Bach and Beyond
The Bach Society’s repertoire showcases our commitment to performing major works of Bach and other masters. However, you’ll see that we also enjoy performing a range of music from 17th century to commissioned works of today.
Major works for Chorus and Orchestra 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, 16, 19, 22
St. Matthew Passion – 1943, 45, 47, 53, 56, 61, 66, 70, 72, 78, 85, 89, 94, 2004, 12, 18
St. John Passion – 1949, 51, 54, 57, 63, 68, 79, 88, 92, 96, 2002, 08, 14
Christmas Oratorio – 2017
Magnificat – 1950, 53, 57, 62, 65, 69, 73, 76, 80, 83, 87, 92, 96, 2002, 12
St. Mark Passion (reconstruction): 1997
Cantatas & Motets
Major works for Chorus and Orchestra by other significant composers
Requiems by Mozart, Duruflé, Fauré, Brahms, Howells, Goodall
Masses by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Schubert, Rossini
Oratorios by Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams
Glorias by Poulenc, Rutter
Major a cappella works
Sergei Rachmaninoff Vespers and Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Ralph Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor
Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir
Alexander Gretchaninov Vespers
Josef Rheinberger: Mass in E flat for Double Choir
St. Louis premieres
Hector Berlioz Messe Solennelle
Srul Irving Glick Triumph of the Spirit (U.S. premiere)
George Frideric Handel’s rediscovered Gloria
Works commissioned and premiered by the Bach Society
René Clausen My Heart Is Steadfast (Psalm 108)
Stephen Mager The Lamb’s High Feast, Mass of Light, Te Deum
Stephen Paulus To the Supreme Being
Significant motets
Samuel Barber Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings)
Antonio Caldara Crucifixus (16 parts)
Thomas Tallis Spem in Alium (40 parts)
Healey Willan An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts
And shorter works by: Jonathan Dove, Ola Gjeilo, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Paweł Łukaszewski, Vytautas Miskinis, Stephen Paulus, Ugis Praulins, et al.