The following list demonstrates the Bach Society's commitment to performing the major works by Bach and other masters, and reveals the breadth of its repertoire, ranging from music of the 17th century to commissioned works.
 
I.   MAJOR WORKS BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
·         Mass in B minor: 1941, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 55, 57, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 77, 83, 91, 94, 2001, 06, 10
·         St. Matthew Passion: 1943, 45, 47, 53, 56, 61, 66, 70, 72, 78, 85, 89, 94, 2004, 12
·         St. John Passion: 1949, 51, 54, 57, 63, 68, 79, 88, 92, 96, 2002, 08
·         Magnificat: 1950, 53, 57, 62, 65, 69, 73, 76, 80, 83, 87, 92, 96, 2002
·         St. Mark Passion (reconstruction): 1997
 
II. FUTURE REPERTOIRE
…representing only possibilities with reservation of change…
·         2013 – 2014
Fall    Bach's Magnificat & Handel's Three Coronation Anthems
Christmas     - - - 
1st Spring    Bach: St. John Passion
2nd Spring    Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
·         2014 – 2015
Fall    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Christmas     - - - 
1st Spring    Beethoven: Missa solemnis
2nd Spring    Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
 
III. RECENT REPERTOIRE AND SOLOISTS
A. Dennis Sparger, Music Director and Conductor
2011-2012 Concert Season
  • October 2010   Mozart's Requiem; Bach's Violin Concerto
    2011-12 Young Artists; Lenora-Marya Anop, violin
  • December 2010   Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
    Mary Wilson
  • March 2011   Bach: St. Matthew Passion
    William Watson, Evangelist; Stephen Morscheck, Jesus
    Sherezade Panthaki, Jay Carter, Lawrence Jones, Curtis Streetman
  • April 2011   John D. Robb's Requiem; Mager: Te Deum
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2010-2011 Concert Season
2009-2010 Concert Season
  • October 2009   Bach and Mendelssohn
  • December 2009   Bach: Sanctus and Osanna from Mass in B minor; Shaw-Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas Suite II.
  • March 2010   Bach: Mass in B minor
    Sherezade Panthaki, Debra Hillabrand, Don Frazure, Curtis Streetman
  • April 2010   Rheinberger: Mass in E flat for Double Chorus; plus motets by Anton Bruckner, Randall Thompson, Eric Whitacre, René Clausen, Javier Busto, Ernani Aguiar, Howard Helvey, Gustav Holst, and Moses Hogan
2008-2009 Concert Season
  • October 2008   Praise His Holy Name!; Hymns, Anthems and Spirituals
    Audio CD available for purchase here.
  • December 2008   Bach: Christmas Oratorio I-II-III
    Gina Galati, Don Frazure, Curtis Streetman
  • March 2009   Duruflé: Requiem
    Angela Horn, Thomas Barrett
  • April 2009   Bach: Jesu, meine Freude; Bach: Violin Concerto in A Minor; Handel: Gloria; Mozart: Vespers of Confession
    Sherezade Panthaki; Lenora-Marya Anop, violin
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2007-2008 Concert Season
  • October 2007   Beethoven: Mass in C; Bach: motets Lobet den Herrn, Fürchte dich nicht, and Cantata 80: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
    Ann Hoyt, Debra Hillabrand, Don Frazure, Thomas Barrett
  • December 2007   Rutter: Magnificat (full orchestra version)
    Christi John Bye, Melissa Payton
  • March 2008   Bach: St. John Passion
    William Watson, Evangelist; Curtis Streetman, Jesus
    Sherezade Panthaki, Tracy Watson, Stanley Warren, Jeffrey Heyl
  • May 2008   Mager: Mass of Light (commissioned)
2006-2007 Concert Season
  • October 2006   Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
  • December 2006   Handel (orch. Mozart): Messiah, Christmas scene
    The Bach Society Young Artists
  • March 2007   Handel: Messiah, pts. II & III
    Sherezade Panthaki, Stephanie Novacek, Alan Bennett, Ian Greenlaw
  • April 2007   Rachmaninoff: Vespers
    Peggy Cantrell, Steven Slusher
2005-2006 Concert Season
  • October 2005   Howells: Requiem; Willan: An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Host; motets
  • December 2005   Rutter: Gloria (full orchestra version)
    KristenFrost
  • March 2006   Bach: Mass in B Minor
    Amy Cochrane, Tracy Watson, Katherine Kelton, William Watson, Paul Rowe
  • April 2006   Reflections: The Conductor's 20th anniversary concert; Stephen Paulus: To the Supreme Being (commissioned); Stephen Mager: I Saw Eternity (commissioned)
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2004-2005 Concert Season
  • October 2004   Mozart: Requiem (ed. Druce); Haydn: Mass in Time of War
    Susan Tilbury, Angela Horn, Patrick Hogan, Thomas Barrett
  • December 2004   Handel: Gloria
    Mary Wilson
  • March 2005   Rutter: Mass of the Children
    Mary Wilson, Paul Rowe
  • April 2005   Mager: The Lamb's High Feast (commissioned)
2003-2004 Concert Season
  • October 2003   Soli Deo Gloria, Bach: Singet dem Herrn, Tallis: Spem in alium, and motets by Finzi, Purcell, Mathias, Howells, Vaughan Williams, Arnatt, Stanford, Wood
  • December 2003   Bach: Christmas Oratorio (excerpts); Handel: Messiah (excerpts)
    Elizabeth Keusch
  • March 2004   Bach: St. Matthew Passion
    William Watson, Evangelist; David Newman, Jesus
    Mary Wilson, Tracy Watson, Steven Stolen, Jeffrey Fields
  • April 2004   1904-2004 America Sings!; Ives: Psalm 90; Argento: Sonnet No. LXIV; Thompson: Alleluia; Clausen: My Heart Is Steadfast (commissioned)
2002-2003 Concert Season
  • October 2002   Bach: Magnificat; Orchestral Suite No. 3; Handel: Gloria; Zadok the Priest
    Mary Wilson
  • December 2002   Poulenc: Gloria
    Susan Tilbury
  • March 2003   Fauré: Requiem; Barber: Agnus Dei; Caldara: Crucifixus; Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium; Raminsh: Come, My Light
    Patricia Andress, Jermaine Smith
  • April 2003   Patterson: Magnificat, Bach: Der Geist hilft; double motets by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Hassler, Scheidt and Hakenberger
    with the Susan Slaughter Brass Ensemble
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2001-2002 Concert Season
  • October 2001   Rachmaninoff: Vespers
    Peggy Cantrell, Jeffrey Freuler
  • December 2001   Handel (orch. Mozart): Messiah, Christmas Scene
    Sarah Coburn, Rachel Edie, Eddie Hitchcock, Nathan Myers
  • March 2002   Bach: St. John Passion
    Steven Stolen, Evangelist; David Berger, Jesus
    Mary Wilson, Susan Forrester, Martin Kelly, David Newman
  • April 2001   Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
    Jan Prokop, Angela Horn, Randal Rushing, Thomas Barrett
2000-2001 The Sixtieth Anniversary Season
  • October 2000   Bach: The Good Fight, a dramatic presentation on the life and struggles of J.S. Bach written by Ila Klemm
    Soloists from the Bach Society Chorus
  • December 2000   Handel: Messiah, Christmas Highlights
    The Bach Society Young Artists
  • March 2001   Encore: Sixty Years of Bach
    Selected works representing the repertoire of all 6 BSSL conductors
  • April 2001   Bach: Mass in B minor
    Mary Wilson, Jane Jennings, Angela Horn, Steven Stolen, Thomas Barrett
1999-2000 Concert Season
  • October 1999   Beethoven: Mass in C; Bach: Gott ist mein König; and Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
    Susan Tilbury, Susan Forrester, Martin Kelly, Michael Boschert
  • December 1999   Rutter: Magnificat; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
    Mary Wilson, Patrick Hogan
  • March 2000   Duruflé: Requiem
    Angela Horn, Thomas Barrett
  • April 2000   Handel: Israel in Egypt
    Soloists from the Bach Society Chorus
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1998-1999 Concert Season
  • October 1998   Cathedral Classics, with Ronald Arnatt, organist; Durufle: Four Gregorian Motets; Tavener: Song for Athene; Gorecki: Totus Tuus
  • December 1998   Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas I and II
    Mary Wilson, Angela Horn, William Watson, Thomas Barrett
  • March 1999    Basically Bach: Cantata 202, and motets Lobet den Herrn; Jesu, meine Freude; and Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt
    Mary Wilson
  • April 1999   Glick: Triumph of the Spirit (U.S. premiere), Sandra Geary, pianist; Daley: Requiem; Raminsh: Come, My Light; Alleluia, Amen; I Will Sing unto the Lord
1997-1998 Concert Season
  • October 1997   Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Barber: Agnus Dei
    Mary Wilson, Christy Clemens, Todd M. Wilson, Patrick Hogan
  • December 1997   Mager : Sinfonia Pastorale (Missouri premiere)
    Mary Wilson, Kristen Frost
  • March 1998   Handel: Messiah pts 2 & 3
    Mary Wilson, Peggy Cantrell, Christopher Goeke, David Newman
  • April 1998   Rachmaninoff: Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
    John Sutko, cantor
1996-1997 Concert Season
  • November 1996   Beethoven: Missa solemnis
    Winifred Faix Brown, Phyllis Pancella, Carl Halvorson, William Walker
  • December 1996   Bach: Magnificat
    Former Bach Society Young Artists Mary I. Brown, Leslie K. Remmert, Antoine C. Wallace, Michael J. Boschert, Krystianne Cheetham, Deborah Good Stinson, Matthew C. Cooper, and Karen Henrickson
  • March 1997   Bach: St. Mark Passion; Handel: Psalm 112
    Julianne Baird, Tracy Watson, Christopher Goeke
  • April 1997   Rachmaninoff: Vespers
    Peggy Cantrell, David Snook, Willie Eddie Hitchcock III
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