Programs under the direction of Arlene Sagan

Season Work Composer Notes
Dec.  2009 Mass in E flat major, no. 6, D 950 Schubert

Soloists:

Tiffany Cromartie, soprano

Lauren Carley, mezzo soprano

J. Raymond Meyers, tenor

Jim Molmen, tenor

Paul Thompson, bass

May 2009 Stabat Mater Dvořák Soloists:
Carole Schaffer, soprano
Sonia Gariaeff, mezzo-soprano
Kalil Wilson, tenor
Jeffrey Fields, baritone
Dec. 2008 Selection of Opera Choruses Misc. Soloists:
Marcelle Dronkers, soprano
Richard Goodman, baritone
May 2008 Requiem Mozart  
  Ave Verum Corpus Mozart  
  Hear the Bell Robin Eschner Winner of BCCO's Choral Composition Contest, 2007
  Prelude in C Minor Bach Transcribed for strings by David Cheng
Dec. 2007 Messa di Gloria Puccini  
  Va, Pensiero from Nabucco Verdi  
  Overture, L'italiana in Algeri Rossini Frank Chang, guest conductor
  La Notte, Concerto Op.45 No. 8 for Bassoon Vivaldi soloist: Cynthia Hanson
May 2007 Requiem Fauré  
  Les Chansons des Roses Lauridsen  
  Tanzlied des Pierrot Korngold soloist: Joshua Henderson
  Violin Concerto in A Minor Bach Charles Montague, violin soloist
Dec. 2006 Chichester Psalms Bernstein  
  Old American Songs Copland  
  A Tribute to Julian White
Selected works, including
She Walks in Beauty
(World Premiere)
J. White  
May 2006 Mass in C Major Beethoven  
  Pavane, Opus 50 Fauré  
  Fugue for Organ in G Minor Bach Arranged for strings by David Cheng
Dec. 2005 Gloria Poulenc  
  23.5° (World Premiere) Mueller Winner of BCCO Choral Composition Competition 2005
  Hymn to the United Nations Bacon  
  Concerto for Oboe and Trumpet Hertel Dana Kemp, trumpet and Terri Knight, Oboe
  Serenade for Winds, Opus 7 Strauss Orchestra, Frank Chang, Conductor
  Song to the Moon Dvořák soloists:
Jillian Khuner and Paula Goodman Wilder
May 2005 Requiem Duruflé  
  Motet VI - Lobet den Herrn, Alle Heiden Bach  
  Rinaldo (selected arias) Handel soloist Marcelle Dronkers
Dec. 2004 Alleluia Thompson  
  A Ceremony of Carols Britten  
  Agnus Dei (from Adagio for Strings) Barber  
May 2004 Requiem Verdi  
Dec. 2003 Messiah Handel
May 2003 Requiem Brahms
O Viridissima Virga Hildegard Von Bingen
O Ecclesia Hildegard Von Bingen
Dec. 2002 Mass in C Minor Mozart
O Ignis Spiritus Hildegard Von Bingen
Columbia Aspexit Hildegard Von Bingen
  Quiet City Copeland Orchestra
May 2002 Carmina Burana Orff
Irish Idyll Dodd Orchestra
Brook Green Suite Holst Orchestra
Dec. 2001 Mass in A Flat Major Schubert
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Von Weber Asher Davison, clarinet
Concord Britten
Hymn Tallis
May 2001 Children's Hour Julian White World Premiere
Choral Fantasia Beethoven Matthew Edwards, piano
Frostiana (selections) Thompson
Dec. 2000 St. Cecilia Mass Gounod
Chandos Anthem No. 7 Handel
Exsultate Jubilate Mozart soloist Marcelle Dronkers
May 2000 Mass in B Minor Bach
Dec. 1999 Mass in E Flat Major Schubert
Symphony No. 23 in D Major Mozart Frank Chang, conducting
The Trumpet Shall Sound Handel Dana Kemp, trumpet
soloist Richard Mix
May 1999 Messa Solemnis Beethoven
Dec. 1999 Nelson Mass in D Minor Haydn
Divine Ship Bacon
Trumpet Concerto Haydn
May 1998 Requiem Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Mozart
A Tribute to Paul Robeson Robeson soloist Inetta Harris
Dec. 1997 A Ceremony of Carols Britten
Gloria Vivaldi
Missa Luba Latin Mass set to African Rythms
May 1997
Requiem Verdi
Dec. 1996 Messiah (selections) Handel
Anthem: O Sing Unto the Lord Purcell
Sonata in D for 2 trumpets Franceschini Data Kemp and Arthur Adamson, trumpets
May 1996 Requiem Fauré
  Schicksalslied Brahms
Et Incarnatus Est Mozart soloist Helen Dilworth
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Bach Orchestra
Dec. 1995 Israel in Egypt Handel
Quiet City Copeland Orchestra
May 1995 Requiem Brahms
Fantasia on a Theme Tallis Orchestra
Dec. 1994 Te Deum Mozart
Te Deum Pärt
Christmas in the Western World Still
Concerto in D Major Haydn Matthew Owens, cello
May 1994
Mass in B Minor Bach
Dec. 1993
Messiah Handel
May 1993
Magnificat Vivaldi
Symphony of Psalms Stravinsky
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major Beethoven Matthew Edwards, piano
Te Deum, Opus 103 Dvořák
Fanfare for the Common Man Copeland
Dec. 1992 Judas Macchabaeus Handel Selected choruses
Aug. 1992
Carmina Burana Orff
May 1992
Parables for Chorus & Orchestra Julian White World Premiere
Dec. 1991
Concerto in F Major, Opus 9 No. 3 Albinoni
Five Songs for the Season Misc. Composers
Messiah Handel selected choruses
May 1991
Mass in C Minor Mozart
Dec. 1990 Magnificat in D Bach
Messe de Minuit pour Noel
Charpentier
  Messiah Handel Selected Choruses
May 1990 Creation Haydn  
Dec.  1989 1989 Messiah Handel
May 1989 Requiem Mozart  

BCCO was founded by Eugene Jones in 1966 under the auspices of the Berkeley Adult Education Program. BCCO is now an independent non-profit organization funded by tuition of chorus members and donations from the chorus and the general community. Arlene Sagan has been our Music Director since 1988.