Repertoire List- Samples and Ideas

Harpist GMus RNCM /ARCM

Please remember- if you have a song or piece of music that is special to you that is not on this list I may well have it and will do my best to play it for your special day.

TRADITIONAL WEDDING MUSIC

Canon- Pachelbel                                                       Bridal March – Wagner

Wedding March- Mendelssohn                                 Air on a G string- Bach

Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke                                     Ave Maria – Schumann

Water Music- Handel                                                            Firework music- Handel

Ode to Joy- Beethoven                                               Wedding Day at Trauldhaugen –Grieg

Morning- Greig                                                          Four Seasons - Vivaldi

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba- Handel                                       Flower Duet- Lakme

Largo- Handel                                                                  Panus Angelicus-Frank                     

Ubi Caritas –Mealor                                                   This is the Day – Rutter

(Both performed at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton)

(N.B for Civil Ceremonies music with a religious theme is not allowed by the registrar.)

 POPULAR MUSIC

Someone like you- Adele                                            Make You Feel My Love – Adele/Dylan

Time After Time – Lauper                                          Endless Love- Ritchie

The Blowers Daughter- Rice                                      Cannonball- Damien Rice

Fireflies-Owl City                                                       Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol

Various Oasis                                                             This Year’s Love/Sail Away- David Gray

Evergreen- Will Young                                              When You Say Nothing at All

Hallelujah- Cohen                                                      She – Elvis Costello

Groovy Kind Of Love – Collins                                  Everything I do I do it for you

My Heart will Go On – Celine Dion                          Wind beneath My Wings

Lady in Red-Chris De Burgh                                      You Look Wonderful Tonight-Clapton

Angels She’s the One (Robbie Williams)                   Take That Selection

Cold Play Paradise                                                      Just the way you are Bruno Mars

A Thousand Years Christina Peri                               Clocks Cold Play

Beautiful Day  Elbow                                                 Viva La Vida  Cold Play

Paradise Cold Play

GREAT STANDARDS /CLASSIC LOVE SONGS

Wonderful World- Armstrong                      Dream a Little Dream

Frank Sinatra Selection                                  Beatles Selection

It Must Be Love- Madness                             Blue Moon

All I have to do is dream                                Your Song – Elton John

My Way                                                          When I fall in Love   

Ain’t Misbehavin’                                           Tea for Two    

As Time Goes By                                             The Way you look tonight

Moon River                                                     Someone to watch over you 

Fields of Gold                                                  The first time ever I saw your face

Various Elvis                                                   Mona Lisa      

Sailing                                                             Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square           

My Funny Valentine                                      Summertime

Can’t help Lovin’ Dat man                            Misty  

Have I Told you lately- Van Morrison          It had to be You

Imagine- Lennon                                           I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston

FILM MUSIC/TV THEMES

Selection from the Twilight Films                  Ladies in Lavender Theme Tune

Shakespeare in Love Theme Tune                 I’m Kissing you –Desiree (Romeo and Juliet)

Feather Theme (Forest Gump)                       Various Star Wars     

Vicar of Dibley Theme Tune                          Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)               

For the Love of Princess/Thistle theme- Brave heart

Unchained Melody (Ghost)                                        Nobody Does it Better

Music for the ‘Onedin Line’                                       Whole New World (Aladdin)

Cavatina (Deer Hunter)                                             When You Wish Upon A Star          

POPULAR AND WELLKNOWN CLASSICAL MUSIC

Clair De Lune- Debussy                                             First Arabesque – Debussy

Oh Ma Babbino Caro- Puccini                                  Habanera from Carmen – Bizet

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana- Mascagni    One Fine Day – Puccini

Villia                            Nessum Dorma                  (Many other opera favourites) Tramerei -Schuman

Adagio- Barber                                                           Fur Elise- Beethoven

Chanson De Matin- Elgar                                          Eine Kleine Nacht Musik- Mozart

Entertainer- Joplin                                                     Blue Danube Waltz

Bolero-Ravel                                                               Gymnopodies -Satie  

Pavane –Faure                                                                        Minuetto- Bocherini                                     

SHOW STOPPERS/SHOW TUNES

Selection of Andrew Lloyd Weber from shows (E.g. Memory from Cats, Music of the Night)

Selection from Les Mis                                               My Fair Lady Selection

You’ll never Walk Alone (Carousel)                          Sound of Music Selection

I Know Him So Well (Chess)                                      Don’t Cry for me Argentina

Beauty and The Beast                                          Can You feel the Love tonight (Lion King)

Selection from Titanic                                                            Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)

A LARGE SELECTION OF ENGLISH, WELSH AND IRISH FOLK TUNES

for example, Danny Boy, She Moved through the Fair, Scarborough Fair, English Country Garden, Watching the Wheat to name but a few.