Performance Repertoire
| COMPOSER | WORK | PERFORMED |
|---|---|---|
| Handel | Messiah, HWV 56 | 1882 and at least once annually since then |
| Mendelssohn | The First Day of Spring (Der erste Frühlingstag), op. 48 |
1888 |
| Wennerberg, G. | “The Evening Bell” (“Aftonklockan”) |
1888 |
| Wennerberg, G. | “The Thrush’s Complaint” (“Trasten i höstkvällen”) |
1888 |
| Lindblad, A. | “Winter Evening” (“Om vinterkväll”) |
1888 |
| Haydn, F.J. | The Creation, H. 21/2 | 1894, 1898, 1911, 1962, 1963 |
| Gounod | By Babylon’s Wave (Près du fleuve étranger) |
1894 |
| Mendelssohn | “Henceforth, When Ye Hear His Name,” op. 46 (Kommt, laßt uns anbeten, Ps. 95), no. 5 |
1896 |
| Mendelssohn | “Come, Let Us Worship,” op. 46 (Kommt, laßt uns anbeten, Ps. 95), no. 1 |
1896 |
| Gounod | “Unfold, Ye Portals” from The Redemption (La redemption) |
1896 |
| Rossini | Stabat mater | 1897, 1907 |
| Bedinger, H. | Bethania *premiere | 1899 |
| Gounod | Messe solenelle “St. Cecilia” | 1900, 1907 |
| Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang), op. 52 |
1907 |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah, op. 70 | 1908, 1909 |
| Cherubini | Requiem in c minor | 1909 |
| Bach, J.S. | Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248 |
1910 |
| Dvorak | Stabat mater, op. 58 | 1912 |
| Bach, J.S. | Sleepers Awake (Wachet Auf), BWV 140 |
1920 |
| Bach, J.S. | The Passion of our Lord According to St. Matthew (Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244 |
1925 (fall), 1926 (fall),1927 (fall),1928 (fall), 1929 and once annually since then |
| Busch, C. | Pilgrims of the Prairie *premiere | 1929 |
| Vivaldi | Gloria, RV 588 | 1970 (fall) |
| Pelz | Genesis to a Beat *premiere | 1970 (fall) |
| Brahms | A German Requiem (Ein deutsches Requiem), op. 45 |
1990 (fall) |
| Mozart | Requiem, K 626 | 1991 (fall) |
| Fauré | Requiem, op. 48 | 1992 (fall) |
| Beethoven | Choral Fantasy (Fantasia), op. 80 |
2009 (fall) |
| A Spiritual Messiah | Compiled by John Wesley Wright | 2013 (spring) |
| A Messiah Mosaic | Bethany Oratorio Society, Apollo Chamber Brass | 2014 (spring) |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | Bethany College Theatre Department | 2015 (spring) |
| Lift Up Your Voice: A Musical Tribute to Dr. Walter Pelz | Bethany Oratorio Society, College & Chamber Choirs, and Dalkoren Community Chamber Choir | 2016 (spring) |
| TAKE6 in Concert | Take6 | 2017 (spring) |
| Messiah Sing-a-long | Bethany Oratorio Society | 2018 (spring) |
| A Celebration of the Smoky Valley | Bethany Oratorio Society, Area High School Chamber Choirs | 2019 (spring) |
| A Celebration of Women in Leadership | Women of the Bethany Oratorio Society | 2020 (spring) postponed to October |
| A Celebration of Women in the Arts | Women of the Bethany Oratorio Society | 2021 (spring) |
| The Art of Servant Leadership | Bethany Oratorio Society | 2022 (spring) |