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NB. All the titles below can be played on the large concert harp. The letter 'C' after a title denotes that it is suitable to be played on the smaller Celtic harp.

The Wedding Ceremony

Although the choice of music for the Wedding Ceremony is very much a matter of personal taste, certain pieces are often requested for the three key elements where music is required: the Processional (entrance of the bride), the Signing of the Register, and the Recessional (exit of the couple and guests). As a guide, some suggestions for these are given below.

Processional (entrance of the bride / couple)

Signing of the register

  • Prelude in C  (J. S. Bach)            
  • Canon in D   (Pachelbel)              
  • Flower Duet  (Delibes)           
  • Ricordo Ancor   ('Pelagia's Song' from 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin') (Warbeck) C   
  • Gymnopedie No. 1  (Satie)   
  • Chaconne (Clarke)  C       
  • Ave Maria (Schubert)
  • Allegro (Handel)
  • And I Love Her (The Beatles)  C   

Recessional (exit of couple and guests)

 General Repertoire

This section contains suggestions for pieces that can be played at any point during the Ceremony, during the Drinks Reception and Wedding Breakfast, and also as background music for other functions. The titles are categorised according to musical style, and listed alphabetically.

Classical

 

  • Air on a G String (Bach)
  • Allegro (Handel) C
  • Au Bord du Ruisseau (Renie)
  • Ave Maria (Schubert)
  • Balcony Scene  (from 'Romeo and Juliet')  (Craig Armstrong) C
  • Canon in D (Pachelbel)
  • Cavatina (Myers)
  • Chaconne  (Clarke) C
  • Chanson dans la Nuit (Salzedo)
  • Flower Duet (Delibes)
  • Gabriel's Oboe (from 'The Mission') (Morricone) C
  • Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie)
  • Largo from 'Winter', from 'The Four Seasons' (Vivaldi)
  • 'Morning' from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
  • Nocturne (Glinka)
  • Passacaille (Handel)
  • Pavane (Fauré)
  • Pie Jesu  (Lloyd Webber) C
  • Prelude in C (J S Bach)
  • Prelude No. 3 (Tournier)
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th Variation (Rachmaninoff)
  • Ricordo Ancor  ('Pelagia's Song' from 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin') (Warbeck)
  • 'The Godfather' Love Theme (Nino Rota)
  • The Queen of Sheba (Handel)
  • Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) (Sartori)
  • To a Wild Rose (MacDowell)

Popular / Easy Listening

 

  • A Thousand Years (from 'The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn') (Christina Perri)
  • A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
  • A Whole New World (from Disney's 'Aladdin') (Menken)
  • All I Ask of You (from 'Phantom of the Opera') (Lloyd Webber) C
  • All the Things You Are (Kern/Hammerstein)
  • Always (Jon Bon Jovi)
  • Amazed (Lonestar)
  • And I Love Her (The Beatles) C
  • Aniron (from 'Lord of the Rings') (Enya)
  • Annie's Song (John Denver)
  • Beauty and the Beast (Menken)
  • Blue Moon (Rodgers/Hart)
  • Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
  • Cavatina (Myers)
  • Clocks (Coldplay)
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
  • Endless Love (Lionel Ritchie)
  • Evening Falls (Enya)
  • Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
  • Fields of Gold (Sting)
  • Flightless Bird, American Mouth (from 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn') (Samuel Beam)
  • From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
  • Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (Van Morrison) C
  • Hedwig's Theme (from 'Harry Potter') (Williams)
  • Hey Jude (The Beatles)
  • I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter)
  • In My Life (The Beatles)
  • Into the West (from 'Lord of the Rings') (Shore/Walsh) 
  • Kissing You (from 'Romeo and Juliet') (Des'ree)
  • Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
  • May It Be (Enya)
  • Moon River (Mancini/Mercer)
  • My Heart Will Go On (from 'Titanic') (Horner) C
  • One Day Like This (Elbow)
  • Over the Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg)
  • Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx)
  • The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton)
  • The Wind Beneath My Wings (Henley/Silbar)
  • Think of Me (from 'Phantom of the Opera') (Lloyd Webber)
  • Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) (Sartori)
  • To Make You Feel My Love (Dylan/ Adele cover)
  • Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
  • Unchained Melody (North/Zaret) C
  • Waterfall (Stone Roses)
  • Watermark (Enya)
  • What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
  • Wherever You Are: The Military Wives' Prayer (Mealor)
  • Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) C
  • You'll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
  • You're Beautiful (James Blunt)
  • You're Still the One (Shania Twain) C

Traditional Music of the British Isles

 

 

Bollywood / Asian

  • Chukar Mere Manko
  • Chura Liya Hai
  • Hai Apna Dil To Awara
  • Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan
  • Kaho Na Pyar Hai
  • Kal Ho Naa Ho
  • Khabi Kushi Khabi Ghum
  • Khushiyan Aur Gum
  • Kuch Kuch Hotha Hai
  • Meri Mehbooba
  • Om Jai Jagdisha Hare
  • Pehla Nasha
  • Piyu Bole
  • Pyar Diwana Hota Hai
  • Tuje Dekha To Ye Jaana Sanam

 

 Jewish

  • Artsa Alinu
  • Chorsha ha Eucaliptus  C
  • Dodi Li ('I Am My Beloved's')
  • Erev Shel Shoshanim
  • Hava Nagila
  • Hevenu Shalom
  • Hine Ma Tov
  • Jerusalem of Gold
  • Kadosh
  • Kozatzke
  • L'cha Dodi
  • Mi Yitnami Of  C
  • Oseh Shalom
  • Sh'ma Yisroeyl
  • Sunrise, Sunset  (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') (Bock/Harnick)