This time of year, brides and grooms are planning their special day for the summertime and asking me for harp music. What songs are good at the wedding? Traditional? Classical songs that don’t sound like the “greatest hits”? Pop songs? Jazz standards? I can play all of these, either solo or with violin or flute.
These are some of the songs I play at weddings based upon popular requests, what sounds good on harp and my own favorites. If I’m able to do so, I will play requests.
Broadway, Disney & Movie Songs
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera
Can You Feel the Love Tonight from Lion King
Edelweiss from Sound of Music
Kiss the Girl from Little Mermaid
Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet
Love Theme from Spartacus
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story
Theme from Forrest Gump
Theme from Somewhere In Time
Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera
When You Wish Upon A Star
Pop / Rock
Anchor Song, Bjork
The Carnival is Over, Dead Can Dance
Come Away With Me, Norah Jones
Eleanor Rigby and many other Beatles songs
En Gallop, Joanna Newsom
Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack
Kissing You, Des’ree
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins
No Surprises, Radiohead
Pagan Poetry, Bjork
Spanish Caravan, The Doors
Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
Sweet Child O’Mine, Guns N’Roses
Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
Classical
Ave Maria, Bach
Air from Water Music, Handel
Automates, Andres
Bridal March, Wagner
Canon in D, Pachelbel
Claire de Lune, Debussy
First Gymnopedie, Satie
Gavotte, Salzedo
Gnossienne No. 2, Satie
Gnossienne No. 3, Satie
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach
Muzetta’s Waltz from La Boheme, Puccinni
O Perfect Love, Barnby
Sonatina, Dussek
Sheep May Safely Graze, Bach
Pavane, Faure
Reverie, Debussy
The Swan, Saint-Saens
Sleepers Wake, Bach
Tango, Salzedo
Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell
Wedding March, Mendelssohn
18th Century March, anon.
Folk and Irish/Celitc
All Through the Night – English
Besame Mucho / Kiss Me Much – Italian
The Boatman –Scottish
Carrickfergus –Irish
Chanter – Irish
Charles O’Conor – O’Carolan
Foggey Dew – Irish
Greensleves – English
Haste to the Wedding –Irish jig
Inis Siar –Welch
Irish Country Dance –Irish
Last Rose of Summer –Irish
Lo How a Rose – German
Moonrise –Robertson
Of She Goes –Irish
Richard the Lion Heart – 12th Century
Shenandoah – American
Searching for Lambs – Welch
Star of the County Down – Irish
Water Music – Robertson
Jazz Standards
Chances Are, Allen
Embraceable You, Gershwin
Fascination, Marchetti
Fly Me To the Moon, Howard
I Get A Kick Out of You, Porter
Exit Music from a Movie, Radiohead
Georgia on My Mind, Carmichael
Moon River, Mercer
My Funny Valentine, Rogers & Hart
Norweigien Wood, Beatles
La Vie En Rose, Piaf
Like Someone in Love, Van Heusen
Over the Rainbow, Arlen & Harburg
September Song, Weill
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise, Romberg
Summertime, Gershwin
Moonglow, Milles
What A Wonderful World, Thiele
Jewish
Anniversary Waltz
Kadosh
Rock of Ages / Mo’oz Tsur
Sh’ma Ysroeyl
Let Peace be With You / Oseh Shalom
Do-Di Li- – Nira Chen