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.
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
Listen to Us!
October 30, 2011
Coriolan Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance in F Major for Cello and Orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns
John Crawford, Cello
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb Major
Allegro risoluto
Andante moderato
Alla polacca
Bernhard Crusell
Bruce McGarvey, clarinet
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, "The Tragic"
Adagio molto, Allegro vivace
Andante
Menuetto, Allegro vivace
Allegro
Franz Schubert
May 7, 2011
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
John Williams
Concerto No. 1 in D for Horn and Orchestra
Wolfgang Asadeus Mozart
Partick Kennelly, horn
The "Toy Symphony
Leopold Mozart
Concerto in B Minor for Viola and Orchestra after Handel
Allegro moderato
Andante ma non troppo
Allegro molto
Henri Casadesus
Amelia McBee, viola
Carnival of the Animals
Camille Saint-Saëns
Ed Swartz, narrator
October 24, 2010
"Autumn" for Violin and Strings from "The Four Seasons"
Antonio Vivaldi
Pasi Eerikäinen, violin
Overture to "The Wasps"
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Concerto for Violin in E Minor
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Pasi Eerikäinen, violin
May 8, 2010
Overture to La Gazz Ladra
Gioachino Rossini
Concerto for Bassoon in F Major
Carl Maria von Weber
Dillon Meacham, bassoon
Adagio from Spartacus
Aram Khachaturian
Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra in Bb Major
Allegro, Andante con variazioni
Saverio Mercadante
Bruce McGarvey, clarinet
Symphony No. 8 in B minor (the "Unfinished")
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Franz Schubert
December 7, 2009
Concerto Grosso for the Most Sacred Birth
Francesco Manfredini
Cheryl Prince & Matt Chan, solo violins
The Carol of the Birds
John Howell, arr.
Ali Haskins, soprano
Concerto Made for the Night of the Birth
Vivace, Grave, Allegro
Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Vivace
Allegro, Largo Pastorale
Arcangelo Corelli
Cheryl Prince & Matt Chan, violins, Daniel Foster, cello
Jolly Old Saint Pachelbel
John Howell, arr.
Ali Haskins & Cindy Blevins, vocalists
November 1, 2009
Romanze for Violin and Orchestra
Johann Svendsen
Bridgette Seidel, violin
Peter and the Wolf
Sergey Prokofiev
Ed Schwartz, storyteller
Concerto in D for Guitar and Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
Daniel McPherson, guitar
Hopak
Modest Mussorgsky
Karelia Suite
Jean Sibelius
May 9, 2009
Poet and Peasant
Franz von Suppe
Polonaise Alla Polacca
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
Scherzo (Allegro) and Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven
Elegie for Cello, Op. 24
Gabriel Faure
Ryan Burbey, cello
Suite For Strings
A Roving
I Have a Bonnet Trimmed in Blue
O Waly Waly
Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
John Rutter
December 15, 2008
Concerto in D minor
Vivace
Largo ma non tanto and Allegro
J. S. Bach
Cheryl Prince and Olivia Pires, violinists
The Gift
William Hofeldt
Twas the Night Before Christmas
arr. Bob Philips
Ed Schwartz, narrator
Second Suite for Strings in G Minor
Georg Muffat
Christmastide
arr.Elliot Del Borgo
November 2, 2008
Valse Triste
Jean Sibelius
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Allegro
Adagio
Rondo allegro assai
Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart
Joetta Petersen, piano
Gabriel's Oboe
Ennio Morricone
Merdith McCree, oboe
St. Paul's Suite for String Orchestra
Gustav Holst
L'arlesienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet
Winter, Spring and Fall Concerts from the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 seasons!