Wagner 9
Mozart 5
Handel, Puccini 4
Janáček 3
Berlioz, Henze, Strauss,
Tchaikovsky 2
Benjamin, Berg, Birtwistle, Blow,
Britten, Cherubini, Chaya Czernowin, Dvořak, Gavin Higgins, Dani Howard,
Korngold, Mussorgsky, Otto Nicolai, Offenbach, Olga Neuwirth, Rameau,
Prokofiev, Purcell, Saint-Saëns, Alessandro Scarlatti, Zemlinsky
A visit to Bayreuth is odds-on to provide a Wagner victory in this
annual tally; so it was in 2019. (No such visit being planned in 2020, perhaps
someone else will have a chance.) Mozart is likewise a hardy perennial here; I
certainly have no desire to bring that state of affairs to a close. This is the
first time, however, that Handel has made the top three (or four). Also worth
noting is the equal balance of three apiece for contemporary male and female
composers. Long may that continue!
Concerts and a complete tally will follow in the New Year, so as not to jinx a further couple of concerts planned.
