-British1
Joseph Haydn Austrian3
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Austrian1
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Austro-Hungarian1
Franz Liszt Hungarian1
Henry Litolff British1
Alessandro Marcello Italian1
Felix Mendelssohn German1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian15
Sean O'Boyle Australian1
Niccolò Paganini Italian1
Sergei Prokofiev Russian1
Sergei Rachmaninoff Russian3
Maurice Ravel French1
Oskar Rieding German1
Joaquín Rodrigo Spanish1
Camille Saint-Saëns French2
Robert Schumann German1
Dmitri Shostakovich Russian4
Jean Sibelius Finnish1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Russian3
Georg Philipp Telemann German2
Ralph Vaughan Williams British2
Carl Vine Australian1
Antonio Vivaldi Italian7
Carl Maria von Weber German1

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References

  1. "The Classic 100 Concerto Result: Top Five". ABC Classic FM. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. "Music Details for Saturday 27 October 2007". ABC Classic FM . Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. "Music Details for Wednesday 31 October 2007". ABC Classic FM . Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. Benjamin, Esther (1 July 2007). "Australian Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra Announcement" (PDF). Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

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