Programs under the direction of Arlene Sagan
| Season | Work | Composer | Notes |
| May 2010 | Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 | J. S. Bach | Soloists: Elspeth Franks, Soprano Sonia Gariaeff, Alto Brian Thorsett, Tenor Hugh M. Davies, Baritone |
| Dec. 2009 | Mass in E flat major, no. 6, D 950 | Schubert |
Soloists: Tiffany Cromartie, soprano Lauren Carley, mezzo soprano J. Raymond Meyers, tenor Jim Molmen, tenor Paul Thompson, bass |
| May 2009 | Stabat Mater | Dvořák | Soloists: Carole Schaffer, soprano Sonia Gariaeff, mezzo-soprano Kalil Wilson, tenor Jeffrey Fields, baritone |
| Dec. 2008 | Selection of Opera Choruses | Misc. | Soloists: Marcelle Dronkers, soprano Richard Goodman, baritone |
| May 2008 | Requiem | Mozart | |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Mozart | ||
| Hear the Bell | Robin Eschner | Winner of BCCO's Choral Composition Contest, 2007 | |
| Prelude in C Minor | Bach | Transcribed for strings by David Cheng | |
| Dec. 2007 | Messa di Gloria | Puccini | |
| Va, Pensiero from Nabucco | Verdi | ||
| Overture, L'italiana in Algeri | Rossini | Frank Chang, guest conductor | |
| La Notte, Concerto Op.45 No. 8 for Bassoon | Vivaldi | soloist: Cynthia Hanson | |
| May 2007 | Requiem | Fauré | |
| Les Chansons des Roses | Lauridsen | ||
| Tanzlied des Pierrot | Korngold | soloist: Joshua Henderson | |
| Violin Concerto in A Minor | Bach | Charles Montague, violin soloist | |
| Dec. 2006 | Chichester Psalms | Bernstein | |
| Old American Songs | Copland | ||
| A Tribute to Julian White Selected works, including She Walks in Beauty (World Premiere) |
J. White | ||
| May 2006 | Mass in C Major | Beethoven | |
| Pavane, Opus 50 | Fauré | ||
| Fugue for Organ in G Minor | Bach | Arranged for strings by David Cheng | |
| Dec. 2005 | Gloria | Poulenc | |
| 23.5° (World Premiere) | Mueller | Winner of BCCO Choral Composition Competition 2005 | |
| Hymn to the United Nations | Bacon | ||
| Concerto for Oboe and Trumpet | Hertel | Dana Kemp, trumpet and Terri Knight, Oboe | |
| Serenade for Winds, Opus 7 | Strauss | Orchestra, Frank Chang, Conductor | |
| Song to the Moon | Dvořák | soloists: Jillian Khuner and Paula Goodman Wilder |
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| May 2005 | Requiem | Duruflé | |
| Motet VI - Lobet den Herrn, Alle Heiden | Bach | ||
| Rinaldo (selected arias) | Handel | soloist Marcelle Dronkers | |
| Dec. 2004 | Alleluia | Thompson | |
| A Ceremony of Carols | Britten | ||
| Agnus Dei (from Adagio for Strings) | Barber | ||
| May 2004 | Requiem | Verdi | |
| Dec. 2003 | Messiah | Handel | |
| May 2003 | Requiem | Brahms | |
| O Viridissima Virga | Hildegard Von Bingen | ||
| O Ecclesia | Hildegard Von Bingen | ||
| Dec. 2002 | Mass in C Minor | Mozart | |
| O Ignis Spiritus | Hildegard Von Bingen | ||
| Columbia Aspexit | Hildegard Von Bingen | ||
| Quiet City | Copeland | Orchestra | |
| May 2002 | Carmina Burana | Orff | |
| Irish Idyll | Dodd | Orchestra | |
| Brook Green Suite | Holst | Orchestra | |
| Dec. 2001 | Mass in A Flat Major | Schubert | |
| Clarinet Concerto No. 2 | Von Weber | Asher Davison, clarinet | |
| Concord | Britten | ||
| Hymn | Tallis | ||
| May 2001 | Children's Hour | Julian White | World Premiere |
| Choral Fantasia | Beethoven | Matthew Edwards, piano | |
| Frostiana (selections) | Thompson | ||
| Dec. 2000 | St. Cecilia Mass | Gounod | |
| Chandos Anthem No. 7 | Handel | ||
| Exsultate Jubilate | Mozart | soloist Marcelle Dronkers | |
| May 2000 | Mass in B Minor | Bach | |
| Dec. 1999 | Mass in E Flat Major | Schubert | |
| Symphony No. 23 in D Major | Mozart | Frank Chang, conducting | |
| The Trumpet Shall Sound | Handel | Dana Kemp, trumpet soloist Richard Mix |
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| May 1999 | Messa Solemnis | Beethoven | |
| Dec. 1999 | Nelson Mass in D Minor | Haydn | |
| Divine Ship | Bacon | ||
| Trumpet Concerto | Haydn | ||
| May 1998 | Requiem | Mozart | |
| Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat | Mozart | ||
| A Tribute to Paul Robeson | Robeson | soloist Inetta Harris | |
| Dec. 1997 | A Ceremony of Carols | Britten | |
| Gloria | Vivaldi | ||
| Missa Luba | Latin Mass set to African Rythms | ||
| May 1997 |
Requiem | Verdi | |
| Dec. 1996 | Messiah (selections) | Handel | |
| Anthem: O Sing Unto the Lord | Purcell | ||
| Sonata in D for 2 trumpets | Franceschini | Data Kemp and Arthur Adamson, trumpets | |
| May 1996 | Requiem | Fauré | |
| Schicksalslied | Brahms | ||
| Et Incarnatus Est | Mozart | soloist Helen Dilworth | |
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 | Bach | Orchestra | |
| Dec. 1995 | Israel in Egypt | Handel | |
| Quiet City | Copeland | Orchestra | |
| May 1995 | Requiem | Brahms | |
| Fantasia on a Theme | Tallis | Orchestra | |
| Dec. 1994 | Te Deum | Mozart | |
| Te Deum | Pärt | ||
| Christmas in the Western World | Still | ||
| Concerto in D Major | Haydn | Matthew Owens, cello | |
| May 1994 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | |
| Dec. 1993 |
Messiah | Handel | |
| May 1993 |
Magnificat | Vivaldi | |
| Symphony of Psalms | Stravinsky | ||
| Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major | Beethoven | Matthew Edwards, piano | |
| Te Deum, Opus 103 | Dvořák | ||
| Fanfare for the Common Man | Copeland | ||
| Dec. 1992 | Judas Macchabaeus | Handel | Selected choruses |
| Aug. 1992 |
Carmina Burana | Orff | |
| May 1992 |
Parables for Chorus & Orchestra | Julian White | World Premiere |
| Dec. 1991 |
Concerto in F Major, Opus 9 No. 3 | Albinoni | |
| Five Songs for the Season | Misc. Composers | ||
| Messiah | Handel | selected choruses | |
| May 1991 |
Mass in C Minor | Mozart | |
| Dec. 1990 | Magnificat in D | Bach | |
| Messe de Minuit pour Noel |
Charpentier | ||
| Messiah | Handel | Selected Choruses | |
| May 1990 | Creation | Haydn | |
| Dec. 1989 | 1989 | Messiah | Handel |
| May 1989 | Requiem | Mozart |
BCCO was founded by Eugene Jones in 1966 under the auspices of the Berkeley Adult Education Program. BCCO is now an independent non-profit organization funded by tuition of chorus members and donations from the chorus and the general community. Arlene Sagan has been our Music Director since 1988.