Classical WETA's annual listeners' choice competition lets YOU determine the most popular classical pieces in the DC area. We play back the top 100 picks during Thanksgiving week, counting down to the top piece, which airs in its entirety on Thanksgiving night.
100. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture
99. Offenbach: Gaite parisienne
98. Dvorak: Symphony #8
97. Brahms: Piano Concerto #1
96. Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 "Italian"
95. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5
94. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4
93. Faure: Pavane
92. Liszt: Les Preludes
91. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #6
90. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21
89. Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
88. Mozart: Piano Concerto #20
87. Dvorak: Piano Quintet
86. Kalinnikov: Symphony #1
85. Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (The Swan)
84. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 "Pathetique"
83. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4
82. Chopin: Piano Concerto #1
81. Strauss, Johann II: Blue Danube Waltz
80. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
79. Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
78. Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
77. Elgar: Enigma Variations
76. Beethoven: Symphony #3 "Eroica"
75. Rossini: William Tell Overture
74. Marais: The Bells of St. Genevieve
73. Chopin: Ballade #1
72. Chopin: Heroic Polonaise (Op. 53)
71. Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
70. Bruch: Violin Concerto #1
69. Brahms: Piano Concerto #2
68. Bernstein: Candide Overture
67. Brahms: Symphony #4
66. Schubert: Symphony #8 "Unfinished"
65. Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2
64. Mozart: Symphony #40
63. Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles
62. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
61. Beethoven: Triple Concerto
60. Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major (BWV 1042)
59. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
58. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
57. Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
56. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
55. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #21 "Waldstein"
54. Mahler: Symphony #2 "Resurrection"
53. Bizet: Carmen Suite
52. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
51. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
50. Bach: Double Violin Concerto (BWV 1043)
49. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
48. Schubert: Symphony #9 "Great"
47. Beethoven: Violin Concerto
46. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
45. Gershwin: An American in Paris
44. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5
43. Dvorak: String Quartet #12 "American"
42. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
41. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight"
40. Barber: Adagio for Strings
39. Schubert: String Quintet
38. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
37. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
36. Mahler: Symphony #1 "Titan"
35. Debussy: Clair de Lune
34. Brahms: Violin Concerto
33. Ravel: Bolero
32. Handel: Water Music
31. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
30. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
29. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3
28. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
27. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis
26. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1
25. Sibelius: Finlandia
24. Mozart: Symphony #41 "Jupiter"
23. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
22. Copland: Appalachian Spring
21. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
20. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
19. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
18. Smetana: The Moldau
17. Grieg: Piano Concerto
16. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
15. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
14. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
13. Pachelbel: Canon
12. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
11. Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 "Organ"
10. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
9. Dvorak: Cello Concerto
8. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
7. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
6. Beethoven: Symphony #5
5. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
4. Beethoven: Symphony #6 "Pastoral"
3. Beethoven: Symphony #7
2. Dvorak: Symphony #9 "From the New World"
1. Beethoven: Symphony #9 "Choral"
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