Harpist NW09 Sample Repertoire List
And Wedding Advice
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As a general rule, music for weddings breaks up into the following 3 separate sections 1. If you are having a civil wedding there is the ceremony itself. This involves playing as guests arrive, a processional as the bride makes her entrance, 2 pieces during the signing of the register, and a recessional as you leave the room. 2. Drinks reception after the service (usually whilst photos are happening, as there can be general milling around for the guests). 3. During the wedding breakfast.
Please note
that some Registrars
don’t
allow music which can have
“religious”
connotations to
played at a civil ceremony. This includes the traditional wedding marches, Here
Comes the Bride by Wagner and the Wedding march by Mendelssohn. There is no
“law”saying
that you cannot
have this music if you so wish, it is purely up to the Registrars personal
taste. So if you would like these pieces to be played you will have to discuss
this in advance and maybe persuade the registrar! Please also note that I
don’t
play outdoors, as not only does the sound not
carry well
outdoors without an acoustic of a room; the sun, rain and general wind is not at
all good for the well-being of my
harp.
For
drinks
receptions this can be got around by the harp being placed near an open window
or French doors of an overlooking room onto gardens. There is usually an in-door
point where the drinks table is placed and this, along with the entrance point
of the room, is usually the appropriate place to site the harp. |
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I have a wide ranging and varied repertoire which can provide the perfect ambience for any special event. From light classical, to opera, ballet, love songs, songs from the shows, jazz standards, Disney tunes, Scottish, Irish and of course, Welsh music. I also have a repertoire of Bollywood music. |
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This is a small selection from my repertoire.. Wedding music Wedding March Mendelssohn Trumpet Voluntary Clarke Ode to Joy Beethoven Here comes the bride Wagner Queen of Sheba Handel Canon in D Pachabel Sheep my safely graze Bach Air from Water Music Handel Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring Bach O Perfect Love Barnby Air on a G String Bach Ave Maria Gounod Classical / light classical 1st Arabesque Debussy Harp concerto Handel Morning Grieg Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Rachmaninoff Gymnopedie No 1 Satie Meditation from Thais Massanet Clair de Lune Debussy Intermezzo Theme Mascagni Le Onde Einaudi Salut D’Amour Elgar Time to say Goodbye Sartori Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission Minuetto Boccherini Songs from shows / love songs / films / jazz standards Fields of Gold Sting All I Ask of you from Phantom of the Opera Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera Moon River Mancini Evergreen Barbara Streisand version Cavatina from The Deer Hunter Feelings M Albert The Wind beneath my wings Beauty & the Beast from Beauty & the Beast Can you Feel the love tonight from The Lion King A Whole New World from Aladdin Over the Rainbow All I have to do is dream Annie’s Song John Denver My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music A Day in the Life of a Fool What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong version Don’t know why Norah Jones version Somewhere from West SIde Story Starlight Express Theme from Ice Castles Barbara Streisand version Unexpected Story from Song & Dance If I Loved You from Carousel Forever My Love The O’Neill Brothers Night and Day Cole Porter Star Dust Hoagy Carmichael The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern Embraceable you Gershwin Misty Erroll Garner Hallelujah from Shrek You Raise Me Up Westlife When I Fall in Love Moonlight in Vermont |
Folk Eleanor Plunkett Irish The Banks of the Suir Irish Brian Boru’s March Irish Watermark Enya From Where I Am Enya My love is like a red red rose English Greensleeves English Scarborough Fair English Over the Sea to Skye Scottish Watching the Wheat Welsh I have lots more Welsh and Irish folk music... Bollywood Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara Tere Bina Jiya Jaaye Na Tumko Hi Chahenge Hum Chalo Tumko Lekar Chale Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna Mere Humsafar Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai Mere Khwabon Ka Har Ek Naqsh Mita De Koi Hum Kisise Pehlanasha Kalkonaaho Kuch Na Kaho Raat Ki Hatheli Par Kuch Kuch Do Pal Veer Zaasa Dil Ne Yeh Yeh Kahan Aa Gaya Hum Hum Ko Humisie Chura Lo Mere Naseeb Veer Zoara Tere Liye Hum Chup Hain Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai Merimehbooba Chand Mera Dil Khabie Khushi Khabie Gham (this is just over 2 hours worth of Bollywood music) Opera / ballet Oh my beloved Daddy Puccini Bacarolle Offenbach Flower Duet Delibes Nessun Dorma Puccini Duet from Pearl Fishers Bizet Valse from Coppelia Delibes Mazurka from Coppelia Delibes
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