Click through the five genre tabs below (contemporary, hymn, Irish/folk/celtic, classical, Christmas weddings).
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* = only available with piano
A Hundred Hearts (Hannah Christianson)
A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)*
All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera) – instrumental
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)*
Always Remember Us This Way (A Star Is Born / Lady Gaga)
Always You (Caroline Kay) NEW
Amazing Love (Charley Pride) NEW
Angel (In the Arms of an Angel)
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
Arithmetic (Brooke Fraser)
As Long As You Love Me (Backstreet Boys)
Avril 14 (Aphex Twin)* NEW
At Last
Ave Maria (Beyonce) – note: this is not a hymn
Be My Forever (Christina Perri) NEW
Beautiful In White (Shane Filan)* NEW
Berlin Song (Ludovico Einaudi)*
Better (Boyzone / Tom Baxter)
Bring Him Home – instrumental
Butterfly Kisses
Butterfly Waltz (Brian Crain / Twilight)*
Caledonia
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Candy (Paolo Nutini)
Can’t Help Falling In Love (Ingrid Michaelson)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Clocks (Coldplay) – instrumental
Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Come What May (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack)*
Comptine D’un Autre Été (Amelie Soundtrack)
Concerning Hobbits (Lord of the Rings Soundtrack) – Candle Ceremony or Exit Music only
Cosmic Love (Florence and the Machine)
Dawn (From Pride And Prejudice Soundtrack)*
Dreams (Gabrielle)
Dreams (The Cranberries)* – Better suited to piano. Edited version available for harp
Everglow (Coldplay)
Everlong (Foo Fighters, wedding instrumental arrangement)
Everything I Do (I Do It For You)* – Better suited to piano. Edited version available for harp
Everytime We Touch
Faded (Alan Walker) – instrumental
Falling Slowly – instrumental
Feels Like Home (Chantal Kreviazuk)
Fields of Gold
Flightless Bird (Iron & Wine)
Flying Without Wings NEW
Footprints In The Sand (Leona Lewis)*
For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder)*
For The Love of a Princess / Gift Of A Thistle (Braveheart) – for Candle Ceremony only
From A Distance
From This Moment (Shania Twain)
Future Days (Pearl Jam)
Galileo (Someone Like You) (Declan O’Rourke)
Game of Thrones Theme
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)*
God Bless The Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)
Groovy Kind Of Love
Grow Old With Me (John Lennon)
Grow Old With Me (Tom Odell)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohan) – with optional church wedding lyrics
Halo (Beyoncé)
Happy Together (The Turtles)*
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Heaven (Bryan Adams)
Heartbeats (Jose Gonzales version)
Here Comes The Sun*
Higher And Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Higher Love (James Vincent McMorrow)
Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
How Far I’ll Go (Moana) NEW
How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)
I Loved Her First
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)*
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
I Will Love You Ev’ry Time (The Fureys)
I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons)
I’m A Believer (The Monkees / Shrek) NEW
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
I’m Yours (The Script) NEW
Ice Dance* (Edward Scissorhands) NEW
Imagine (John Lennon)
Imperial March (Darth Vader Theme)* NEW
In A Country Churchyard (Chris de Burgh)
In My Life (The Beatles)*
Ink (Coldplay) NEW
Into My Arms (Nick Cave)
Is That Alright? (A Star Is Born / Lady Gaga)
Is This Love (Bob Marley)
Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
Just You And I (Tom Walker) NEW
Kentish Town Waltz (Imelda May)
Kissing You (Des’ree / Romeo and Juliet)
La La Land* – Mia & Sebastian’s Theme – short instrumental for Candles
La Vie En Rose NEW
Lean On Me
Legends Of The Fall piano theme*
Let It Be (The Beatles)
Love, Me (Collin Raye)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Love Me Tender (Elvis) NEW
Lucky (Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat)
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)
Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)
Night Visiting Song (Luke Kelly)
No One (Alicia Keys)
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica) – instrumental
Nuvole Bianche (Ludovico Einaudi)
Once In A Lifetime (Landon Austin)
One Day Like This (Elbow)
Only Hope (Mandy Moore / A Walk To Remember)* NEW
Only To Be With You (Judah & The Lion) NEW
Over And Over Again (Nathan Sykes) NEW
Paradise (Coldplay) – instrumental
Part Of Your World (The Little Mermaid)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran: Wedding Version with Pachelbel’s Canon) – instrumental, ideal for entrance music
Perfect (Ed Sheeran / Ed Sheeran & Beyonce)
Perhaps Love (John Denver)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran)
Portuguese Love Theme (Craig Armstrong, Love Actually)
Rainbow Connection*
Raindrops (Regina Spektor)*
Rains of Castamere (from Game of Thrones) – instrumental NEW
Real Love (Regina Spektor)*
Rule The World (Take That) / or the Italian version, “Il Mondo É Nostro”
Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur)
September Song (JP Cooper)
Shallow (A Star Is Born / Lady Gaga)
Shotgun (George Ezra) NEW
She’s Got A Way (Billy Joel)*
Skinny Love (Birdy)
Sky Full of Stars – instrumental
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane / Lily Allen)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (traditional, or, *Eva Cassidy version*)
Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
Sparks (Coldplay)*
Stand By Me
Stella Del Mattino (Ludovico Einaudi)*
Stranger On The Shore* – piano instrumental
Tale As Old As Time / Beauty And The Beast – instrumental
Take My Hand (Picture This)
The Book Of Love
The Notebook Theme*
The One (Kodaline)
The Power of Love (Gabriela Alpin)
The River Flows in You (Yiruma)
The Rose (McBroom / Bette Midler)
The Voyage (Christy Moore)
The Way You Look Tonight*
The Wedding (You By My Side)*
This I Promise You (Ronan Keating / Donna Taggart)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
This Is It (Scott McCreery)
This Ring (T Carter)
Three Little Birds (Don’t Worry About A Thing) (Bob Marley)
Time After Time (Cindy Lauper)
Today* (Smashing Pumpkins) NEW
True Colours (Cyndi Lauper)
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Turning Page (Sleeping At Last, Twilight Soundtrack)
Unconditional (Freya Ridings)
Us (Regina Spektor)
Waiting For A Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)* – for piano, but edited version available for harp
Walking In The Air / The Snowman – for Christmas weddings
Warm (The Coronas)
Waves (Mr Probz / Robin Schulz) – piano instrumental cover
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)*
What A Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)
When I Look At You (Miley Cyrus)
When I’m 64* NEW
When We Were Young (Adele) – instrumental
Wherever You Will Go (The Calling)
Winter Song (Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson)
With Or Without You (U2)
World In Union
XO (John Mayer / Beyoncé)
You Are The Reason (Calum Scott)
You Make My Dreams Come True (Hall & Oates)
You’ll Never Walk Alone* – can be sang with harp/piano. Instrumental version is piano only.
You’re Still The One (Shania Twain)
You’re Still You (Josh Groban)*
You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)*
Young And Beautiful (Lana Del Ray)
A Mhuire Mhatháir
Ag Críost an Síol – an Offertory hymn
Alleluia (5 options on claireheffernan.com/listen)
Amazing Grace
Ar nAthair (Our Father) (O’Riada)
As I Kneel Before You (Maria Parkinson)
Be Not Afraid – Funeral hymn
Be Still For The Presence of The Lord
Bí Iosa Im’ Chroise
Christ Be Our Light
Could It Be (Lawton)
An Ephesian Prayer
God’s Plan (Derek Ryan)
Hail, Queen Of Heaven, The Ocean Star
Here I Am, Lord
Hiding Place
Lady Of Knock
Let There Be Peace Shared Among Us
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace
May The Peace Of The Lord Be With You
Mo Ghrá’sa, Mo Dhia
Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Queen Of The May
The Deer’s Cry – I Arise Today (Shaun Davey)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) (Irvine or Townend or Egan)
Voice Of An Angel (Liam Lawton) NEW
When Love Is Found
Wherever You Go (Song of Ruth)
…see Christmas music section for church-appropriate carols
Ashokan Farewell
Bright Blue Rose
Caledonia
Carolan’s Dream (harp)
Carolan’s Concerto (harp)
Carolan’s Draught (harp)
The Coolin / An Chúilfhionn
Danny Boy (instrumental)
Eleanor Plunkett
Greensleeves
Inishirr
La Serenissima (Loreena McKennitt)
Mise Eire (from RTÉ’s Centenery)
Mo Ghile Mear
Planxty Dermot Grogan
Planxty Irwin
Pokarekare Ana (trad. New Zealand)
She Moved Through the Fair
Si Bheag Si Mhór (harp)
The Gael
The Voyage
The Water Is Wide
Woodbrook (Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin) – available for harp but better suited to piano
…and many more Irish airs suited to ceremonies and receptions
*Air On a G String*
Bridal March (“Here Comes the Bride”)
Gabriel’s Oboe
*Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring*
Ode To Joy
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
…and various light classical piano pieces on request, suited to ceremony instrumentals and reception music.
Carols / Church Music
Away In A Manger
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Oh Holy Night
Once In Royal David’s City
Silent Night
The First Nowell
… and many more available on request.
Modern / Secular
Bless Us All (The Muppets Christmas Carol)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
This Christmas (Picture This)
Walking In The Air
Winter Song
… and many more available on request.
* = only available with piano