| RECOMMENDED WEDDING REPERTOIRE |
To listen to specific songs, see the high lighted songs * below.
Alternatively visit:
www.youtube.com/celebrationsongs
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| Folk Songs: Secular |
| My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose |
by Robert Burns - Scottish Folk |
| She moved through the fair |
Irish Folk |
| The Lark in the Clear Air |
Beautiful arrangement by Michael Deason-Barrow
of famous Irish folk song |
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| Classical: Religious |
| Ave Donna Santissima |
Gavin Bryars |
| Ave Maria * |
Bach/Gounod, Caccini, Schubert
View on YouTube
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for version attributed to Caccini
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for Schubert's Ave Maria |
| The Call |
R Vaughan Williams, words by George Herbert |
| Laudamus Te |
Lively soprano duet from Vivaldi's ‘Gloria’ RV 589 |
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| Classical: Secular |
| Amarilli mia Bella |
Caccini |
| Where'er You Walk |
from the Oratorio/Opera ‘Semele’ by G. F. Handel |
| Bist Du Bei Mir |
by Gottfried H. Stölzel
was included by Bach in his famous piano book to Anna Magdalena Bach |
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| Please note that for civil weddings song choices should be agreed with your registrar in advance. |
| View extended Wedding Repertoire |
| RECOMMENDED FUNERAL / MEMORIAL REPERTOIRE |
| Classical: Religious |
Lascia ch'io Pianga
View on YouTube click here » |
From Handel's Opera ‘Rinaldo’ |
| Nunc Dimittis |
Geoffrey Burgon theme tune from ‘Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy’ |
| Ave Maria * |
Bach/Gounod, Caccini, Schubert
View on YouTube
click here »
for version attributed to Caccini
click here »
for Schubert's Ave Maria |
| All is Fulfilled |
from Bach's St. John's Passion |
| Vernügte Ruh |
Exquisite Aria from Bach's Cantata BMW 170 |
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| Classical: Secular |
| Dido's Lament |
‘When I am Laid in Earth’, Baroque, Purcell |
Ombra mai Fu *
View on YouTube click here » |
Known as Handel's ‘Largo’ from his opera ‘Xerxes’ |
| Bist Du Bei Mir |
by Gottfried H. Stölzel
was included by Bach in his famous piano book to Anna Magdalena Bach |
| An die Musik |
Schubert |
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| Folk Songs: Religious |
| Leaves of Life |
Easter Folk Carol based on the Apocryphal Gospel |
| Amazing Grace |
John Newton |
| The Dream Song of Olav Àsteson |
Famous Norwegian Mystery Folk Song |
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| Folk Songs: Secular |
The Sea Invocation *
View on YouTube click here » |
Manx Folk Song - arranged by Fenella Bazin |
| The Last Rose of Summer |
words by the Irish poet Thomas Moore |
| View extended Funeral Repertoire |
| RECOMMENDED CHRISTENING / NAMING REPERTOIRE |
| The Spring by the Wayside |
Walter Braithwaite |
| Sing to the Child |
Christoph Andreas Lindenberg |
| The Lamb |
Elizabeth Poston (Words by Blake) |
| View extended Naming Repertoire |
