During 2007, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 concerto countdown. [1]
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]
Hamer Hall is a 2,466 seat concert hall, the largest venue in the Arts Centre complex, used for orchestra and contemporary music performances. It was opened in 1982 and was later renamed Hamer Hall in honour of Sir Rupert Hamer shortly after his death in 2004.
The results of the countdown are as follows:
Rank | Composer | Work | Key | Instrument | Opus | Completed |
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100 | Vivaldi | Concerto for Two Mandolins | G major | Mandolin | RV 532 | |
99 | Carl Vine | Piano Concerto | Piano | |||
98 | Vaughan Williams | Tuba Concerto | F minor | Tuba | 1954 | |
97 | Telemann | Viola Concerto | G major | Viola | TWV 51:G9 | |
96 | Shostakovich | Piano Concerto No. 1 | C minor | Piano | Op.35 | 1933 |
95 | Mozart | Bassoon Concerto | B-flat major | Bassoon | K 191 | 1774 |
94 | Saint-Saëns | Piano Concerto No. 5 The Egyptian | F major | Piano | Op.103 | 1896 |
93 | Giuliani | Concerto for Guitar and Strings No. 1 | Guitar and strings | Op.30 | ||
92 | Ross Edwards | Oboe Concerto | Oboe | 2002 | ||
91 | J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 | F major | Various | BWV 1046 | 1721 |
90 | Vivaldi | Concerto for Two Trumpets | C major | Trumpet | RV 537 | |
89 | Liszt | Piano Concerto No. 1 | E-flat major | Piano | S 124 | 1849 |
88 | Korngold | Violin Concerto | D major | Violin | Op.35 | 1945 |
87 | Haydn | Cello Concerto No. 2 | D major | Cello | Hob.VIIb:2 | 1783 |
86 | Glazunov | Saxophone Concerto | E-flat major | Saxophone | Op.109 | 1934 |
85 | J.S. Bach | Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 | D minor | Harpsichord | BWV 1052 | |
84 | Bruch | Scottish Fantasy | E-flat major | Violin | Op.46 | 1880 |
83 | J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 | B-flat major | Various | BWV 1051 | 1721 |
82 | Mozart | Oboe Concerto | C major | Oboe | K 314 | 1777 |
81 | Telemann | Concerto for Flute, Oboe d'amore and Viola d'amore | Flute, Oboe and Viola | |||
80 | Mozart | Horn Concerto No. 1 | D major | Horn | K 412 | 1791 |
79 | J.S. Bach | Violin Concerto | E major | Violin | BWV 1042 | |
78 | Shostakovich | Violin Concerto No. 1 | A minor | Violin | Op.77 | 1948 |
77 | Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 3 | C major | Piano | Op.26 | 1921 |
76 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 9 | E-flat major | Piano | K 271 | 1777 |
75 | Vivaldi | Lute Concerto | D major | Lute | RV 93 | |
74 | Shostakovich | Cello Concerto No. 1 | E-flat major | Cello | Op.107 | 1959 |
73 | Hummel | Piano Concerto No. 2 | A minor | Piano | Op.85 | 1816 |
72 | Berg | Violin Concerto | Violin | 1935 | ||
71 | J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 | F major | Various | BWV 1047 | 1721 |
70 | Vivaldi | Flute Concerto 'Il gardellino' | D major | Flute | RV 428 | |
69 | Marcello | Oboe Concerto | D minor | Oboe | ||
68 | Barber | Violin Concerto | Violin | Op.14 | 1939 | |
67 | Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | Violin | 1914 | ||
66 | Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 2 | G major | Piano | Op.44 | 1880 |
65 | Rieding | Violin Concerto | B minor | Violin | Op.35 | |
64 | Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | A minor | Piano | Op.43 | 1934 |
63 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 22 | E-flat major | Piano | K 482 | 1785 |
62 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 1 | C major | Piano | Op.15 | 1797 |
61 | J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 | G major | Various | BWV 1049 | 1721 |
60 | Handel | Harp Concerto | B-flat major | Harp | HWV 294 | 1736 |
59 | J.S. Bach | Concerto for Oboe and Violin | C minor | Oboe and violin | BWV 1060R | |
58 | Saint-Saëns | Piano Concerto No. 2 | G minor | Piano | Op.22 | 1868 |
57 | Litolff | Concerto Symphonique No. 4 | Piano | Op.102 | ||
56 | Ross Edwards | Violin Concerto Maninyas | Violin | 1988 | ||
55 | Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 3 | G major | Violin | K 216 | 1775 |
54 | Bartók | Concerto for Orchestra | Orchestra | BB 123 | 1943 | |
53 | Weber | Clarinet Concerto No. 1 | F minor | Clarinet | Op.73 | 1811 |
52 | Hummel | Trumpet Concerto | E-flat major | Trumpet | S 49 | 1803 |
51 | Gershwin | Piano Concerto | F major | Piano | 1925 | |
50 | Davies | Piano Concerto No.1 Mennonite | Piano | 1975 | ||
49 | Brahms | Concerto for Violin and Cello | A minor | Violin and cello | Op.102 | 1887 |
48 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 27 | B-flat major | Piano | K 595 | 1791 |
47 | Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Piano | 1924 | ||
46 | Addinsell | Warsaw Concerto | Piano | 1941 | ||
45 | Paganini | Violin Concerto No. 1 | D major | Violin | Op.6 | 1818 |
44 | Mozart | Sinfonia Concertante | E-flat major | Violin and Viola | K 364 | 1779 |
43 | Haydn | Cello Concerto No. 1 | C major | Cello | Hob.VIIb:1 | 1765 |
42 | Glass | Violin Concerto | Violin | 1987 | ||
41 | Shostakovich | Piano Concerto No. 2 | F major | Piano | Op.102 | 1957 |
40 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 24 | C minor | Piano | K 491 | 1786 |
39 | Vivaldi | Four Seasons – Summer | G minor | Violin | RV 315 | 1723 |
38 | Vivaldi | Four Seasons – Winter | F minor | Violin | RV 297 | 1723 |
37 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 3 | C minor | Piano | Op.37 | 1800 |
36 | Albinoni | Oboe Concerto | D minor | Oboe | Op.9 No.2 | 1722 |
35 | Elgar | Violin Concerto | B minor | Violin | Op.61 | 1910 |
34 | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 2 | F minor | Piano | Op.21 | 1830 |
33 | Vivaldi | Four Seasons – Spring | E major | Violin | RV 269 | 1723 |
32 | Sean O'Boyle and William Barton | Concerto for didgeridoo | Didgeridoo | |||
31 | Schumann | Piano Concerto | A minor | Piano | Op.54 | 1845 |
30 | J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 | D major | Various | BWV 1050 | 1721 |
29 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 20 | D minor | Piano | K 466 | 1786 |
28 | Ravel | Piano Concerto | G major | Piano | 1931 | |
27 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 | A major | Piano | K 488 | 1786 |
26 | Mozart | Horn Concerto No. 4 | E-flat major | Horn | K 495 | 1786 |
25 | J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 | G major | Various | BWV 1048 | 1721 |
24 | Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 1 | D minor | Piano | Op.15 | 1858 |
23 | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 | E minor | Piano | Op.11 | 1830 |
22 | Haydn | Trumpet Concerto | E-flat major | Trumpet | Hob.VIIe:1 | 1796 |
21 | Mozart | Concerto for Flute and Harp | C major | Flute and Harp | K 299 | 1778 |
20 | Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 2 | B-flat major | Piano | Op.83 | 1881 |
19 | Beethoven | Triple Concerto | C major | Violin, Cello, and Piano | Op.56 | 1803 |
18 | Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto | D major | Violin | Op.35 | 1878 |
17 | Brahms | Violin Concerto | D major | Violin | Op.77 | 1878 |
16 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 | G major | Piano | Op.58 | 1806 |
15 | Sibelius | Violin Concerto | D minor | Violin | Op.47 | 1904 |
14 | Dvořák | Cello Concerto | B minor | Cello | Op.104 | 1895 |
13 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 21 | C major | Piano | K 467 | 1785 |
12 | Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto | E minor | Violin | Op.64 | 1844 |
11 | Grieg | Piano Concerto | A minor | Piano | Op.16 | 1868 |
10 | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 3 | D minor | Piano | Op.30 | 1909 |
9 | Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 1 | B-flat minor | Piano | Op.23 | 1875 |
8 | J.S. Bach | Concerto for Two Violins | D minor | Violin | BWV 1043 | 1731 |
7 | Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez | Guitar | 1939 | ||
6 | Mozart | Clarinet Concerto | A major | Clarinet | K 622 | 1791 |
5 | Elgar | Cello Concerto | E minor | Cello | Op.85 | 1919 |
4 | Max Bruch | Violin Concerto No. 1 | G minor | Violin | Op.26 | 1866 |
3 | Beethoven | Violin Concerto | D major | Violin | Op.61 | 1806 |
2 | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 | C minor | Piano | Op.18 | 1901 |
1 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Concerto | E-flat major | Piano | Op.73 | 1811 |
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