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Classic 100 Concerto (ABC)

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

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 and concluded on 31 October 2007. The concert featuring the final five works was broadcast live from the Hamer Hall in Melbourne, and featured the Australian Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.

Countdown results

The results of the countdown are as follows:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Rank

!Composer

!Work

!Key

!Instrument

!class=unsortable|Opus

!Completed

100

|Vivaldi

|Concerto for Two Mandolins

|G major

|Mandolin

|RV 532

|

99

|{{Sort|Vine|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

|{{Sort|Saint-Saens|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

|{{Sort|Edwards|Ross Edwards}}

|Oboe Concerto

|

|Oboe

|

|2002

91

|{{Sort|Bach|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

|{{Sort|Bach|J.S. Bach}}

|Harpsichord Concerto No. 1

|D minor

|Harpsichord

|BWV 1052

|

84

|Bruch

|Scottish Fantasy

|E-flat major

|Violin

|Op.46

|1880

83

|{{Sort|Bach|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

|{{Sort|Bach|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|Berg

|Violin Concerto

|

|Violin

|

|1935

71

|{{Sort|Bach|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

|{{Sort|Lark Ascending|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

|{{Sort|Bach|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

|{{Sort|Bach|J.S. Bach}}

|Concerto for Oboe and Violin

|C minor

|Oboe and violin

|BWV 1060R

|

58

|{{Sort|Saint-Saens|Saint-Saëns}}

|Piano Concerto No. 2

|G minor

|Piano

|Op.22

|1868

57

|Litolff

|Concerto Symphonique No. 4

|

|Piano

|Op.102

|

56

|{{Sort|Edwards|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

|{{Sort|OBoyle|Sean O'Boyle and William Barton}}

|Concerto for didgeridoo

|

|Didgeridoo

|

|

31

|Schumann

|Piano Concerto

|A minor

|Piano

|Op.54

|1845

30

|{{Sort|Bach|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

|{{Sort|Bach|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

|{{Sort|Bach|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{{Sort|Bruch|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

By composer

The following 45 composers were featured in the countdown:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Composer

!Nationality

!Works in countdown

{{Sort|Addinsell|Richard Addinsell}}

|British

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Albinoni|Tomaso Albinoni}}

|Italian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Bach|Johann Sebastian Bach}}

|German

|align=center|10

{{Sort|Barber|Samuel Barber}}

|American

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Bartok|Béla Bartók}}

|Hungarian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Beethoven|Ludwig van Beethoven}}

|German

|align=center|6

{{Sort|Berg|Alban Berg}}

|Austrian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Brahms|Johannes Brahms}}

|German

|align=center|4

{{Sort|Bruch|Max Bruch}}

|German

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Chopin|Frédéric Chopin}}

|Polish

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Davies|Victor Davies}}

|Canadian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Dvorak|Antonín Dvořák}}

|Czech

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Edwards|Ross Edwards}}

|Australian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Elgar|Edward Elgar}}

|British

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Gershwin|George Gershwin}}

|American

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Giuliani|Mauro Giuliani}}

|Italian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Glass|Philip Glass}}

|American

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Glazunov|Alexander Glazunov}}

|Russian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Grieg|Edvard Grieg}}

|Norwegian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Handel|George Frideric Handel}}

|German-British

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Haydn|Joseph Haydn}}

|Austrian

|align=center|3

{{Sort|Hummel|Johann Nepomuk Hummel}}

|Austrian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Korngold|Erich Wolfgang Korngold}}

|Austro-Hungarian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Liszt|Franz Liszt}}

|Hungarian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Litolff|Henry Litolff}}

|British

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Marcello|Alessandro Marcello}}

|Italian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Mendelssohn|Felix Mendelssohn}}

|German

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Mozart|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}}

|Austrian

|align=center|15

{{Sort|OBoyle|Sean O'Boyle}}

|Australian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Paganini|Niccolò Paganini}}

|Italian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Prokofiev|Sergei Prokofiev}}

|Russian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Rachmaninoff|Sergei Rachmaninoff}}

|Russian

|align=center|3

{{Sort|Ravel|Maurice Ravel}}

|French

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Rieding|Oskar Rieding}}

|German

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Rodrigo|Joaquín Rodrigo}}

|Spanish

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Saint-Saens|Camille Saint-Saëns}}

|French

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Schumann|Robert Schumann}}

|German

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakovich}}

|Russian

|align=center|4

{{Sort|Sibelius|Jean Sibelius}}

|Finnish

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}}

|Russian

|align=center|3

{{Sort|Telemann|Georg Philipp Telemann}}

|German

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Vaughan Williams|Ralph Vaughan Williams}}

|British

|align=center|2

{{Sort|Vine|Carl Vine}}

|Australian

|align=center|1

{{Sort|Vivaldi|Antonio Vivaldi}}

|Italian

|align=center|7

{{Sort|Weber|Carl Maria von Weber}}

|German

|align=center|1

See also

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |title=Music Details for Saturday 27 October 2007 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/daily/stories/s2036275.htm |publisher=ABC Classic FM |accessdate=9 September 2012}}

{{cite web |title=Music Details for Wednesday 31 October 2007 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/daily/stories/s2036339.htm |publisher=ABC Classic FM |accessdate=9 September 2012}}

{{cite web |title=The Classic 100 Concerto Result: Top Five |url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/classic100/results.htm |publisher=ABC Classic FM |date=26 November 2007 |accessdate=9 September 2012}}

{{cite web |title=Australian Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra Announcement |url=http://www.mco.org.au/Assets/3/1/070701APAMediaRelease.pdf |publisher=Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra |last=Benjamin |first=Esther |date=1 July 2007 |accessdate=9 September 2012}}

}}

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External links

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