The Gloucestershire Harpist

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The Gloucestershire Harpist started playing the harp at the age of 12 and is an experienced harpist.

She has studied at the conservatoire of Besancon and has been playing for many years in the finest venues in the South West of England for such events as: Wedding civil ceremonies, church services, civil partnerships, receptions, wedding breakfasts, christenings, birthday parties, anniversaries, corporate functions, product launches, dinner functions/parties, charity events, funerals, and many other special occasions.

Originally from East Sussex, The Gloucestershire Harpist started playing the harp at the age of 12. She has studied at the conservatoire of Besancon and has been playing for many years in the finest venues in the South West of England for such events as: Wedding civil ceremonies, church services, civil partnerships, receptions, wedding breakfasts, christenings, birthday parties, anniversaries, corporate functions, product launches, dinner functions/parties, charity events, funerals, and many other special occasions.

The Gloucestershire Harpist’s repertoire includes:

Popular music from 20th and 21st century with some Jazz and Latin,
Light and Romantic Classical,
Traditional Welsh, Scottish and Irish,
Music from shows and musicals,
Solo or duo with flute or violin.

Solo Concert Harp
Solo Celtic Harp
Duo Harp and Flute
Duo Harp and Violin

Wedding Processionals And Recessionals (Entrance And Exit)
Handel - Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, Chaconne, Hornpipe, Air, La Rejouissance
Mendelsohn - Wedding March From Midsummers Night Dream
Pachelbel - Canon In D
Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary, Trumpet Tune, Roundo
Wagner - Bridal March (Here Comes The Bride)

Suggestions For The Signing
Albenitz - Sonata In D
Albinoni - Adagio In G
Anon - Variation On A Theme Of Mozart, Pavane Xvic, Greensleeves
Bach - Air For The G String, Sarabande From Partita 1, Preludes 1 And 8, Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, Sleepers Wake, Ave Maria (Gounod)
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata, Ode To Joy, Fur Elise, Minuetto.
Bizet - Habanera From Carmen
Brahms - Celebrated Waltz, Lullaby.
Boccherini - Minuet
Debussy - First Arabesque, Claire De Lune, Little Shepherd.
Delibes - Flower Duet
Dusseck - Sonata In C Minor
Elgar - Chanson De Matin, Nimrod From The Enigma Variations.
Faure - In Paradisium
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Gilbert And Sullivan - I Am The Capitain Of The Pinafore, With Cat Like Tread, When A Merry Maiden Marries,
When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing And Others.
Glinka - Variation On A Theme Of Mozart
Grandjany - Fantaisie, Pre. Number 1
Grieg - Morning From Peer Gynt Suite
Handel - Passacaglia, Theme And Variations, Sarabande And Variations From Suite Number 4 , La Rejouissance, Hornpipe And Air From Fireworks Music, Concerto In B Flat.
Haydn - Theme Varie
Hasselmann - La Source, Theme And Variations From Haydn
Holst - Jupiter From The Planets
Ivanivici - Waves Of The Danube And Other Viennese Waltzes
Mascagni - Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana
Macdowell - To A Wild Rose
Mason - Joy To The World
Massenet - Meditation
Mozart - Elvira, Opera Selections From Magic Flute And Marriage Of Figaro
Offenbach - Barcarolle From The Tales Of Hoffman
Opera Selection Various Puccini, Verdi And Mozart
Pachelbel - Canon In D
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
Purcell - Trumpet Tune, Trumpet Voluntary, Roundo
Ravel - Bolero, Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte, Pavane
Rodrigo - Second Mouvement Concerto De Aranjuez
Satie - Gymnopedies 1 And 3, Gnossiennes 1
Sibelius - Finlandia
St Saens - The Swan From Carnival Of The Animals
Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Tournier - Etude De Concert, Berceuse Russe, Preludes 2 And 4, Six Noels
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Suite, Spring, Summer, Autumn And Winter

Traditional / Folk (Also Jigs And Reels)

Irish – O 'Carolan's Welcome And Ramble To Cashel, Briget Cruise, Concerto And Lament, Eleanor Plunkett, Give Me Your Hand, March Of King Laois, Danny Boy, Carrickfergus, Si Bheag Si Mhor, Brian Boru's March, The Parting Glass, Star Of The County Down, Roving Galway Boy, Castle Of Dromore, Last Rose Of Summer, Airde Cuan And Others.

Scottish - Love Is Like A Red Red Rose, Port Patrick, Ellen's Dream, Mary Young And Fair, Arran Boat Song, Skye Boat Song, The Cutting Of The Fern... etc.

Welsh - The Ash Grove, The Queen's Marsh, David Of The White Rock, Merch Megan, Cariad Pur, Dawn Through The Wattle And Others.

English - Greensleeves, Scarborough Fair, Kemp's Jig, Putney Ferry, Lord Willoughby, The Miller's Dance, She Moves Through The Fair

Light Jazz And Latin
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Sherwin
Besame Mucho
Bidin'my Time - Gershwin
Black And White Rag
Black Orpheus
Blue Moonlight
Brian's Song - Legrand
But Not For Me - Gershwin
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Ellington
Ebbtide
Embracable You - Gershwin
Fascinating Rhythm - Gershwin
Georgia On My Mind
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Porter
I Say A Little Prayer - Bacharach
Isn't She Lovely - Wonder
In A Sentimental Mood - Ellington
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Long Ago And Far Away - Kern
Lover Man
Lullaby Of Birdland - Weiss/Shearing
Mack The Knife
Misty - Gardner
Moonlight Serenade - Miller
Night And Day - Porter
Over The Rainbow- Hart/Roger
Paris Was Made For Lovers - Legrand
Petite Fleur - Bechet
Raindrops Keep Failling On My Head - Bacharach
Secret Love - Fain
Serenata Do Adeus - Moraes
Smokes Gets In Your Eyes - Kern
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - Romberg
Summertime - Gershwin
Tenderly
The Enteretainer - Joplin
The Girl From Ipanema - Jobim
The Look Of Love - Bacharach
The Man I Love - Gershwin
The Way You Look Tonight - Kern
The Way You Make Me Feel
The Windmills Of Your Mind - Legrand
This Guy Is In Love With You - Bacharach
Vai Doer - Dura
We Have All The Time In The World - Armstrong
What A Difference A Day Makes - Grever
What A Wonderful World - Thiele
Where Is Love
Where Or When - Hart/Roger
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Goldner

Shows And Films
A Man And A Woman
All I Ask Of You - Fantome Of The Opera
Annie's Song - Annie
As Time Goes By - Casablanca
August
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - John
Cavatina/He Was Beautiful - The Deer Hunter
Chariots Of Fire
Close Every Door
Colours Of The Wind - Pocohantas
Dance Of Anna And Sir Edward
Edlewiss
Endless Love
Evergreen - A Star Is Born
Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually
Gollum's Song - Lord Of The Rings
Hello Young Lovers
I Dreamt A Dream - Miserable
In Dreams - Lord Of The Rings
Lara's Theme - Doctor Zivago
Local Hero
Love Is All Around - 4 Weddings And A Funeral
Love Said Goodbye - Godfather
Love Story
Love Theme - Romeo And Juliet
Love Theme - Godfather
Many Meetings - Lord Of The Rings
May It Be - Lord Of The Rings
Memory - Cats
Moon River - Breakfast At Tiffany’s
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
New York New York
PM's Love Theme - Love Actually
Portuguese Love Theme - Love Actually
Some Enchanted Evening
Star Light Express
Strangers In The Night
The Muppet Show - Henson/Pottle
The Music Of The Night - Fantome Of The Opera
The Rose
The Sound Of Music
The Wedding / End Titles - Emma
Unchained Melody - Ghost
Up Where We Belong - An Officer And A Gentelman
Wallace And Gromit - Notts
Walking In The Air - Snowman
When You Say Nothing At All - Notting Hill

Popular
A Woman In Love - Gibbs
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
Angels - Williams
Anniversary Waltz
Because
Blackbird - The Beatles
Candle In The Wind - John
Chansond'Amour - Shanklin
Closer To You
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Cupid
Everthing I Do - Adams
Fair Play - Van Morrison
Feelings - Albert
Fields Of Gold - Sting
From Both Sides Now - Mitchell
From This Moment On - Twain
Gypsy - Van Morrison
Happy Birthday
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
How Deep Is Your Love - Gibbs
I Am So Tired - The Beatles
I Only Want To Be With You - Hawer/Raymonde
I Swear - Baker/Myer
I Who Have Nothing - Donida
Imagine - Lennon
In My Life - The Beatles
Kiss From A Rose - Seal
L' Hymn A l'Amour - Piaf
La Vie En Rose - Piaf
Lady - Richie
Let It Be - The Beatles
Love And Marriage
Love Me Tender - Elvis
Moon Dance - Van Morrison
My Way
Nights In White Satin - Hayward
On The Wings Of Love
On Your Shore - Enya
Perfect - Nevia
Rebel Heart - Corrs
Save The Best For Last
Saving All My Love For You - Masser
Send In The Clowns
She - Aznavour
She's Always A Woman
Sleepy Shores
Something Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Greenway
Sometimes When We Touch
Song For Guy - John
The Air That I Breathe - Simply Red
The Docks Of The Bay - Reading
The Greatest Love Of All - Musser
The Lady In Red - De Burgh
The Power Of Love
The Sound Of Silence - Simon
The Way We Were - Hamlisch
The Wind Beneath My Wings
The Wonder Of You - Wonder
Three Times A Lady - Richie
Want To Be With You - Moody Blues
Watermark - Enya
We Have Only Just Begun - Nichols
What The World Needs Now Is Love
When A Man Loves A Woman
When I Need You - Sager
When We Fall In Love
Without You
Wonderful Tonight - Clapton
You Are So Beautiful - Fisher

N.B. Suggestions Or Requests Are Always Welcome As The Gloucestershire Harpist Will Only Be Too Happy To Find Them For You.

Michelle and Colin, Kings Weston House, Bristol
We both want to thank you for making our wedding day so special with your harp playing. You were fantastic and everyone enjoyed listening to you.

Mother of the bride, Clearwell Castle
May I say that when The Gloucestershire Harpist played raindrops the couple sitting next to me were reduced to tears, thank you so very much for your lovely playing.

Helen and Mark, Chewton Place
The sound of the harp during the wedding breakfast was absolutely beautiful and it created a wonderful mood. Thank you for providing such an exceptional service, you are incredibly talented and a true professional.

Eleanor and Myles, Mounton
We just wanted to say thank you ever so much for playing at our wedding on 4th August. We loved the harp performance and it made such an impression that Meg, our 5 year old, is keen to learn to play! We are taking her to see a local harpist later this month.

Mr and Mrs Carling, Redwood Lodge
Andy and I just wanted to pass on our sincere thanks for your input into our Wedding ceremony. You were fantastic and everyone commented on how wonderful you were. It really made our day. We will be more than happy to recommend you to friends and family. Thank you for some wonderful musical memories.

What are you going to walk down the aisle to? Free consultation to help you select some music for your wedding.

Can you play ouside? I am also happy to play outside, providing I am out of the wind and sun.

Wedding Civil Ceremony or Partnership: The Gloucestershire Harpist would play upto 1/2 hour whilst the guests are arriving. 4 pieces of music would be chosen, one for your entrance, two for the signing of the register and photographs and one for the exit. Fee would count as an hour (1 x 60 minutes)

Wedding Church Service: The Gloucestershire Harpist would play upto 1/2 hour whilst the guests are arriving. You would need to select five piecs of music, one for your entrance, three for the signing of register and one for your exit.

Wedding Reception: Drinks from an hour to 1.5 hours maybe more 1 x 60 minutes or 1 x 90 minutes or 2 x 50 minutes. Breakfast: from line up to speeches generally two hours 2 x 50 minutes

Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.