Repertoire
Listed below is a comprehensive list of our repertoire. For your convenience, we have listed these under the general genres of:
ANTHEM is continually expanding its repertoire, and with the emphasis on versatility, we can include any song that you wish to hear. Our Musical Director specialises in musical arrangement, meaning that your favourite solo can be sung in multi-part harmony if required. In addition, many of our members are expert in a range of musical instruments including violin, viola, piano/keyboards, flute, tin whistle, guitar and bodhran, and can provide a piano or full instrumental backing as required.
The list below is not exhaustive by any means. Furthermore, with only a short amount of notice ANTHEM can perform any piece that you would like to hear at your event. As we say, the style and content of our performance at your event is entirely up to you.
Gospel
- All I Want is You (U2)
- Down To The River To Pray (O Brother Where Art Thou)
- Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)
- How Sweet it is to be Loved By You (James Taylor)
- Lean On Me (Bill Withers)
- Love Can Build a Bridge (The Judds)
- Loving You is Easy (Alicia Keys)
- Oh Happy Day (Gospel style trad. hymn)
- Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder)
- Precious Lord, Take My Hand (trad.)
- Something Inside So Strong (Labi Siffre)
- This Little Light of Mine (Negro Spiritual)
- Walk in the Light (spiritual)
Popular
- All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
- Africa (Toto)
- At My Most Beautiful (REM)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
- California Dreamin' (John Philips)
- From a Distance (The Carpenters)
- Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley)
- Jersey Girl (Bruce Springsteen)
- Lean On Me (Bill Withers)
- Love Can Build a Bridge (The Judds)
- Loving You Is Easy (Alicia Keys)
- Lullaby (Billy Joel)
- One (U2)
- One Love (Bob Marley)
- Say a Little Prayer (Diana King)
- Songbird (Christine McVie, popular by Eva Cassidy)
- Tender (Blur)
- The Longest Time (Billy Joel)
- The Rose (Amanda McBroom)
- The Voyage (Christy Moore)
- Walkin In Memphis (Marc Cohn)
- You Raise Me Up (Graham/Lovland)
Musical Favourites
- Ain't It Good (from “Children of Eden”)
- Anthem (from “Chess”)
- Bui Doi (from “Miss Saigon”)
- Can't Help Lovin Dat Man (from “Showboat”)
- For Good (from “Wicked”)
- I Know Him So Well (from “Chess”)
- One Hand One Heart (from “West Side Story”)
- Seventeen (from “A Slice of Saturday Night”)
- Someone Else's Story (“Chess”)
- Somewhere (“West Side Story”)
- Tell Me It's Not True (“Blood Brothers”)
- Til We Reach that Day (from “Ragtime”)
- The Train is at the Station (from “Porgy & Bess”)
- This is the Moment (from “Man of La Mancha”)
- Turn Back O Man (from “Godspell”)
- When the Foeman Bares His Steel (from “Pirates of Penzance”)
Humourous
- I Got it From Agnes (Tom Lehrer)
- Joyce the Librarian (Richard Stilgoe)
- Not Getting Married Today (Company)
- Seventeen (A Slice of Saturday Night)
- Turn Back O Man (Godspell)
- Yuppies (comedy)
Religious
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (Rutter)
- Angel's Carol (Rutter)
- Ave Maria (Bach)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Eagle's Wings (Joncas)
- Gaelic Blessing (Rutter)
- Gloria (Vivaldi)
- He is Lord (Hymn)
- Panis Angelicus (Franck)
- Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Tommy Dorsey)
- The Prayer (Sager/Foster)