Notturnometer

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Roles
Orchestra
Airings
944
Performances
183
First – last aired
2012-04-05 – 2026-07-20
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Counts cover the performance-linked era (2012 onward).

Most-aired performances

PIDWorkComposerDurationAiringsYears aired
p00sdzp8 Ruy Blas (overture), Op 95 Felix Mendelssohn 8:06 41 2012–2026
p00r2zqq The Bartered Bride - overture Bedrich Smetana 6:44 25 2012–2018
p00wbwx5 Slavonic Dance no 10 in E minor, Op 72 no 2 Antonín Dvořák 6:09 25 2012–2025
p0bs626j Two Pieces for Muted Strings Dorothy Howell 9:14 25 2022–2026
p00r50cp Prelude (Act 1 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg') Richard Wagner 9:50 24 2012–2023
p0bt370c Suite Orientale, Op 48 no 2: Prelude & Danse d'almees Mel Bonis 7:08 22 2022–2026
p00qtnsm Symphony no 2 'A London Symphony' Ralph Vaughan Williams 45:06 21 2012–2026
p02jwll7 4 Sea interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a Benjamin Britten 16:40 18 2015–2025
p00y2g7z In the south (Alassio) - overture, Op 50 Edward Elgar 21:17 17 2012–2025
p013b90q Petrushka Igor Stravinsky 30:38 17 2013–2021
p00xtynm Egmont Overture, Op 84 Ludwig van Beethoven 8:20 16 2012–2019
p013g4nl Symphony no. 1 Bohuslav Martinů 36:37 16 2013–2025
p0134nfh Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams 15:44 15 2012–2022
p017q7f0 Manfred (Overture to the Incidental Music, Op 115) Robert Schumann 13:25 15 2013–2025
p02kbbjy Job - a masque for dancing Ralph Vaughan Williams 47:52 15 2015–2026
p08j59xb Overture to The Wasps - Aristophanic suite (from incidental music) Ralph Vaughan Williams 9:14 15 2020–2025
p00yr4b1 Creatures of Prometheus (Die Geschopfe des Prometheus), Overture, Op 43 Ludwig van Beethoven 5:07 14 2012–2020
p01y0fc7 Celtic symphony Granville Bantock 20:40 14 2014–2019
p0bxn67y Salomé Op.100 Mel Bonis 4:54 14 2022–2026
p00zq5kl Symphony no 4 in A major, Op 90 'Italian' Felix Mendelssohn 28:23 13 2012–2026

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By year

2008*2026*