HARPISTS UK

Bethan's Sample Repertoire List
Harp music heightens the drama of the bride’s entrance, provides a calming atmosphere for the family
and provides the right ambience for during the signing.

This Is A Small Example
Of A 50 Page Music Repertoire List

Wedding Marches

· Bridal Chorus-Wagner

· Hawaiian Wedding Song

· Canon in D

Wedding Recessional

· Wedding March-Mendelssohn

• True Romance-H. Zimmer

· Trumpet Voluntary-J. Clarke

Processional or Recessional

· March Napolitaine-Boscha

· Ode To Joy-Beethoven

· Variations on the Theme of Haydn-Brahms

· Ground in F-Purcell

Traditional example

· Ar Hyd Y Nos

· Calon Lan

· Myfanwy

· Ar Ian y Mor

· Cwm Rhondda

· British Grenaders

· Greensleeves

· Scarborough Fair

· Wraggle Taggle Gypsies

· Brian Boru

· Danny Boy

· My Wild Irish Rose

· Cockles & Muscles

· Blue Bell of Scotland

· The Gypsy Rover

· Over the sea to Skye

· Charlie is my Darling

Love & Wedding Music

· Cant help falling love

· Endless love

· First time I ever saw your face

· From this moment

· Fly me to the moon

· How deep is your love

· It had to be you

· Jesu, joys of mans desiring

· Just the way you are

· Love me tender

· Night & Day

· Time after time

· Try a little tenderness

· When I fall in love

Movies & Films

· Evergreen

· Batman

· James Bond

· Rocky

· Armageddon

· Pearl Harbour

· M.A.S.H.

· Singing in the Rain

· Star wars

· Fame

· Karate kid

Musicals

· Sound of music

· Carousel

· King and I

· Cabaret

· Evita

· Cats

· The Phantom of the Opera

· Les Miserables

Chart Hits From

· Lucie Silvas

· Norah Jones

· Katie Melua

· Dido

· Coldplay

· Keane

· U2

· Stereophonics

• Bon Jovi

· Lemar

· Jack Johnson

Jazz

· Solitude

· A train

· Tuxedo junction

· Ain't misbehaving

Blues

· 12 bar blues

· American Blues

· Body and soul

Patriotic songs

Marches/ Military

· British Army/ US Army

· Royal Navy / US Navy

· Royal Marines / USMC

· RAF/USAF

Civil Ceremonies

Prelude Music
Half an hour before the service, while guests are gathering. Using the appropriate tone, the harp encourages guests to take their seats.

Processional
Music signals the entrance of the bride. The processional music should be an extension of the bride’s personality.

Signing of The Register
Music that is meaningful and personal to the bride and groom can be played and sung.

Recessional
Harp is played as you proceed from the room as husband and wife. The recessional music is normally slightly faster and upbeat to signal the serious wedding ceremony is finished and the celebrations begin.

N.B. With all your civil ceremonies, make sure the registrar approves your selections before you print any order of service, as no songs can have religious connotations

Religious Ceremonies

Harp music can offer a spine tingling atmosphere to any religious service.

Prelude Music
Half an hour before, music played while guests arrive and are seated.

The Processional
Music usually played on the organ or the harp.

Hymns
Played by the organist or Harpist
Religious ceremonies include 2 hymns
Try to choose at least one that will be well known to most of your guests.

Signing of the Register
Music that is special to the bride and groom. Whether it is classical, religious or modern, music can be sung with harp accompaniment at this time in the service.

Recessional
Harp or Organ
Music that signals the joy and start of the wedding celebrations.

Drinks Receptions
Light, romantic harp music creating a beautiful ambience at a drinks reception. Harp helps to stop that uncomfortable time directly after the ceremony, when family are having photographs and guests don’t know what to do with themselves.

Meal Reception
From the receiving line of the meal reception, the music of your choice is played. Music can offer a space for calmness, relaxation and also enjoyment. The harp is easily conversed over. The continuation of music is a real ice breaker for family and friends.

Acoustically the sound of the harp can be heard clearly by 90-100 people and with amplification the sound of the harp (voice and harp) can fill reception rooms for 500 people or more.

World Music

· Indian

· Yidish

· Spanish

· Mexican

· Jamaican

· Italian

· German

· French

· Caribbean

· Chinese

· Japanese

· Korean

· Australian

· Moari

· African

· Latin

Period classical Music

· Medieval

· Early Music

· Renaissance

· Baroque

· Classical

· Romantic

· 20^th century

• Operatic

Disney & Children's

• Little mermaid

· Cinderella

· Beauty & the beast

· Lady and the tramp

· Winnie the pooh

· Aladdin

· Lion king

· Mulan

· Wombles

· Postman pat

· Fraggle rock

TV & Film

· Bergerac

· Cheers

· Allo, Allo

· Moulin rouge

· Watership down

· Cavatina

· Chariots of fire

· Chi Mai

· She

· Mrs Robinson

· Friends

· Born to be wild

· Blackadder

· Inspector morse

· Zorro

• Godfather

Chillout

Popular Irish/ Clannad

Spirituals & Hymns
Seasonal Songs

Soul

· The dock of the bay

· Green onions

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