ship ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Phil harm onic ▁Orchestra ▁in ▁succession ▁to ▁Mah ler , ▁as ▁he ▁felt ▁it ▁his ▁duty ▁to ▁dev ote ▁himself ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁public . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁century , ▁Wood ▁was ▁influ ential ▁in ▁changing ▁the ▁hab its ▁of ▁concert go ers . ▁Until ▁then ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁custom ary ▁for ▁aud ien ces ▁at ▁sym phony ▁or ▁ch oral ▁concert s ▁to ▁app la ud ▁after ▁each ▁movement ▁or ▁section . ▁Wood ▁disc ou rag ed ▁this , ▁som etime ▁by ▁gesture ▁and ▁sometimes ▁by ▁specific ▁request ▁printed ▁in ▁program mes . ▁For ▁this ▁he ▁was ▁much ▁pra ised ▁in ▁the ▁musical ▁and ▁national ▁press . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁Queen ' s ▁Hall , ▁Wood ▁conducted ▁at ▁the ▁She ff ield , ▁Nor wich , ▁B irmingham , ▁Wol ver ham pton , ▁and ▁West mor land ▁festiv als , ▁and ▁at ▁orch est ral ▁concert s ▁in ▁Card iff , ▁Manchester , ▁Liverpool , ▁Le ic ester ▁and ▁H ull . ▁His ▁programming ▁was ▁summar ised ▁in ▁The ▁Manchester ▁Guardian , ▁which ▁listed ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁each ▁composer ' s ▁works ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁Prom s ▁season ; ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁were : ▁Wagner ▁( 1 2 1 ); ▁Be eth oven ▁( 3 4 ); ▁T cha ik ov sky ▁( 3 0 ); ▁Moz art ▁( 2 8 ); ▁D vo ř ák ▁( 1 6 ); ▁We ber