Brahms, Johannes

Rank (U1 / U2): 5 / 3
Work perf.: 3,674
Complete perf.: 3,341
Excerpt share: 9%
First season – last season: 1861–62 to 2025–26
Seasons played: 150
Peak season: 1934–35 (10.8%)
Born – died: 1833–1897

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
1870s	23	0.8%
1880s	8	3.5%
1890s	8	3.2%
1900s	12	2.1%
1910s	5	3.8%
1920s	4	4.6%
1930s	3	5.1%
1940s	3	4.8%
1950s	2	4.7%
1960s	4	3.4%
1970s	5	3.1%
1980s	3	3.6%
1990s	5	3.3%
2000s	3	4.3%
2010s	4	2.9%
2020s	7	1.8%

Most performed works

Work	Work perf.	Complete perf.	First season	Last season	Rank (all)
SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN C MINOR, OP. 68	515	500	1877-78	2024-25	10
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR, OP. 73	468	448	1878-79	2017-18	12
SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN E MINOR, OP. 98	418	399	1886-87	2023-24	17
CONCERTO, VIOLIN, D MAJOR, OP.77	339	337	1891-92	2024-25	25
SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN F MAJOR, OP. 90	253	248	1884-85	2016-17	45
HUNGARIAN DANCES (ORCH.)	210	0	1880-81	2025-26	67
CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2, B FLAT MAJOR, OP.83	196	191	1882-83	2016-17	75
ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP.80	186	186	1881-82	2019-20	81
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY HAYDN, OP. 56A	186	182	1877-78	2024-25	82
CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 1, D MINOR, OP.15	174	173	1875-76	2024-25	90
TRAGIC OVERTURE, OP. 81	117	117	1881-82	2018-19	146
CONCERTO, VIOLIN AND CELLO, OP. 102 (DOUBLE)	96	93	1912-13	2023-24	174
REQUIEM, DEUTSCHES, OP.45	43	42	1911-12	2024-25	388
SERENADE NO. 1 IN D MAJOR, OP. 11	40	33	1911-12	2023-24	415
SERENADE NO. 2 IN A MAJOR, OP. 16	28	27	1861-62	2021-22	555

← Composers Excerpt share →