Britten, Benjamin

Rank (U1 / U2): 50 / 44
Work perf.: 308
Complete perf.: 278
Excerpt share: 10%
First season – last season: 1938–39 to 2025–26
Seasons played: 61
Peak season: 1981–82 (3.5%)
Born – died: 1913–1976

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.

Most performed works

Work	Work perf.	Complete perf.	First season	Last season	Rank (all)
PETER GRIMES, FOUR SEA INTERLUDES, OP. 33A	42	32	1972-73	2025-26	405
SINFONIA DA REQUIEM, OP. 20	41	41	1940-41	2025-26	410
YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA, OP. 34	33	30	1948-49	2013-14	484
CONCERTO, VIOLIN, OP. 15	24	24	1939-40	2023-24	636
WAR REQUIEM, OP. 66	19	19	1966-67	2008-09	764
SOIREES MUSICALES, OP. 9	18	12	1940-41	1977-78	793
CONCERTO, PIANO, OP. 13	12	12	1949-50	2017-18	1127
SERENADE, TENOR, HORN, STRINGS, OP. 31	12	12	1983-84	2013-14	1128
SIMPLE SYMPHONY, OP. 4	10	5	1996-97	2012-13	1312
PETER GRIMES, PASSACAGLIA, OP. 33B	10	10	1972-73	1987-88	1349
SPRING SYMPHONY, OP. 44	7	7	1962-63	2013-14	1855
SYMPHONY FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 68	7	7	1976-77	1986-87	1856
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE, OP. 10	6	6	1938-39	1978-79	2024
PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS, OP. 57	6	0	1968-69	1971-72	2066
PHANTASY, OB/VL/VA/VC, OP. 2	5	5	1984-85	2022-23	2362

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