Bach, Johann Sebastian

Rank (U1 / U2): 7 / 6
Work perf.: 2,129
Complete perf.: 1,669
Excerpt share: 22%
First season – last season: 1862–63 to 2025–26
Seasons played: 152
Peak season: 1901–02 (7.7%)
Born – died: 1685–1750

Work perf.Complete perf. (same denominator)

Completed seasons. Both lines use the season's total work performances as denominator: the upper line is this composer's work performances, the lower line the part of them that are complete (no movement named). The gap is this composer's excerpts as a share of the whole season.

Rank by decade

Decade	Rank	Share
1860s	24	0.6%
1870s	9	3.1%
1880s	12	2.7%
1890s	7	3.5%
1900s	7	2.6%
1910s	12	2.1%
1920s	7	2.4%
1930s	6	3.2%
1940s	6	2.9%
1950s	8	2.4%
1960s	20	1.4%
1970s	24	1.1%
1980s	14	2.2%
1990s	22	1.1%
2000s	13	2.0%
2010s	5	2.5%
2020s	4	2.4%

Most performed works

Work	Work perf.	Complete perf.	First season	Last season	Rank (all)
SUITE NO. 3, D MAJOR, BWV 1068	167	94	1868-69	2024-25	96
BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 3 IN G MAJOR, BWV 1048	110	101	1880-81	2024-25	155
PRELUDE, CHORALE, AND FUGUE (ARR. Abert)	74	74	1897-98	1943-44	226
CON., VIOLINS, (TWO), BWV 1043, D MINOR	60	50	1881-82	2016-17	278
SUITE NO. 2, B MINOR, BWV 1067	51	36	1885-86	2015-16	315
FANTASIA AND FUGUE, G MINOR, BWV 542 (ARR. Mitropoulos)	50	50	1940-41	1955-56	325
PARTITA NO. 2, D MINOR, BWV 1004	48	2	1875-76	2025-26	344
ST. MATTHEW PASSION, BWV 244	47	29	1878-79	2022-23	349
CON., VIOLIN, E MAJOR, BWV 1042	46	46	1897-98	2012-13	354
BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 IN D MAJOR, BWV 1050	41	37	1913-14	2010-11	407
PASSACAGLIA & FUGUE, C MINOR, BWV 582 (ARR. Respighi)	39	39	1929-30	1960-61	417
BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 1, F MAJOR, BWV 1046	38	33	1888-89	2008-09	430
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO, CANTATAS 1 - 3, BWV 248	36	4	1871-72	2000-01	450
CON., VIOLIN, A MINOR, BWV 1041	35	35	1926-27	2022-23	453
BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 6 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, BWV 1051	34	34	1932-33	2008-09	468

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