Music list

This is just a selection of pieces, some well-known, some unexpected but all sound beautiful. If you have a particular request or just love a piece not mentioned here, then please get in touch.

Classical

Some music has endured for centuries and for very good reason.  Pieces ranging from the 16th century up to the present day offer dignity and poise to an event.

Baroque

• Spanish Romance - Anon
• Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier - Johann Sebastian Bach
  

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• Minuet from the Anna Magdelena Notebook - Johann Sebastian Bach
• Prelude from Te Deum - Marc-Antoine Charpentier
• Canon - Jeremiah Clarke
• Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
• Allegro* - George Frederic Handel (Teifi harp)
  

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• La Rejouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks - George Frederic Handel
• Menuet ii from Music for the Royal Fireworks* - George Frederic Handel (Teifi harp)
  

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• Prelude from Zadok the Priest - George Frederic Handel
• Rondeau from Abdelezar - Henry Purcell
• Largo from Winter - Antonio Vivaldi
• Largo from Concerto for Lute in D Major - Antonio Vivaldi listen

Opera

• Flower Duet from Lakmé - Leo Delibes
• Una Furtiva Lagrima from L'Elisir D'Amore - Gaetano Donizetti
• Song to the Moon from Rusalka - Antonin Dvorak
• Che Faro Senza Euridice from Orfeo & Euridice - Christoph Gluck
• Largo (Ombra Mai Fu from Xerxes) - George Frederic Handel
  
• Liascia Ch'io Pianga* - George Frederic Handel
  

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• Pur Ti Miro from L'Incoronazione di Poppea - Claudio Monteverdi
• Voi Che Sapete from Le Nozze Di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Soave Sia Il Vento from Cosi Fan Tutte - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• In Trutina from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
• O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi - Giacomo Puccini

Modern and Contemporary

• Aquatintes* - Bernard Andres (Teifi harp)
  

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• Weather Storm - Craig Armstrong
• Le Onde - Ludovico Einaudi
• Metamorphosis 1 - Philip Glass
• Barcarolle - Marcel Grandjany
• Variations on a Theme by W A Mozart - J B Mayer
• Telyn Yr Angylion - Jona Musker -Turner
  

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• Etude* - Ettore Pozzoli
  

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• Au Bord du Ruisseau - Henriette Renié
  

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• Gymnopedie No 1 - Eric Satie
  

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• Gnossienne No 1* - Eric Satie
  

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• Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan-Williams

Popular

Popular songs often have particularly relevant words for a marrying couple, offering an emotional shorthand or a shortcut to a happy memory.  Sometimes songs suffer a great deal when they are played without words but this selection captures some beautiful melodies from some of the best songsmiths of our generation.

• The Air That I Breathe (The Hollies)
• Always a Woman (Billy Joel)
• Baby Can I Hold You? (Tracy Chapman)
• Bedshaped (Keane)
• Blue Eyes (Elton John)
• Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis)
• Con Te Partiro Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli)
• Daydream Believer (The Monkees)
• Every Day is Like Sunday (Morrissey)
• Fields of Gold (Sting)
• Four Seasons in One Day (Crowded House)
• Halleluja (Leonard Cohen)
• Here, There & Everywhere (The Beatles)
• High & Dry (Radiohead)
• I Have a Dream (Abba)
• Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
• Kiss from a Rose (Seal)
• La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf)
• Love's Not a Competition (Kaiser Chiefs)
• Marble Halls (Enya)
• Mirrorball (Elbow)
• My Love (Wings)
• No Surprises (Radiohead)
• Perfect Day (Lou Reed)
• Rule the World (Take That)
• See Emily Play (Pink Floyd)
• She Loves You (The Beatles)
• She's Always a Woman (Billy Joel)
• Something (The Beatles)
• Telephone Line (ELO)
• What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
• Woman in Love (Barbara Streisand) 
• Your Love is King (Sade)
• You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)
  

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Jazz

Think glamour, sophistication, Fred and Ginger, more Jazz Age than Jazz Club.  Songs that have outgrown their original films and musicals to become part of the fabric of popular music.

• All I Do is Dream of You (Nacio Herb Brown)
• Always (Irving Berlin)
• Bewitched (Rodgers & Hart)
• Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
• Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin)
• Cole's Corner (Richard Hawley)
• Cowboys & Angels (George Michael)
• Dancing in the Dark (Schwartz & Dietz)
• Dream a Little Dream (Andre & Schwandt)
• Embraceable You (George Gershwin)
• Every Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
• Fascinatin' Rhythm (George Gershwin)
• Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard)
• The Girl from Ipanema (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
• Kissing a Fool (George Michael)
• The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach)
• Let's Face the Music and Dance (Irving Berlin)
• Misty (Errol Garner)
• Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)
• My Funny Valentine (Rodgers & Hart)
• My Romance (Rodgers & Hart)
• Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez)
• Send in the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)
• Someone to Watch Over Me (George Gershwin)
• Summertime (George Gershwin)
• Sway (Pablo Beltrán Ruiz)
• These Foolish Things (Maschwitz & Strachey)
• They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin)
• Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
  

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• The Very Thought of You (Ray Noble)
• When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole)
• Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
• You Are My Lucky Star (Nacio Herb Brown)
• You Do Something to Me (Cole Porter)

TV and Film

Some of the best composers of recent times have written for stage and screen.  Great soundtracks provide an emotional intensity and by playing those pieces, we can borrow that intensity, romance and tenderness for a special occasion.

• A Whole New World from Aladdin
• Beauty and the Beast
• Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Theme from Brideshead Revisited
• Love Theme from Bladerunner*
  

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• Hushabye Mountain from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Cavatina from The Deer Hunter
• Volta from Elizabeth
• True Love from High Society
• Kiss the Girl from The Little Mermaid
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King
• Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission
• Viva Happiness from Mr Rossi
• On the Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady
• Where is Love? from Oliver!
• We Have All the Time in the World from On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• All I Ask of You and Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
• Pie Jesu* (Teifi harp)
  

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• Balcony Scene from Romeo & Juliet (Craig Armstrong)
• Suite from Shakespeare in Love
• Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity
• Tell Me on A Sunday from Tell Me on a Sunday
• Theme from The Thorn Birds
• Suite from West Side Story (includes Somewhere; Maria; One Hand, One Heart)
• Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
• Theme from The Wings
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz

Traditional - Wales

• Ar Ben Waun Tredegar
• Ar Hyd Y Nos
• Ar Lan y Mor
• Beth Yw'r Hâf I Mi?
• Breuddwd y Frenhines
• Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn
• Cader Idris
• Calon Lân
• Cân Y Melinydd
• Codiad yr Ehedydd
• Cwm Rhondda
• Cysga Di, Fy Mhlentyn Tlws
• Dafydd Y Garreg Wen
• Ffarwell y Telynor
• Hên Wlad fy Nhadau
• Lisa Lân
• Llety'r Bugail
• Llongau Caernarfon
• Llwyn On
• Merch Megan / Wyres Megan
  

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• Morfa'r Frenhines
• Myfanwy
• Sosban Fach
• St Denio
• Suo Gan
• Y Gôg Lwydlas

Traditional - Ireland

• Carolan's Air
• Cliffs of Doneen
• Down by the Salley Gardens* (Teifi harp)
  

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• Eleanor Plunket
• Frances Power
• Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom Do Lamh)
• My Lagan Love
• Planxty Irwin
• She Moved Through the Fair
  

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• Si Beag Si Mohr
• Women of Ireland (Mna na hEirann)

Traditional - Scotland

• Brochan Lom
• The Braes of Lochiel
  

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• Eriskay Love Lilt
• Fagail Liosmor
• Farewell to Glenshalloch
• I Know Where I'm Going
• Mairi's Wedding
• Nead na Lach as a Luachair (The Wild Duck's Nest in the Rushes)
• My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
• Wi' a Hundred Pipers
• Wild Mountain Thyme* (Teifi harp)
  

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Traditional - England

• Cherry Ripe
• Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron
• Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
• I Once Loved a Lass
• Over the Hills and Far Away
• Scarborough Fair
• Seventeen Come Sunday
• The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies

Seasonal

Kathryn loves playing Christmas music and has an extensive collection of traditional carols and songs, as well as some unusual and beautiful seasonal pieces from across Europe.

• Coventry Carol
  

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• The Derbyshire Carol
• I Believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake)
• A Winter's Tale (David Essex)
• Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade)
• Winter Wonderland
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Plus traditional Christmas songs and carols

©2010 Kathryn Lewis

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