Wow! It’s been quite the year for Finchley Chamber Choir. Our 2024-25 season has been busier than ever – highlights included:
A successful performance of Schoenberg’s challenging Friede auf Erden in November…
Carol singing at The Elephant in Ballard’s Lane, shortly before our annual Glory of Christmas concert with Finchley Symphony Orchestra …
Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, neither little nor solemn, in March…
FCC upper voices performing Neptune from Holst’s Planets with the Royal Orchestral Society at the Royal Academy of Music in April…
A wide-ranging review of the animal kingdom in Music at a lively concert in May, featuring works by London based composers (and FCC honorary patrons) Cecilia McDowall and Jonathan Rathbone…
And a classical celebration with Finchley Symphony Orchestra on a sultry evening in July, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Haydn’s Harmoniemesse.
We were able to submit recordings of two of our pieces from our Birds, Beasts & Bugs concert in May to the North London Festival of Music, Speech and Drama. It was our first time participating, and we are proud to support the local festival, which has been celebrating creativity and expression in performance arts since 1920. Although FCC was the only adult choir participating in our class, it was great to get feedback from the adjudicator, former Swingle singer Ed Randell. Ed had some lovely things to say about our sound, complimenting our “strong intonation”, the “wonderful clarity” of the soprano melodic line in Tyger, Tyger, and the “unctuous low notes” of the basses in The Lamb. He also provided us with some great constructive feedback, advising that we work on bringing out and unifying consonants to bring out the text with more clarity, and strive for blending and balance throughout the dynamic ranges.
We’d like to extend our thanks to everyone who has supported us this year, by coming to our concerts, by helping us to spread the news about our events, or by volunteering their time.
We’ll be starting rehearsals in September for the first concert of our 2025-26 season. This will take place in November, and we’ll be performing some beautiful music themed around Remembrance, including Duruflé’s Requiem and works by Howells, Tavener, MacMillan and Harris. Also, in memory of Ronald Corp – accomplished composer and conductor who sadly passed away in May 2025 – we’ll perform his setting of Never weather-beaten sail. More information about this concert and our plans for next season are on our What’s On page, and tickets for the November concert will be available from September.
If you’d like to be a part of all this why not get in touch? We have vacancies in all voices. For more information please contact us by emailing Jessica at secretary@fcchoir.co.uk or by filling in the contact form on the Join us page.