Ming Luke, Current Music Director, Fall 2011 to date
| Season | Work | Composer | Notes |
January 5, 6, 7, 2018 | Romeo & Juliet (selections) Alexander Nevsky, cantata | Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Rachmaninoff | Soloist: |
June 2, 3, 4, 2017 | Egmont overture (instrumental) Stabat Mater | Ludwig van Beethoven Antonin Dvořák | Soloists: Ariana Strahl soprano » |
January 6, 7, 8, 2017 | Requiem in C minor | Luigi Cherubini
| Soloists: Ariana Strahl, soprano» |
June 3, 4, 5, 2016 | War Requiem Op. 66 | Benjamin Britten | Soloists: Carrie Hennesey, Soprano » Level IV of the San Francisco Girls Chorus School |
January 8, 9, 10, 2016 Ming Luke, Joseph Liebling | Messiah - Overture and "Worthy is the Lamb" | George Frideric Handel | |
| I Think I Shall Praise it - Composed for BCCO's 50th anniversary | Kurt Erickson | ||
| Ein Deutsches Requiem Movements I and IV Joseph Liebling, Guest Conductor | Joannes Brahms | ||
| Chichester Psalms | Leonard Bernstein | Soloists: • Heidi Moss, soprano » | |
| Finlandia | Jan Sibelius | Concert Notes » | |
June 5, 6, 7, 2015 Ming Luke, | Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi | Soloists: • Carrie Hennessey, soprano »• Lisa van der Ploeg, Mezzo Soprano » • Alex Boyer, Tenor » • James Demler, Baritone » |
January 10, 11, 2015 Ming Luke, | St. John Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach | Soloists: • Jennifer Paulino, soprano »• Danielle Reutter-Harrah, mezzo soprano » • Brian Thorsett, Tenor » • Jeffrey Fields, Baritone » • Paul Thompson, Bass »
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June 13, 14, 15, 2014 Ming Luke, | Elijah oratorio, Op. 70 | Felix Mendelssohn | Soloists: • Carrie Hennessey, soprano |
| Nov. 16, 22, 24, 2013 Ming Luke, | St. Cecilia Mass Serenade to Music An Die Musik, D 547 Oseh Shalom Bimromav | Charles Gounod | Soloists • Jennifer Paulino, soprano • Steven Ziegler, tenor • Eric Howe , baritone
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May 3, 5, 12, 2013 Ming Luke, | Requiem , OP.9 ** Young Composer | Maurice Duruflé | Soloists • Carrie Hennessey, soprano• Igor Vieira, baritone
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Dec. 2012 Ming Luke, | • The Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 • Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201 • Ave Verum Corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Soloists • Jennifer Paulino, soprano • Megan Berti, mezzo-soprano • J. Raymond Meyers, tenor • Igor Vieira, baritone |
May 2012 Ming Luke, | • Requiem Mass Op. 89
| Antonin Dvořák | Soloists |
Dec. 2011 Ming Luke, | • Gloria • Frostiana • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major | Vivaldi Thompson Bach | Soloists • Carrie Hennessey, soprano • Megan Berti, mezzo-soprano |
May 2011 Guest Conductor Joseph Liebling/ Music Director Arlene Sagan | Requiem Opus 45 | Brahms | Soloists • Marcelle Dronkers, soprano • Eric Howe, baritone |
| Because We Sang from "Elegy of the Forest of Sainte-Croix", #32 (World Premiere) | Robin Eschner | ||
Dec. 2010 Guest Conductor Joseph Liebling Music Director Arlene Sagan | Harmoniemesse Mass No. 14 in B flat major | Haydn | Soloists Deborah Kropp, soprano |
| Zadok the Priest from the Coronation Anthems | Handel | ||
| First movement of the Christmas Oratorio BWV 24 | Bach | ||
| Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 53 | Bach
| Transcribed for string orchestra by David Cheng | |
May 2010 Arlene Sagan, |
| Bach | Soloists |
Dec. 2009 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in E flat major, no. 6, D 950 | Schubert | Soloists |
May 2009 Arlene Sagan, | Stabat Mater Opus 58 | Dvořák | Soloists Carole Schaffer, soprano Sonia Gariaeff, mezzo-soprano Kalil Wilson, tenor Jeffrey Fields, baritone |
Dec. 2008 Arlene Sagan, | Selection of Opera Choruses | Miscellaneous | Soloists Marcelle Dronkers, soprano Richard Goodman, baritone |
May 2008 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem KV 626 | Mozart | Soloists |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Mozart | Chorus | |
Hear the Bell (World Premiere) | Eschner | Winner of BCCO's Choral Composition Contest, 2007 | |
| Prelude in C minor | Bach | Orchestra Transcribed for strings by David Cheng | |
Dec. 2007 Arlene Sagan, | Messa di Gloria | Puccini | Soloists |
| Va, Pensiero from Nabucco | Verdi | Chorus | |
| Overture, L'italiana in Algeri | Rossini | Orchestra Frank Chang, guest conductor | |
| La Notte, Concerto, Op 45 No. 8 for Bassoon | Vivaldi | Cynthia Hanson, bassoon soloist | |
May 2007 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem | Fauré | Mark Bruce, organist Soloists |
Selections from Les Chansons des Roses | Lauridsen | Chorus | |
| Tanzlied des Pierrot | Korngold | Soloist | |
| Violin Concerto in A minor | Bach | Charles Montague, violin soloist Mark Bruce, harpsichordist | |
Dec. 2006 Arlene Sagan, | Chichester Psalms | Bernstein | Soloist |
Selections from Old American Songs | Copland | Chorus | |
| A Tribute to Julian White selected works, including She Walks in Beauty (World Premiere) | J. White | Chorus | |
May 2006 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in C Major Opus 86 | Beethoven | Soloists |
Pavane Opus 50 | Fauré | Chorus | |
| Fugue for Organ in G minor | Bach | Orchestra Arranged for strings by David Cheng | |
Dec. 2005 Arlene Sagan, | Gloria | Poulenc | Soprano soloists |
| 23.5° (World Premiere) | Mueller | Winner of BCCO Choral Composition Competition, 2005 | |
| Hymn to the United Nations | Bacon | Chorus | |
| Concerto for Oboe and Trumpet | Hertel | Dana Kemp, trumpet | |
Serenade for Winds | Strauss | Orchestra Frank Chang, guest conductor | |
| Song to the Moon | Dvořák | Soprano soloists | |
| May 2005 | Requiem | Duruflé | Chorus |
| Arlene Sagan, | Motet VI - Lobet den Herrn, Alle Heiden | Bach | Chorus |
| Rinaldo (selected arias) | Handel | Soloist | |
| Dec. 2004 | Alleluia | Thompson | Chorus |
| Arlene Sagan, | A Ceremony of Carols Opus 28 | Britten Vivaldi | Soloists
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Agnus Dei | Barber | Chorus | |
May 2004 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem | Verdi | Soloists Jillian Khuner, soprano |
Dec. 2003 Arlene Sagan, | Messiah | Handel | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano Clarence Wright, tenor Paul Thompson, bass |
May 2003 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem | Brahms | Soloists |
| O Viridissima Virga | Hildegard | Chorus | |
| O Ecclesia | Hildegard | Chorus | |
Dec. 2002 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in C minor | Mozart | Soloists |
| O Ignis Spiritus | Hildegard | Chorus | |
| Columbia Aspexit | Hildegard | Chorus | |
| Quiet City | Copland | Orchestra | |
May 2002 Arlene Sagan, | Carmina Burana | Orff | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Clarence Wright, tenor Tim Krol, baritone Richard Goodman, bass Members of SF Boys Chorus |
| Irish Idyll | Dodd | Orchestra | |
| Brook Green Suite | Holst | Orchestra | |
Dec. 2001 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in A Flat Major D 678 | Schubert | Soloists |
| Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat | Weber | Asher Davison, clarinet | |
| Concord | Music by Britten | Chorus | |
| Hymn | Music by Tallis | Chorus | |
| May 2001 | Children's Hour (World Premiere) | Julian White | Soloist |
Choral Fantasia Opus 80 | Beethoven | Orchestra | |
| Frostiana (selections) | Thompson | Chorus | |
Dec. 2000 Arlene Sagan, | St. Cecilia Mass | Gounod | Soloists |
| Chandos Anthem No. 7 | Handel | Chorus | |
| Exsultate Jubilate | Mozart | Soloist | |
May 2000 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in B Minor BWV 232 | Bach | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Brenda Johnson, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano Clarence Wright, tenor Richard Mix, bass |
Dec. 1999 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in E flat major D 950 | Schubert | Soloists Francine Lancaster, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano William Gorton, tenor Richard Mix, bass |
| Symphony No. 23 in D major | Mozart | Orchestra Frank Chang, guest conducor | |
"The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Messiah | Handel | Dana Kemp, trumpet soloist Richard Mix, bass | |
May 1999 Arlene Sagan, | Missa Solemnis Opus 123 | Beethoven | Soloists Jillian Khuner, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano William Gorton, tenor Richard Mix, bass |
Dec. 1999 Arlene Sagan, | Nelson Mass in D minor | Haydn | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano William Gorton, tenor Richard Mix, bass |
| Divine Ship | Bacon | Chorus | |
| Trumpet Concerto | Haydn | Dana Kemp, trumpet | |
May 1998 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem | Mozart | Soloists Inetta Harris, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano Craig Knudsen, tenor Richard Mix, bass |
| Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat | Mozart | David Lyons, horn | |
| A Tribute to Paul Robeson | Robeson | soloist Inetta Harris, soprano | |
Dec. 1997 Arlene Sagan, | A Ceremony of Carols Opus 28 | Britten | Soloists |
| Gloria | Vivaldi | Chorus | |
Missa Luba A Latin Mass set to African rhythms | arr. Guido Haazen | Chorus | |
May 1997 | Requiem | Verdi | Soloists Jillian Khuner, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano William Gorton, tenor Eric Howe, baritone |
Dec. 1996 Arlene Sagan, | Messiah (selections) | Handel | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano Robert Calvert, tenor Macatee Hollie, bass |
| Anthem: O Sing Unto the Lord | Purcell | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano Macatee Hollie, bass | |
| Sonata in D for 2 trumpets | Franceschini | Dana Kemp and Arthur Adamson, trumpets | |
May 1996 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem | Fauré | Soloists |
Schicksalslied | Brahms | Chorus | |
"Et Incarnatus Est" | Mozart | Soloist | |
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 | Bach | Orchestra | |
Dec. 1995 Arlene Sagan, | Israel in Egypt | Handel | Soloists |
| Quiet City | Copland | Orchestra | |
May 1995 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem | Brahms | Soloists |
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Williams | Orchestra | |
Dec. 1994 Arlene Sagan, | Te Deum KV 141 | Mozart | Chorus |
| Te Deum | Pärt | ||
| Christmas in the Western World | Still Arvey | Chorus | |
Concerto in D Major Opus 101 | Haydn | Matthew Owens, cello | |
May 1994 Arlene Sagan, | Mass in B Minor BWV 232 | Bach | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Claudine Jones, mezzo-soprano Andrew Morgan, tenor William Berges, bass |
Dec. 1993 Arlene Sagan, | Messiah | Handel | Soloists Eileen Hunt, soprano Marcelle Dronkers, mezzo-soprano Claude Knudsenan, tenor Eugene Jones, bass Paul Tavernier, baritone |
May 1993 Arlene Sagan, | Magnificat | Vivaldi | Soloists |
| Symphony of Psalms | Stravinsky | Chorus | |
| Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major | Beethoven | Matthew Edwards, piano | |
Judas Macchabaeus (selections) | Handel | Soloists | |
Dec. 1992 Arlene Sagan, | Judas Macchabaeus | Handel | Soloists |
Aug. 1992 Arlene Sagan, | Carmina Burana | Orff | Solosts |
May 1992 Arlene Sagan, | Parables for Chorus & Orchestra (World Premiere) | Julian White | Chorus |
| Dec. 1991 | Concerto in F major, Op 9 No. 3 | Albinoni | Orchestra |
| Arlene Sagan, | Five Songs for the Season | Misc. Composers | Chorus |
| Handel | Soloist | ||
| May 1991 | Mass in C minor KV 427 | Mozart | Soloists |
Dec. 1990 Arlene Sagan, | Magnificat in D, BWV 243 | Bach | Soloists Pamela Alexander, soprano Marcelle Dronkers, soprano Pat Johnson, alto Craig Knudsen, tenor Martin Spahn, tenor Paul Tavernier, bass |
| Messe de Minuit pour Noël | Charpentier | Soloists PamelaAlexander, soprano | |
Messiah (selected choruses) | Handel | Soloists | |
May 1990 Arlene Sagan, | The Creation | Haydn | Soloists Pamela Alexander, soprano Pat Johnson, alto Michael Conran, tenor William Berges, bass Paul Tavernier, bass |
Dec. 1989 Arlene Sagan, | Messiah | Handel | |
May 1989 Arlene Sagan, | Requiem KV 626 | Mozart | Soloists |