Choral Repertoire
Finham Choral Society, Coventry has a wide range of choral styles – from the great choral classics to modern light classical and popular compositions and/or arrangements. This list provides an insight to the types of works performed by the choir
Large scale choral works:
- Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
- Handel's Messiah
- Handel’s Chandos Anthems
- Vivaldi's Gloria
- Mozart’s Requiem
- Haydn’s Nelson Mass
- Haydn’s Pauken Mass
- Schubert’s Mass in A flat
- Mendelsson’s Elijah
- Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise
- Verdi's Requiem
- Faure's Requiem
- Rutter Requiem
- Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
- Hubert Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens
- Stainer’s Crucifixion
- Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb
- Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man
Lighter Classical choral works:
- The Ash Grove
- Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus
- Elgar’s Ave Verum Corpus
- Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine
- Spirituals like ‘Deep River’ ‘Roll de ol’ chariot’ Everytime I feel de Spirit
- English Romantic Part Songs
- And a host of single works by John Rutter
Modern Compositions and Arrangements:
- Windmills of your Mind
- The Sound of Silence
- Hey Jude
- Feelings
- A Beatles Medley
- Children of Eden
- Bridge over troubled waters
Opera Choruses:
- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)
- Habanera (Carmen)
- Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (Easter Hymn)
Humorous Songs:
- Jack Sprat
- The Goslings
- The Owl and the pussy Cat
- The Terrible tale of Tom Gilligan
Apart from works of this nature, The Choir also has a large repertoire of Christmas Music including compositions and arrangements by the Director of Music.
