Click through the genre tabs below (hymns, contemporary, Irish/folk, classical, Christmas weddings) to browse my full repertoire list for ceremonies and receptions.
NEW items are regularly added so keep an eye on the page!
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
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)
(An) Ephesian Prayer
From A Distance
God’s Plan (Derek Ryan)
Hail, Queen Of Heaven, The Ocean Star
Here I Am, Lord
Hiding Place
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)
When Love Is Found
Wherever You Go (Song of Ruth)
You Raise Me Up
… and various festive carols during the Christmas season
A Hundred Hearts (Hannah Christianson)
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)*
Angel (In the Arms of an Angel)
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
Arithmetic (Brooke Fraser)
At Last
Ave Maria (Beyonce) – note: not a hymn
*Berlin Song (Ludovico Einaudi)*
Better (Boyzone / Tom Baxter)
Bless Us All (The Muppets Christmas Carol)
Bring Him Home – instrumental
*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)
*Cinema Paradiso Theme*
Clocks (Coldplay) – instrumental
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) – Candle Ceremony or Exit Music only
Cosmic Love (Florence and the Machine)
*Dawn (From Pride And Prejudice Soundtrack)*
Everglow (Coldplay) – instrumental
Everlong (Foo Fighters, wedding instrumental arrangement)
Everytime We Touch
Falling Slowly – instrumental
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 / Gift Of A Thistle (Braveheart) – for Candle Ceremony only
From This Moment (Shania Twain)
Future Days (Pearl Jam)
Game of Thrones (GoT) Theme
*Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)*
God Bless The Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)
Groovy Kind Of Love
Grow Old With Me (John Lennon) NEW
Grow Old With Me (Tom Odell) NEW
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 – instrumental*
Higher Love (James Vincent McMorrow)
Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)
I Do It For You (Bryan Adams) – instrumental
I Giorni (Ludovico Einaudi)
I Loved Her First
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
I Will Love You Ev’ry Time (The Fureys)
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)
*La La Land – Mia & Sebastian’s Theme – short instrumental for Candles*
*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
Perfect (Ed Sheeran: Wedding Version with Pachelbel’s Canon) – instrumental, ideal for entrance music NEW
Perfect (Ed Sheeran / Ed Sheeran & Beyonce) NEW
Perhaps Love (John Denver)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran)
Portuguese Love Theme (Craig Armstrong, Love Actually)
*Rainbow Connection – instrumental*
*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
Sky Full of Stars – instrumental version, for Candle Ceremony only
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (traditional, or, *Eva Cassidy version*)
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)
*The Notebook Theme*
The One (Kodaline)
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)
True Colours (Cyndi Lauper) NEW
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Turning Page (Sleeping At Last, Twilight Soundtrack)
Waiting For A Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)
Walking In The Air / The Snowman – for Christmas weddings
Warm (The Coronas)
Winter Song (Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson) – for Christmas weddings 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’ll Never Walk Alone* – can be sang with harp/piano. Instrumental version is piano only.
*You’re Still You (Josh Groban)*
*You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story) – instrumental*
Young And Beautiful (Lana Del Ray)
Zelda’s Lullaby – for Candle Ceremony only
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, Sibéal Ní Chasaide & Patrick Cassidy)
Mo Ghile Mear
Planxty Dermot Grogan
Planxty Irwin
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 to ceremony and receptions
*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.
Carols
Away In A Manger
Do You Hear What I Hear? NEW
Oh Holy Night
Once In Royal David’s City
Silent Night
The First Nowell
… and many more available on request.
Please remember that the music for HSE civil ceremonies must have no connection to religion, and so, these carols would most likely not be suitable.
Secular
Bless Us All (The Muppets Christmas Carol)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
This Christmas (Picture This) NEW
Walking In The Air
Winter Song NEW
… and many more available on request.
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. Your registrar or celebrant will guide you through what is appropriate, and I am also happy to talk you through this and answer any questions that you may have.
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. Any music below that is marked with a star * is available only with piano.
I am always happy to chat with you about your own song ideas. If you have a special request for a song not on my list, this can be considered with enough notice and provided it is possible on the chosen instrument (the piano would be slightly more versatile than the Irish harp). I am usually happy to learn 1 or 2 songs for no extra charge. At times, there may incur a small expense for the purchase of sheet music that cannot be sourced elsewhere but I do my very best to keeps costs at zero or at a minimum.
Many of the songs below can also be performed as instrumentals, which would be of particular importance to anyone booking solo harp/piano music only.
(* = only available with piano).