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Here Are My Music Collections:
Ceremony Suggestions
Here are some ideas for processional and recessional pieces for your ceremony
Wagner – Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (entrance)
Pachelbel – Canon in D (entrance)
Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé (entrance)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March (exit)
Clarke – Prince of Denmark’s March (aka Trumpet Voluntary) (exit)
Handel – Allegro Maestoso (Hornpipe) (exit)
Mozart – Such Chiming Melodious from Magic Flute (exit)
Beethoven - Ode To Joy (exit)
George and Ira Gershwin – Embraceable You (entrance)
Etta James - At Last (entrance)
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours (exit)
Shania Twain - From This Moment On (exit)
Classical Collection
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
Debussy - Arabesque No 1
J S Bach – Prelude in C major
Vivaldi - Spring from The Four Seasons
Satie – Gymnopedie No 1
John Thomas – Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn
Calon Lân – Welsh Hymn
Traditional Welsh Melodies
Traditional Folk Music
The above are all suitable for the arrival of your guests and the signing of the register, as are some of the following:
Timeless Collection
Abba - Dancing Queen/Fernando
BeeGees - How Deep is Your Love
Bob Marley - One Love
Bloom - Fools Rush In
Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not A Home
Cilla Black - You’re My World
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Carpenters - Close To You
Cyndi Lauper - True Colours
Dionne Warwick - That’s What Friends Are For
Donny Hathaway - Song For You
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
Elvis - Can’t Help Falling in Love/Love Me Tender/The Wonder of You
Erasure - A Little Respect
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Etta James - At Last
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold
Fain - Secret Love
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
Garner - Misty
George Michael - Careless Whisper
Gershwin - Bidin’ My Time/But Not For Me/Embraceable You/Love Walked In/Somebody Loves Me/Summertime/S’Wonderful
Gordon - Unforgettable
John Denver - Annie’s Song
John Lennon - Woman
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Journey - Open Arms
Kern - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Lane - Everybody Loves Somebody
Lanjean - Forbidden Games
Lionel Richie - Endless Love/Say You Say Me/Stuck on You/Three Times a Lady
Madness/Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love
Mancini - Days of Wine and Roses
Maxwell - Ebb Tide
Mercer - Dream
Mercer/Mancini - Moon River
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Paul Simon - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Pine Ridge Boys - You Are My Sunshine
Porter - Night and Day
Previn - You’re Gonna Hear From Me
Queen - Love of My Life/We Are the Champions/You’re My Best Friend
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Rodgers - My Funny Valentine
Romberg - Lover Come Back To Me
Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
Sondheim - Send in the Clowns
Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered/If It’s Magic
Suessdorf - Moonlight in Vermont
Harry Tierney - Alice Blue Gown
Tina Turner - The Best
The Beatles - Something/All You Need is Love
Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You
Weiss/Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland
Yazoo - Only You
Modern Collection
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Beyoncé - Halo
Birdy - Wings
Bruno Mars - Count On Me/Just the Way You Are/Marry You
Clinton Kane - I Guess I’m in Love
Coldplay - Paradise
Ed Sheeran - Photograph
Ella Henderson - Yours
Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love/Never Let Me Go
FooFighters - Everlong
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Jack Savoretti - Candlelight
James Arthur - Say You Won’t Let Go
Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
John Legend - All of Me
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
Luke Combes - Beautiful Crazy
Oasis - Wonderwall
One Direction - Little Things
Ruelle - I Get to Love You
Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
Taylor Swift - Lover/Love Story/Wildest Dreams
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
Vance Joy - Riptide
Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
Westlife - I Do
Film and Television Music
Braveheart - For the Love of a Princess - Horner
Bridgerton - Sign of The Times - Steve Horner
Disney - I See the Light (Tangled)
Disney - Beauty and the Beast
Donnie Darko - Mad World
Greatest Showman - A Million Dreams/Never Enough/Rewrite the Stars
History Boys - Bewitched - Rodgers
Karate Kid - Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
La La Land - City of Stars/Mia and Sebastian’s Theme
Lion King - Circle of Life/Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Lord of the Rings - Concerning Hobbits
Love Actually - Glasgow Love Theme/Portuguese Love Theme
Moulin Rouge - One Day I’ll Fly Away
My Fair Lady - I Could Have Danced All Night
Pearl Harbour - There You’ll Be - Faith Hill
Pretty Woman - He Sleeps
Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves - Everything I Do - Bryan Adams
Romeo + Juliet - Kissing You - Des’rée
Star Wars - Selection
Skyfall - Main Theme - Adele
Twilight - A Thousand Years
Twilight - Flightless Bird
Up - Married Life
West Side Story - Somewhere - Bernstein
Wizard of Oz - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Christmas Music
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Martin/Blane - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Berlin - White Christmas
Hayes/Johnson - Blue Christmas
Wells/Torme - The Christmas Song
Glasgow Love Theme and Portuguese Love Theme from Love Actually
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love
Selection from The Sound of Music
Selection of Traditional Carols
These are some of my favourite pieces which work really well for the harp. If there is any music you would love to hear me play, you can contact me here: