24 Oct 2020

Settling The Score: Counting the votes, and the days

From Settling the Score, 4:00 pm on 24 October 2020

The results for Settling The Score 2020 will be revealed during the countdown of Aotearoa's favorite classical music:

6am - 7pm on Labour Day Monday 26 October on RNZ Concert. Click here for help on how to listen

We can confirm that there are some surprises compared to last year's results (click here to see them) - find out more on Monday!

If you'd like to have a guess between now and then, here are some of the stats for 2020, hot off the press:

Top 20 Composers by total votes 

1    BEETHOVEN 

2    BACH 

3    MOZART 

4    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 

5    ELGAR 

6    SCHUBERT 

7    TCHAIKOVSKY 

8    RITCHIE, ANTHONY 

9    SIBELIUS 

10  DVORAK 

11  RACHMANINOV 

12  HANDEL 

13  BRUCH 

14  CHOPIN 

15  PART, ARVO 

16  FAURE 

17  JENKINS, KARL 

18  STRAUSS, RICHARD 

19  SAINT-SAENS 

20  BRAHMS 
 

Top New Zealand Composer by Total Votes 

1    RITCHIE, ANTHONY 

2    LILBURN, DOUGLAS 

3    JENNINGS, JANET 

4    FARR, GARETH 

5    ARTLEY, CHRIS 

6    FARQUHAR, DAVID 

7    HAMILTON, DAVID 

8    FISHER, SALINA 

9    DE CASTRO-ROBINSON, EVE 

10  HARRIS, ROSS 

11  CRESSWELL, LYELL 

12  HOLMES, LEONIE 

13  WHITEHEAD, GILLIAN 

14  PSATHAS, JOHN 

15  RITCHIE, JOHN 

16  BOWATER, HELEN