2017 – 2018 Concert Season
Oct 2017 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, including Bach Cantata “Ein feste Burg” and works by composers from the 16th century to the present
Dec 2017 Candlelight concert at Powell Hall
Mar 2018 Howard Goodall: Eternal Light
April 2018 Bach: St. Matthew Passion
2016 – 2017 Concert Season
Oct 2016 Mozart: Mass in c Minor
Dec 2016 Candlelight concert at Powell Hall
Mar 2017 Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil
May 2017 Bach: Christmas Oratorio
2015–2016 Concert Season
The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Season:
Choruses from Bach’s cantatas,
the Mass in b minor,the Magnificat in D
and “Komm, Jesu, komm”
October 2015 Bravo, Bach!
November 2015 Carmina Burana in collaboration with UMSL chorus and orchestra and the Nashville Ballet
November 2015 Bach Chamber Music
December 2015 Selections from Handel’s “Messiah”, and “O Holy Night” with Christine Brewer
March 2016 Faure: Requiem
May 2016 Bach: Mass in B Minor
2014–2015 Concert Season
October 2014 Voices of the Baltic Coast
November 2014 Bach Chamber Music
December 2014 Handel: Messiah!
Debra Hillabrand, Jane Jennings, Don Frazure
March 2015 Handel: Messiah!
Nathalie Colas, Patricia Thompson, Steven Soph, Curtis Streetman
April 2015 Faire is the Heaven
2013–2014 Concert Season
October 2013 Northern Lights
November 2013 Bach Chamber Music
December 2013 Rutter: Gloria
March 2014 Bach: St. John Passion
William Watson, Evangelist; Stephen Morscheck, Jesus Josefien Stoppelenburg, Jay Carter, Lawrence Jones, Curtis Streetman
May 2014 Beyond All Mortal Dreams
2012–2013 Concert Season
October 2012 Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass; Bach: Cantata 51
Sherezade Panthaki, Patricia Thompson, Don Frazure, Alexander Dobson
November 2012 Bach Chamber Music
December 2012 Bach: Magnificat
2012-13 Young Artists
April 2013 Bach & Schubert: Music for Voices & Strings
May 2013 Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
2011–2012 Concert Season
October 2011 Mozart’s Requiem; Bach’s Violin Concerto in E minor
2011-12 Young Artists; Lenora-Marya Anop, violin
December 2011 Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Mary Wilson
March 2012 Bach: St. Matthew Passion
William Watson, Evangelist; Stephen Morscheck, Jesus
Sherezade Panthaki, Jay Carter, Lawrence Jones, Curtis Streetman
April 2012 John D. Robb: Requiem; Mager: Te Deum
2010–2011 Concert Season
October 2010 Bach: Sebastian & Sons
Sherezade Panthaki
December 2010 Poulenc: Gloria
Christine Brewer
March 2011 Handel: Messiah
Karen Fergurson, Debra Hillabrand, Francisco Almanza, Ian Greenlaw
May 2011 Russian Vespers
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
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)
Kristen Frost
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)
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
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
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