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Symphony Composer Ballot

The results are in! It’s time to reveal which Symphony Composers YOU chose as the best. Between now and November 10, BTPM Classical hosts are revealing your Symphony Composer rankings - one by one, from the bottom to the top. Don’t miss the grand finale on November 10 to hear who wins it all!
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Monday 11/3
                              No 30  @ 8am               W Boyce
                              No 29  @ 10am            M Haydn
                              No 28  @ 1pm               N Rimsky-Korsakov
                              No 27  @ 6pm               I Stravinsky
                              No 26  @ 8:30pm        William Grant Still
Tuesday 11/4
                              No 25  @ 8am                F Price
                              No 24  @ 12:10pm      C Ives
                              No 23  @ 6pm                H Hanson
                              No 22  @ 9pm               AMC Beach
Wednesday 11/5
                              No 21 @ 1pm                 H Berlioz
                              No 20 @ 6pm                A Copland
                              No 19 @ 9:24pm         R Schumann
              
Thursday 11/6
                              No 18 @ 8am                S Prokofiev
                              No 17 @ 11:40am      E Elgar
                              No 16 @ 1pm                C Franck
                              No 15 @ 6pm                A Bruckner
                              No 14 @ 9:30 pm        D Shostakovich
Friday 11/7
                              No 13 @ 1pm                J Sibelius
                              No. 12 @ 6:30pm        F Schubert
                              No  11 @ 9:11pm        R Vaughan Williams

Saturday 11/8
                              No 10 @7am                 C Saint-Saens
                              No 9 @ 6:30 pm            F Mendelssohn
                              No 8 @ 8:30pm             F J Haydn
Sunday 11/9
                              No 7 @ 1pm                   G Mahler
                              No 6 @ 3pm                   S Rachmaninoff
                              No 5 @ 6:22pm             J Brahms
Monday 11/10
                              No 4 @ 10am                P Tchaikovsky
                              No 3 @ 2:34pm             A Dvorak
                              No 2 @ 4:11pm             W A Mozart
                              No 1 @ 6pm                   L van Beethoven