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Our repertoire includes European art music, arrangements of folk songs, dance tunes and holiday music, and original music by living composers such as Tracey Rush and BCS member John Howell.

Fall 2008 Projected Program

Mozart Piano Concerto #23
W.A. Mozart
with pianist Joetta Petersen

L'Arlesienne Suite #2
Georges Bizet

Valse Triste
Jean Sibelius

Gabriel's Oboe
Ennio Morricone
with oboist Meredith McCree

St. Paul's Suite
Gustav Holst

Our Repertoire

Among pieces that have been performed by the BCS are:

  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, First Movement - J.S. Bach, arr. Merle J. Isaac
  • Christmas Oratorio, J.S. Bach
  • Concerto for Flute and Strings, La tempesta di mare, RV 433, Op.10, No.1 - A. Vivaldi
  • Double Concerto in D Minor - J.S. Bach
  • Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - E. Grieg
  • Four Seasons, Selections - Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Lynne Latham
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach, arr. Stephen Wieloszynski
  • Negy Kis Tanc (Four Small Dances) - B. Bartok
  • Romanze in C, Op. 42 - J. Sibelius
  • Serenade: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - W.A. Mozart
  • Shenandoah - Arr. Dave Black
  • Sinfonia IV in C minor - F. Mendelssohn
  • Suite in Five Moods - John Raymond Howell
  • Up and Back a Double: Six English Country Dances for String Orchestra - arr. John Auton, ad. John Raymond Howell

Download the BCS music list - (Word)

Listen to Us!

Entrata in G Minor
Largo (1st movement)
Allegro
Largo (3rd movement)
Menuets 1 & 2 and Echo

Cristoph Graupner

Romanze in C
Jean Sibelius

Country Wedding (from The Moldau)
Bedrich Smetana

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Allegro
Andante
Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach

Hoedown Showdown aka Mr. Mozart Catches the Orange Blossom Special
John Raymond Howell

From our Spring 2008 Concert

08/04/08