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For church ceremony music, please always check your music choices with your priest in advance.
Dependent on the type of civil ceremony (HSE civil ceremony, humanist ceremony, spiritual ceremony, etc.), you may have to disregard the hymn section the end. Your regsitrar or celebrant will guide you through what is appropriate, and I am happy to answer any questions you may have also.
Many of the songs below can also be performed as instrumentals. If you are unsure about whether to choose harp or piano as your accompaniment, Claire can advise you which repertoire may be better suited to harp or piano.
If you have a special request for a song not on the list, this can be accommodated with enough notice and provided it is possible on the chosen instrument (the piano would be slightly more versatile than the Irish harp).
* = Only available with for piano
Hymns
A Mhuire Mhatháir
Alleluia (5 options on claireheffernan.com/listen)
Amazing Grace
Ar nAthair (Our Father) (O’Riada)
As I Kneel Before You
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Be Still For The Presence of The Lord
Be Thou My Vision
Bi Iosa Im Croise
Christ Be Our Light
Could It Be (Lawton)
From A Distance
God’s Plan (Derek Ryan)
Hail, Queen Of Heaven, The Ocean Star
Here I Am, Lord
Hiding Place NEW
Let There Be Peace Shared Among Us
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace
Mo Ghrá’sa, Mo Dhia
Oh Holy Night – for Christmas weddings
Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Queen Of The May
The Clouds Veil
The Deer’s Cry – I Arise Today (Shaun Davey)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Celtic Expressions)
The Prayer
When Love Is Found
Wherever You Go (Song of Ruth)
You Raise Me Up
… and various festive carols during the Christmas season
Contemporary / Popular / Film Music
A Hundred Hearts (Hannah Christianson) NEW
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)*
All I Ask Of You (instrumental from Phantom of the Opera)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)*
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
Arithmetic (Brooke Fraser)
Ave Maria (Beyonce)
Berlin Song (Ludovico Einaudi)*
Better (Boyzone / Tom Baxter)
Bring Him Home (instrumental) NEW
Butterfly Waltz (Brian Crain / Twilight)*
Caledonia
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (instrumental)
Can’t Help Falling In Love (Ingrid Michaelson)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Come What May (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack)
Comptine D’un Autre Été (Amelie Soundtrack) – available with harp but better suited to piano
Concerning Hobbits (Lord of the Rings Soundtrack)
Cosmic Love (Florence and the Machine)
Dawn (From Pride And Prejudice Soundtrack)*
Feels Like Home (Chantal Kreviazuk)
Fields of Gold
Flightless Bird (Iron & Wine)
Footprints In The Sand (Leona Lewis)*
For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder)*
For The Love of a Princess (Braveheart) – for Candle Ceremony only
From This Moment (Shania Twain)
Future Days (Pearl Jam) NEW
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)*
God Bless The Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)
Groovy Kind Of Love
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohan) – with optional church wedding lyrics
Happy Together (The Turtles)*
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Here Comes The Sun (instrumental)*
Higher Love (James Vincent McMorrow)
Ho Hey (The Lumineers) – best as a piano instrumental
How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)
I Do It For You (Bryan Adams, instrumental) NEW
I Giorni (Ludovico Einaudi)
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)* NEW
In A Country Churchyard (Chris de Burgh)
In My Life (The Beatles)*
Into My Arms (Nick Cave) – with edited lyrics for weddings
Kentish Town Waltz (Imelda May)
Kissing You (Des’ree / Romeo and Juliet)
Legends Of The Fall, piano theme*
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Make You Feel My Love (Adele)*
Married Life (Up Soundtrack)*
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
May Each Day
May It Be (Enya / Lord of the Rings)
Moon River*
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion / Titanic)
No One (Alicia Keys)
Nuvole Bianche (Ludovico Einaudi)
Once In A Lifetime (Landon Austin)
One Day Like This (Elbow)
Paradise (Coldplay, instrumental)
Perhaps Love (John Denver)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran) NEW
Portuguese Love Theme (Craig Armstrong, Love Actually)
Real Love (Regina Spektor)*
Rule The World (Take That) – with option have it sang in Italian
Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur) – instrumental or with edited lyrics NEW
Sky Full of Stars – instrumental for Candle Ceremony only NEW
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (traditional, or, Eva Cassidy*)
Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
Stand By Me
Stella Del Mattino (Ludovico Einaudi)*
Tale As Old As Time / Beauty And The Beast (instrumental) – shortened version available for harp, or full version for piano.
Take My Hand (Picture This) – available with harp but better suited to piano NEW
The Notebook Theme*
The One (Kodaline) NEW
The Power of Love (Gabriela Alpin)
The River Flows in You (Yiruma)
The Rose (McBroom / Bette Midler)
The Wedding (You By My Side)*
This I Promise You (Ronan Keating)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Turning Page (Sleeping At Last, Twilight Soundtrack)*
Waiting For A Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)
Warm (The Coronas) NEW
With Or Without You (U2)
When We Were Young (Adele, instrumental)*
Wherever You Will Go (The Calling)
World In Union
XO (John Mayer / Beyoncé)
You Make My Dreams Come True (Hall & Oates)
You’re Still You (Josh Groban)*
You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story, instrumental)*
Young And Beautiful (Lana Del Ray)
Irish / Folk / Celtic
Ashokan Farewell
Bright Blue Rose
Caledonia
Carolan’s Dream (harp)
Carolan’s Concerto (harp)
Carolan’s Draught (harp)
The Coolin / An Chúilfhionn
Danny Boy
Eleanor Plunkett
Greensleeves
Inishirr
Mise Eire (from RTÉ’s Centenery, Sibéal Ní Chasaide & Patrick Cassidy) NEW
Mo Ghile Mear
Planxty Dermot Grogan NEW
Planxty Irwin NEW
Pokarekare Ana (trad. New Zealand)
She Moved Through the Fair
Si Bheag Si Mhór (harp)
The Voyage
The Water Is Wide
Woodbrook (Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin) – available for harp but better suited to piano
…and many more slow airs suited for ceremony and receptions
Classical
Air On a G String*
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Bridal March (“Here Comes the Bride”)
Gabriel’s Oboe
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring*
Ode To Joy
Pachelbel’s Canon in D
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
…and various light classical piano pieces on request, suited to ceremony instrumentals and reception music.
* = Only available with for piano
Please use the contact form for further information or enquiries, or email directly to info@claireheffernan.com