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# "Au fond du temple saint" from ''[[The Pearl Fishers]]'' by [[Georges Bizet]] (1)
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# "Nimrod" from ''[[Enigma Variations]]'' by [[Edward Elgar]] (16)
|-
# "[[Va, pensiero]]" from ''[[Nabucco]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] (22)
!Number
# [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor]] by [[Max Bruch]] (12)
!Piece
# ''[[Canon in D]]'' by [[Johann Pachelbel]] (52)
!Composer
# [[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto in A]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (33)
!Previous
# [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 6 in F (Pastoral)]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (27)
|-
# [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] (8)
# "Intermezzo" from ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' by [[Pietro Mascagni]] (23)
|1||"Au fond du temple saint" from ''[[The Pearl Fishers]]'' || [[Georges Bizet]]||1
|-
# ''[[The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams)|The Lark Ascending]]'' by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (–)
# ''[[Finlandia]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]] (2)
|2||"Nimrod" from ''[[Enigma Variations]]'' || [[Edward Elgar]] ||16
|-
# [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9 in D Minor 'Choral']] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (5)
# ''[[The Planets]]'' by [[Gustav Holst]] (9)
|3|| "[[Va, pensiero]]" from ''[[Nabucco]]'' || [[Giuseppe Verdi]] ||22
|-
# "[[Ombra mai fu]]" from ''[[Serse]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (17)
# [[Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 21 in C]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (25)
|4||[[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor]] by [[Max Bruch]] (12)
|-
# [[Adagio for Strings]] by [[Samuel Barber]] (14)
|5|| ''[[Canon in D]]'' by [[Johann Pachelbel]] (52)
# [[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat 'Emperor']] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (24)
|-
# "Méditation" from ''[[Thaïs (opera)|Thaïs]]'' by [[Jules Massenet]] (39)
# [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9 in E Minor ''From the New World'']] by [[Antonín Dvořák]] (36)
|6|| [[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto in A]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (33)
|-
# [[Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]] by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (–)
# [[Ave verum corpus (Mozart)|Ave Verum Corpus]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (28)
|7|| [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 6 in F (Pastoral)]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (27)
|-
# ''[[Miserere (Allegri)|Miserere mei, Deus]]'' – [[Psalm 51]] by [[Gregorio Allegri]] (–)
|8|| [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] (8)
# "[[Messiah (Handel)#"Hallelujah"|Hallelujah!]]" from ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (32)
|-
# "[[Laudate Dominum]]" from ''Solemn Vespers'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (–)
# "Romance" from ''[[The Gadfly Suite]]'' by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (29)
|9|| "Intermezzo" from ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' by [[Pietro Mascagni]] (23)
|-
# ''[[Zadok the Priest]]'', one of the [[Coronation Anthems (Handel)|Coronation Anthems]] by [[George Frideric Handel]] (68)
|10|| ''[[The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams)|The Lark Ascending]]'' by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (–)
# "[[Arrival of the Queen of Sheba]]" from ''[[Solomon (Handel)|Solomon]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (38)
|-
# [[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto in A minor]] by [[Edvard Grieg]] (–)
# "[[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring]]" by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (85)
|11|| ''[[Finlandia]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]] (2)
|-
# [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|Cello Concerto in E Minor]] by [[Edward Elgar]] (6)
|12|| [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9 in D Minor 'Choral']] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (5)
# "What is Life?" from ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]] performed by [[Kathleen Ferrier]](30)
|-
# "Baïlèro" from ''[[Chants d'Auvergne|Songs of the Auvergne]]'' by [[Joseph Canteloube]] (18)
# ''[[The Blue Danube]]'' by [[Johann Strauss II]] (–)
|13|| ''[[The Planets]]'' by [[Gustav Holst]] (9)
|-
# "[[Listen to the Mocking Bird]]" by [[Septimus Winner|Septimus Winner (as Alice Hawthorne)]] (42)
# "Song to the Moon" from ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' by [[Antonín Dvořák]] (4)
|14|| "[[Ombra mai fu]]" from ''[[Serse]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (17)
|-
# "[[Bells Across the Meadows]]" by [[Albert Ketèlbey]] (–)
# [[Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Symphony No. 3 (Organ)]] by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (–)
|15|| [[Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 21 in C]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (25)
|-
# ''[[Pomp and Circumstance Marches|Pomp and Circumstance No. 1]]'' by [[Edward Elgar]] (31)
|16|| [[Adagio for Strings]] by [[Samuel Barber]] (14)
# [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto in E Minor]] by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (40)
|-
# "Che gelida manina" from ''[[La bohème]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (89)
|17|| [[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat 'Emperor']] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (24)
# ''[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons]]'' by [[Antonio Vivaldi]] (–)
|-
# [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
# "[[Panis angelicus]]" by [[César Franck]] (13)
|18|| "Méditation" from ''[[Thaïs (opera)|Thaïs]]'' by [[Jules Massenet]] (39)
|-
# "[[The Bohemian Girl#I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls|I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls]]" from ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' by [[Michael William Balfe]] (–)
# [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
|19|| [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9 in E Minor ''From the New World'']] by [[Antonín Dvořák]] (36)
|-
# "Grand March" from ''[[Aida]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] (26)
|20|| [[Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]] by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (–)
# "[[A Londonderry Air]]" – traditional, arranged by [[Percy Grainger]] (59) – this was the theme tune
|-
# ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' by [[Franz Lehár]] (67)
# "[[Nessun dorma]]" from ''[[Turandot]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (51)
|21|| [[Ave verum corpus (Mozart)|Ave Verum Corpus]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (28)
|-
# ''[[Cantique de Jean Racine]]'' by [[Gabriel Fauré]] (–)
# "In Paradisum" from ''[[Requiem (Fauré)|Requiem]]'' by [[Gabriel Fauré]] (–)
|22|| ''[[Miserere (Allegri)|Miserere mei, Deus]]'' – [[Psalm 51]] by [[Gregorio Allegri]] (–)
|-
# [[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 7]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|23|| "[[Messiah (Handel)#"Hallelujah"|Hallelujah!]]" from ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (32)
# [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue in D minor]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (–)
|-
# [[Adagio in G minor]] by [[Tomaso Albinoni]] (–)
# "Judex" from ''[[Mors et vita]]'' by [[Charles Gounod]] (–)
|24|| "[[Laudate Dominum]]" from ''Solemn Vespers'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (–)
|-
# ''[[Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini]]'' by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] (–)
# ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]'' by [[Richard Addinsell]] (–)
|25|| "Romance" from ''[[The Gadfly Suite]]'' by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (29)
|-
# "Adagio" from ''[[Spartacus (ballet)|Spartacus]]'' by [[Aram Khachaturian]] (–)
|26|| ''[[Zadok the Priest]]'', one of the [[Coronation Anthems (Handel)|Coronation Anthems]] by [[George Frideric Handel]] (68)
# ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
|-
# "Don't Be Cross" from ''[[The Mine Foreman (operetta)|The Mine Foreman]]'' (''Der Obersteiger'') by [[Carl Zeller]] (79)
# "Sanctus" from ''German Mass'' (''[[Deutsche Messe (Schubert)|Deutsche Messe]]'') by [[Franz Schubert]] (20)
|27|| "[[Arrival of the Queen of Sheba]]" from ''[[Solomon (Handel)|Solomon]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (38)
|-
# "[[Messiah Part III#45|I know that my Redeemer liveth]]" from ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (10)
# "Love Duet" from ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (15)
|28|| [[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto in A minor]] by [[Edvard Grieg]] (–)
|-
# ''Fantasia on "[[Greensleeves]]"'' by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/vaughan-williams/music/ralph-vaughan-williams-fantasia-greensleeves/ |title=Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves |department=Composers |website=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]}}</ref> (–)
# [[Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 2]] by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] (–)
|29|| "[[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring]]" by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (85)
|-
# ''[[Hebrides Overture|Fingal's Cave]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (–)
# "[[Polovetsian Dances]]" from ''[[Prince Igor]]'' by [[Alexander Borodin]] (–)
|30|| [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|Cello Concerto in E Minor]] by [[Edward Elgar]] (6)
|-
# ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] (–)
|31|| "What is Life?" from ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]] performed by [[Kathleen Ferrier]](30)
# [[Schindler's List|Schindler's List Theme]] by [[John Williams]] (–)
|-
# [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto)]] by [[Gustav Mahler]] (–)
# "Sanctus" from ''[[St. Cecilia Mass]]'' by [[Charles Gounod]] (–)
|33|| "Baïlèro" from ''[[Chants d'Auvergne|Songs of the Auvergne]]'' by [[Joseph Canteloube]] (18)
|-
# ''[[Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Scheherezade]]'' by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] (–)
# "Old Comrades" ("[[Alte Kameraden]]") by [[Carl Teike]] (11)
|33|| ''[[The Blue Danube]]'' by [[Johann Strauss II]] (–)
|-
# ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (–)
|34|| "[[Listen to the Mocking Bird]]" by [[Septimus Winner|Septimus Winner (as Alice Hawthorne)]] (42)
# "Nuns' Chorus" from ''Casanova'' by [[Ralph Benatzky]] (based on [[Johann Strauss II]]) (7)
|-
# ''[[1812 Overture]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
# "[[And did those feet in ancient time|Jerusalem]]" by [[Hubert Parry]] (58)
|35|| "Song to the Moon" from ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' by [[Antonín Dvořák]] (4)
|-
# "[[Morning Mood]]" from ''[[Peer Gynt Suites]]'' by [[Edvard Grieg]] (47)
# ''[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]'' by [[Joaquín Rodrigo]] (–)
|36|| "[[Bells Across the Meadows]]" by [[Albert Ketèlbey]] (–)
|-
# "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]] (–)
# "Casta diva" from ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' by [[Vincenzo Bellini]] (–)
|37|| [[Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Symphony No. 3 (Organ)]] by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (–)
|-
# ''[[The Nutcracker Suite]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
# "[[Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix|Softly Awakes My Heart]]" from ''[[Samson and Delilah (opera)|Samson and Delilah]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (49)
|38|| ''[[Pomp and Circumstance Marches|Pomp and Circumstance No. 1]]'' by [[Edward Elgar]] (31)
|-
# ''[[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (–)
# "[[Ellens dritter Gesang|Ave Maria]]" by [[Franz Schubert]] (43)
|39|| [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto in E Minor]] by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (40)
|-
# "[[O mio babbino caro]]" from ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (–)
# ''[[Moonlight Sonata]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|40|| "Che gelida manina" from ''[[La bohème]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (89)
|-
# "[[Sheep May Safely Graze]]" by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (–)
# "[[Where Corals Lie]]" from ''[[Sea Pictures]]'' by [[Edward Elgar]] (–)
|41|| ''[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons]]'' by [[Antonio Vivaldi]] (–)
|-
# [[Concerto for Two Violins (Bach)|Concerto for Two Violins in D minor]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (–)
# ''[[Suite bergamasque|Clair de lune]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]] (–)
|42|| [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|-
# ''[[The Creation (Haydn)|The Creation]]'' by [[Joseph Haydn]] (77)
# ''[[Crown Imperial (march)|Crown Imperial]]'' by [[William Walton]] (–)
|43|| "[[Panis angelicus]]" by [[César Franck]] (13)
|-
# "[[Mandalay (poem)|On the Road to Mandalay]]" by [[Oley Speaks]] (–)
|44|| "[[The Bohemian Girl#I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls|I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls]]" from ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' by [[Michael William Balfe]] (–)
# [[Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)|Romance No. 2 in F major]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|-
# ''[[The Watermill]]'' by [[Ronald Binge]] (35)
|45|| [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
# ''[[The Holy City (song)|The Holy City]]'' by [[Frederic Weatherly]] and [[Stephen Adams (composer)|Stephen Adams]] (–)
|-
# "[[Bredon Hill#Literature|Bredon Hill]]" from ''[[A Shropshire Lad]]'' by [[Graham Peel]] (–)
# ''[[William Tell Overture]]'' from ''[[William Tell (opera)|William Tell]]'' by [[Gioachino Rossini]] (–)
|46|| "Grand March" from ''[[Aida]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] (26)
|-
# ''[[Hear My Prayer]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (–)
|47|| "[[A Londonderry Air]]" – traditional, arranged by [[Percy Grainger]] (59) – this was the theme tune
|-
|48|| ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' by [[Franz Lehár]] (67)
|-
|49|| "[[Nessun dorma]]" from ''[[Turandot]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (51)
|-
|50|| ''[[Cantique de Jean Racine]]'' by [[Gabriel Fauré]] (–)
|-
|51|| "In Paradisum" from ''[[Requiem (Fauré)|Requiem]]'' by [[Gabriel Fauré]] (–)
|-
|52|| [[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 7]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|-
|53|| [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue in D minor]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (–)
|-
|54|| [[Adagio in G minor]] by [[Tomaso Albinoni]] (–)
|-
|55|| "Judex" from ''[[Mors et vita]]'' by [[Charles Gounod]] (–)
|-
|56|| ''[[Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini]]'' by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] (–)
|-
|57|| ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]'' by [[Richard Addinsell]] (–)
|-
|58|| "Adagio" from ''[[Spartacus (ballet)|Spartacus]]'' by [[Aram Khachaturian]] (–)
|-
|59|| ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
|-
|60|| "Don't Be Cross" from ''[[The Mine Foreman (operetta)|The Mine Foreman]]'' (''Der Obersteiger'') by [[Carl Zeller]] (79)
|-
|61|| "Sanctus" from ''German Mass'' (''[[Deutsche Messe (Schubert)|Deutsche Messe]]'') by [[Franz Schubert]] (20)
|-
|62|| "[[Messiah Part III#45|I know that my Redeemer liveth]]" from ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] (10)
|-
|63|| "Love Duet" from ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (15)
|-
|65|| ''Fantasia on "[[Greensleeves]]"'' by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/vaughan-williams/music/ralph-vaughan-williams-fantasia-greensleeves/ |title=Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves |department=Composers |website=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]}}</ref> (–)
|-
|65|| [[Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 2]] by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] (–)
|-
|66|| ''[[Hebrides Overture|Fingal's Cave]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (–)
|-
|67|| "[[Polovetsian Dances]]" from ''[[Prince Igor]]'' by [[Alexander Borodin]] (–)
|-
|68|| ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] (–)
|-
|69|| [[Schindler's List|Schindler's List Theme]] by [[John Williams]] (–)
|-
|70|| [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto)]] by [[Gustav Mahler]] (–)
|-
|71|| "Sanctus" from ''[[St. Cecilia Mass]]'' by [[Charles Gounod]] (–)
|-
|72|| ''[[Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Scheherezade]]'' by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] (–)
|-
|73|| "Old Comrades" ("[[Alte Kameraden]]") by [[Carl Teike]] (11)
|-
|74|| ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (–)
|-
|75|| "Nuns' Chorus" from ''Casanova'' by [[Ralph Benatzky]] (based on [[Johann Strauss II]]) (7)
|-
|76|| ''[[1812 Overture]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
|-
|77|| "[[And did those feet in ancient time|Jerusalem]]" by [[Hubert Parry]] (58)
|-
|78|| "[[Morning Mood]]" from ''[[Peer Gynt Suites]]'' by [[Edvard Grieg]] (47)
|-
|79|| ''[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]'' by [[Joaquín Rodrigo]] (–)
|-
|80|| "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]] (–)
|-
|81|| "Casta diva" from ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' by [[Vincenzo Bellini]] (–)
|-
|82|| ''[[The Nutcracker Suite]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (–)
|-
|83|| "[[Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix|Softly Awakes My Heart]]" from ''[[Samson and Delilah (opera)|Samson and Delilah]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] (49)
|-
|84|| ''[[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (–)
|-
|85|| "[[Ellens dritter Gesang|Ave Maria]]" by [[Franz Schubert]] (43)
|-
|86|| "[[O mio babbino caro]]" from ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] (–)
|-
|87|| ''[[Moonlight Sonata]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|-
|88|| "[[Sheep May Safely Graze]]" by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (–)
|-
|89|| "[[Where Corals Lie]]" from ''[[Sea Pictures]]'' by [[Edward Elgar]] (–)
|-
|90|| [[Concerto for Two Violins (Bach)|Concerto for Two Violins in D minor]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (–)
|-
|91|| ''[[Suite bergamasque|Clair de lune]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]] (–)
|-
|92|| ''[[The Creation (Haydn)|The Creation]]'' by [[Joseph Haydn]] (77)
|-
|93|| ''[[Crown Imperial (march)|Crown Imperial]]'' by [[William Walton]] (–)
|-
|94|| "[[Mandalay (poem)|On the Road to Mandalay]]" by [[Oley Speaks]] (–)
|-
|95|| [[Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)|Romance No. 2 in F major]] by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (–)
|-
|96|| ''[[The Watermill]]'' by [[Ronald Binge]] (35)
|-
|97|| ''[[The Holy City (song)|The Holy City]]'' by [[Frederic Weatherly]] and [[Stephen Adams (composer)|Stephen Adams]] (–)
|-
|98|| "[[Bredon Hill#Literature|Bredon Hill]]" from ''[[A Shropshire Lad]]'' by [[Graham Peel]] (–)
|-
|99|| ''[[William Tell Overture]]'' from ''[[William Tell (opera)|William Tell]]'' by [[Gioachino Rossini]] (–)
|-
|100|| ''[[Hear My Prayer]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (–)
|}
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Your Hundred Best Tunes
1975 album of music from the show selected by Alan Keith (pictured)
GenreMusic
Running time60 minutes (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home station
Hosted by
Created byAlan Keith
Original release15 November 1959 (1959-11-15) –
21 January 2007 (2007-01-21)
No. of episodesapproximately 2500

Your Hundred Best Tunes was a BBC radio music programme, always broadcast on Sunday evenings, which presented popular works which were mostly classical excerpts, choral works, opera and ballads. The hundred tunes which made up the playlist were initially selected by the creator and presenter, Alan Keith. Subsequently, tunes were suggested by requests and polls of listeners.[1]

History

The Hundred Best Tunes in the World was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme from 15 November 1959 until 7 February 1960, when Alan Keith's personal list of one hundred had all been played. The title was changed from 14 February 1960. At this point it ran for half an hour from 10 to 10.30 pm, but from 25 December 1960 it was extended and moved to earlier in the evening, running from 7.35 to 8.30 pm. From 12 March 1961 it adopted the 9 to 10 pm time slot which it would occupy for the rest of its life, on four different networks: it moved from the Light Programme to the Home Service from 5 January 1964, and remained there after it became Radio 4 from 1 October 1967, but returned to what had been the Light Programme, now renamed Radio 2, from 5 April 1970.

The last show was transmitted on 21 January 2007 – a run of over 47 years. For most of this time, it was presented by the original creator, Alan Keith, who continued up to the age of 94. After his death in 2003,[2] Richard Baker presented the show.[3] Holiday guest presenters included Evelyn Barbirolli, Rosalind Runcie, Earl Spencer and Ursula Vaughan Williams.[4][5]

The show was cancelled by Lesley Douglas, Controller of Radio 2, who replaced it with a longer Melodies for You, presented by Alan Titchmarsh, which continued to play music from the same repertoire until it too was cancelled in 2011.[6] A special edition of the format was aired on 30 December 2011, presented by Alfie Boe, who played a selection from the 2003 poll plus some of his own favourites.[7][8]

The hundred best tunes

Polls were taken to confirm the choice of the hundred best tunes. The results of the last poll in 2003 are below. The previous poll was in 1997 and the position of each work in that earlier poll is shown in parentheses.[9]

Listing
Number Piece Composer Previous
1 "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers Georges Bizet 1
2 "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations Edward Elgar 16
3 "Va, pensiero" from Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi 22
4 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor by Max Bruch (12)
5 Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel (52)
6 Clarinet Concerto in A by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (33)
7 Symphony No. 6 in F (Pastoral) by Ludwig van Beethoven (27)
8 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff (8)
9 "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (23)
10 The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams (–)
11 Finlandia by Jean Sibelius (2)
12 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor 'Choral' by Ludwig van Beethoven (5)
13 The Planets by Gustav Holst (9)
14 "Ombra mai fu" from Serse by George Frideric Handel (17)
15 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (25)
16 Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (14)
17 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat 'Emperor' by Ludwig van Beethoven (24)
18 "Méditation" from Thaïs by Jules Massenet (39)
19 Symphony No. 9 in E Minor From the New World by Antonín Dvořák (36)
20 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams (–)
21 Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (28)
22 Miserere mei, Deus – Psalm 51 by Gregorio Allegri (–)
23 "Hallelujah!" from Messiah by George Frideric Handel (32)
24 "Laudate Dominum" from Solemn Vespers by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (–)
25 "Romance" from The Gadfly Suite by Dmitri Shostakovich (29)
26 Zadok the Priest, one of the Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel (68)
27 "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from Solomon by George Frideric Handel (38)
28 Piano Concerto in A minor by Edvard Grieg (–)
29 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach (85)
30 Cello Concerto in E Minor by Edward Elgar (6)
31 "What is Life?" from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck performed by Kathleen Ferrier(30)
33 "Baïlèro" from Songs of the Auvergne by Joseph Canteloube (18)
33 The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II (–)
34 "Listen to the Mocking Bird" by Septimus Winner (as Alice Hawthorne) (42)
35 "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák (4)
36 "Bells Across the Meadows" by Albert Ketèlbey (–)
37 Symphony No. 3 (Organ) by Camille Saint-Saëns (–)
38 Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 by Edward Elgar (31)
39 Violin Concerto in E Minor by Felix Mendelssohn (40)
40 "Che gelida manina" from La bohème by Giacomo Puccini (89)
41 The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (–)
42 Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven (–)
43 "Panis angelicus" by César Franck (13)
44 "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" from The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe (–)
45 Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (–)
46 "Grand March" from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (26)
47 "A Londonderry Air" – traditional, arranged by Percy Grainger (59) – this was the theme tune
48 The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár (67)
49 "Nessun dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (51)
50 Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré (–)
51 "In Paradisum" from Requiem by Gabriel Fauré (–)
52 Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven (–)
53 Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (–)
54 Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni (–)
55 "Judex" from Mors et vita by Charles Gounod (–)
56 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff (–)
57 Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell (–)
58 "Adagio" from Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian (–)
59 Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (–)
60 "Don't Be Cross" from The Mine Foreman (Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller (79)
61 "Sanctus" from German Mass (Deutsche Messe) by Franz Schubert (20)
62 "I know that my Redeemer liveth" from Messiah by George Frideric Handel (10)
63 "Love Duet" from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (15)
65 Fantasia on "Greensleeves" by Ralph Vaughan Williams[10] (–)
65 Symphony No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (–)
66 Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn (–)
67 "Polovetsian Dances" from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin (–)
68 The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan (–)
69 Schindler's List Theme by John Williams (–)
70 Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto) by Gustav Mahler (–)
71 "Sanctus" from St. Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod (–)
72 Scheherezade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (–)
73 "Old Comrades" ("Alte Kameraden") by Carl Teike (11)
74 The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (–)
75 "Nuns' Chorus" from Casanova by Ralph Benatzky (based on Johann Strauss II) (7)
76 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (–)
77 "Jerusalem" by Hubert Parry (58)
78 "Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt Suites by Edvard Grieg (47)
79 Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo (–)
80 "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (–)
81 "Casta diva" from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini (–)
82 The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (–)
83 "Softly Awakes My Heart" from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns (49)
84 Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (–)
85 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert (43)
86 "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini (–)
87 Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven (–)
88 "Sheep May Safely Graze" by Johann Sebastian Bach (–)
89 "Where Corals Lie" from Sea Pictures by Edward Elgar (–)
90 Concerto for Two Violins in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (–)
91 Clair de lune by Claude Debussy (–)
92 The Creation by Joseph Haydn (77)
93 Crown Imperial by William Walton (–)
94 "On the Road to Mandalay" by Oley Speaks (–)
95 Romance No. 2 in F major by Ludwig van Beethoven (–)
96 The Watermill by Ronald Binge (35)
97 The Holy City by Frederic Weatherly and Stephen Adams (–)
98 "Bredon Hill" from A Shropshire Lad by Graham Peel (–)
99 William Tell Overture from William Tell by Gioachino Rossini (–)
100 Hear My Prayer by Felix Mendelssohn (–)

Other media

Alan Keith published a book about the music played in the show in 1975.[11] The Decca Record Company published a successful ten-volume series of records with the title The World of Your 100 Best Tunes.[12] The BBC published a six-CD collection of the music selected by the final poll listed above.

References

  1. ^ "Bizet's The Pearl Fishers named nation's favourite tune". BBC Press Office (Press release). BBC. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Alan Keith". The Daily Telegraph. London. 19 March 2003. ISSN 0307-1235.
  3. ^ Plunkett, John (10 January 2007). "Titchmarsh replaces Radio 2's Your Hundred Best Tunes". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077.
  4. ^ Donovan, Paul (21 January 2007). "End Game". Radio Waves. The Sunday Times. London: News International.
  5. ^ Your 100 Best Tunes, Radio Rewind
  6. ^ Donovan, Paul (9 November 2008). "Ross and Brand: Radio 2 clean up their act". The Sunday Times. London: News International.
  7. ^ Pledger, Laura (2011). "Your One Hundred Best Tunes with Alfie Boe". Radio Times. Immediate Media.
  8. ^ "Hear Alfie Boe's 100 Best Tunes Tonight". TheatreSpy. Musical Theatre News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ Your 100 Best Tunes, 1959 - 2007, The Radio 2 Preservation Society, 12 January 2007
  10. ^ "Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves". Composers. Classic FM.
  11. ^ Keith, Alan (1975). Your Hundred Best Tunes. London: J.M. Dent & Sons. ISBN 0-460-04214-9. OCLC 1993474.
  12. ^ "Your Hundred Best Tunes". Gramophone. London. December 1975. p. 129. ISSN 0017-310X. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010 – via Wayback Machine.
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