As before, I am not sure
what, if anything, this indicates, but it is of interest to me at least. Clearly
the figures reflect a mixture of personal inclination and what has been
available both in London and the other cities I have visited. I have counted
each composer once per performance, so an all-Mozart concert counts for one,
just as the Overture to The Marriage of
Figaro would. Wagner probably does worse than anyone else in terms of minutes
per point, but I am sure he will cope. In the case of transcriptions, I have
counted both composers. Concert performances have been counted under opera, but
operatic excerpts (the only case being a suite from Hänsel und Gretel) have been included under concerts.
What of the results? Well,
Mozart is a clear winner overall, rather to my surprise. Birtwistle clearly –
and deservedly – did well in his anniversary year. It is perhaps alarming to
see so few composers listed as receiving more than one operatic performance,
but perhaps not; there are, after all, quite a few receiving one, suggesting
broadening of the repertoire at a minimal level at least.
Opera
Mozart 13
Wagner 10
Puccini 9
Strauss 8
Britten, Gluck, Birtwistle 2
Julian Anderson, Ferdinando
Bertoni, Bizet, Borodin, Elspeth Brooke, Hunter Coblentz, Francisco Coll, Debussy,
Dvořák, Søren Nils Eichberg, Luca Francesconi, Handel, Henze, Edwin Hillier, Janáček,
Algirdas Kraunaitis, Frank Martin, Monteverdi, Lewis Murphy, Poulenc,
Rachmaninov, Rossini, Schoenberg, Schubert, Josephine Stephenson, Tippett,
Weber 1
Concerts
Beethoven 12
Mozart 11
Birtwistle, Brahms, Schubert
7
Mahler 6
Bach, Schoenberg, Stravinsky
5
Debussy, Strauss 4
Chopin, Messiaen, Ravel, Schumann
3
C.P.E. Bach, Bartók, Berg, Berlioz,
Bruckner, Busoni, Peter Maxwell Davies, Haydn, Henze, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich,
Zemlinsky 2
John Adams, Ayal Adler, Georg
Anton Benda, Berio, Carter, Cerha, Dallapiccola, Brett Dean, Dvořák, Dusapin, Elgar,
Ferneyhough, Roberto Gerhard, Helen Grime, Handel, Humperdinck, Honegger, Toshio
Hosokawa, Thomas Larcher, Kurtág, John McLeod, Medtner, Mendelssohn, Nono, Jānis
Petraškevičs, Rachmaninov, Reger, Rihm, Kareem Rouston, Saint-Saëns, Johannes
Schöllhorn, Scriabin, Sibelius, Takemitsu, Telemann, Tchaikovsky, Xenakis, Wagner,
Huw Watkins, Jörg Widmann 1
Overall
Mozart 24
Beethoven, Strauss 12
Wagner 11
Birtwistle, Puccini 9
Schubert 8
Brahms 7
Mahler, Schoenberg 6
Debussy, Stravinsky 5
Chopin, Henze, Messiaen,
Ravel, Schumann 3
C.P.E. Bach, Bartók, Berg, Berlioz,
Britten, Bruckner, Busoni, Peter Maxwell Davies, Dvořak, Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Henze,
Liszt, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Zemlinsky 2
John Adams, Ayal Adler, Julian
Anderson, Georg Anton Benda, Berio, Ferdinando Bertoni, Bizet, Borodin, Elspeth
Brooke, Carter, Cerha, Hunter Coblentz, Francisco Coll, Dallapiccola, Brett
Dean, Dvořák, Dusapin, Søren Nils Eichberg, Elgar, Ferneyhough, Luca
Francesconi, Roberto Gerhard, Helen Grime, Handel, Edwin Hillier, Humperdinck, Honegger,
Toshio Hosokawa, Janáček, Algirdas Kraunaitis, Kurtág, Thomas Larcher, Frank
Martin, John McLeod, Medtner, Mendelssohn, Monteverdi, Lewis Murphy, Nono, Jānis
Petraškevičs, Poulenc, Reger, Rihm, Rossini, Kareem Rouston, Saint-Saëns, Johannes
Schöllhorn, Scriabin, Sibelius, Josephine Stephenson, Takemitsu, Telemann,
Tchaikovsky, Tippett, Xenakis, Wagner, Huw Watkins, Weber, Jörg Widmann 1
