Marie-France (Harpist)
Marie-France, experienced professional harpist for all occasions in Gloucestershire and the South West of England, plays live harp music for weddings and events. Discounts available for full day bookings.
Price from £327 + travel
Set List / Repertoire
New! Christmas Repertoire!
12 Days of Christmas, Traditional
Angels from the Realms of Glory, Traditional
Carol of the Drum, Davis
Coventry Carol, Traditional
Deck the Halls, Traditional
Down in Yon Forest, Traditional
God Rest you Merry Gentelmen, Traditional
Good King Wenceslas, Cantiones
Happy Christmas (war is over), Lennon and Ono
Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Mendelssohn
In the Bleak Midwinter, Holst
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Willis
Jerusalem Parry
Jingel Bells, Pierpont
Mary's Boy Child, Hariston
Merry Christmas Everybody, Holder and Lea
Morning Has Broken, Stevens
O Little Town of Bethlehem, Redner
Silent Night, Gruber
Sussex Carol, Traditional
The Angel Gabriel, Traditional
The First Nowell, Traditional
The Holly and the Ivy, Traditional
When a Child is Born, Zacar
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks, Traditional
Traditional / Folk (also jigs and reels)
Irish - o'Carolan's Welcome, Ramble to Cashel, Briget
Cruise, Concerto, 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, Lament for Kilcash etc...
Scottish - Love is like a Red Red Rose, Ae Fond Kiss, Hush
a - bye Birdie, The Queen's Maries, Fairy Lullaby, Port
Patrick, Ellen's Dream, Mary Young and Fair, Arran Boat
Song, Skye Boat Song, The Cutting of the Fern and others.
Welsh - The Ash Grove, The Queen's Marsh, David of the
White Rock, Merch Megan, Cariad Pur, Dawn Through the
Wattle, Sweet Richard, Erddigan Caer y Waun, Cynghansail
Cymry and others.
English – Greensleeves, Scarborough Fair, Kemp's Jig,
Putney Ferry, Lord Willoughby, The Miller's Dance, She
Moves Through the Fair.
Classical
Wedding Processionals and Recessionals (entrance and exit)
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Chaconne, Air, La
Rejouissance, Hornpipe.
Mendelsohn - Wedding March: Midsummer’s 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 - Variations on a theme of Mozart, Pavanne XVIc,
Greensleeves
Bach - Air for the G String, Sarabande from Partita 1,
Preludes 1 and 8, Sleepers Wake, Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring, Ave Maria (Gounod), Arioso.
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata, Ode to Joy, Fur Elise,
Minuetto.
Biset - Habanera from Carmen
Brahms - Celebrated Waltz, Lullaby.
Bocherrini - Minuet
Debussy - 1st Arabesque, Claire de Lune, Little Shepherd.
Delibes - Flower Duet, Waltz from Coppelia
Dusseck - Sonata in C minor
Elgar - Chanson de Matin, Nimrod : Enigma Variations.
Faure - In Paradisium, Berceuse
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, Prelude number 1
Grieg - Morning from Peer Gynt Suite
Handle - Passacaglia, Theme and Variations, Sarabande
& Variations from Suite number 4 , La Rejouissance,
Hornpipe & Air from Water music, Concerto in B Flat.
Hadyn - Theme Varie
Hasselmanns - La Source,Theme & Variations from Hadyn
Holst - Jupiter from The Planets
Ivanivici - Waves of the Danube and other Viennese
Waltzes
Mascargni - Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusticana
MacDowell - To a Wild Rose
Mason - Joy to the World
Massenet - Meditation
Mozart - Elvira, Opera selections from Magic Flute and
Marriage of Figaro, Variations on Twinkle
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, Pavanne
Rodrigo - 2nd Mouvement Concerto de Aranjuez
Sartori - Canto della Terra, Time to Say Goodbye
Satie - Gymnopedies 1 and 3, Gnossiennes 1
St Saens - The Swan
Sibelius - Finlandia
Tschaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Valse des Fleurs
Tournier - Etude de Concert, Berceuse Russe, Preludes 2
and 4, Six Noels
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Suite, Spring, Summer,
Autumn and Winter.
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
Bella's Lullaby - Twilight
Brideshead Revisited - Theme
Bright Eyes - Watership Down
He Was Beautiful - Deer Hunter
Can't Help Falling in Love with You - Elvis
Chariots of Fire
Close Every Door
Colours of the Wind - Pocohantas
Eddlewiss
Endless Love
Evergreen - A Star is Born
Gabriel's Oboe - The Mission
Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually
Gollum's Song - Lord of the Rings
Halelujah - Shrek / Cohen
Hello Young Lovers
I Dreamt a Dream - Miserable
In Dreams - Lord of the Rings
I Wanna Be Like You - Jungle Book
James Bond Theme
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 Juiliet
Love Theme - Godfather
Many Meetings - Lord of the Rings
May It Be - Lord of the Rings
Memory - Cats
Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany
My Heart will Go On - Titanic
New York New York
Pie Jesus - Requiem
Pirates of the Carabean Theme
PM's Love Theme - Love Actually
Portuguese Love Theme - Love Actually
Schindler's List Theme
Some Enchanted Evening
Somewhere - West Side Story
Strangers in the Night
The Battle & Honour Him - Gladiator
The Muppet Show - Henson/Pottle
The Music of the Night - Fantome of the Opera
The Heart Asks Pleasure First - The Piano
The Rose
The Sound of Music
The Wedding / end titles - Emma
Unchained Melody - Ghost
Upstairs / Downstairs - Fans
Up Where We Belong - An Officer & a Gentelman
Walking in the Air - Snowman
Wallace and Gromit Theme - Notts
When a Man Loves a Woman
When You Say Nothing at All - Notting Hill
Light Jazz & Latin
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Sherwin
Besame Mucho
Bidin'my Time - Gershwin
Black and White Rag
Black Orpheus
Blue Moon - Rogers
Brian's Song - Legrand
But Not for Me - Gershwin
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Ellington
Embracable You - Gershwin
Facinating Rhythm - Gershwin
Georgia on my Mind
I Get a Kick Out of You - Porter
I Say a Little Prayer - Bacharach
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 is Made for Lovers - Legrand
Petite Fleur - Bechet
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head - Bacharach
Secret Love - Fain
Smokes gets in your Eyes - Kern
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise - Romberg
Summertime - Gershwin
Tenderly
The Entertainer - 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
Modern Love Songs
A Woman in Love - Gibbs
All my LIfe - Kci & Jojo
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
Angels - Williams
Anniversary Waltz
Because
Blackbird - The Beatles
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton
Candle in the Wind - John
Chanson d'Amour - Shanklin
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Clocks - Coldplay
Closer to You
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Cupid
Everything - Buble
Everthing I Do - Adams
Fair Play - Van Morrison
Fields of Gold - Sting
From Both Sides Now - Mitchell
From This Moment On - Twain
Greatest Day - Take That
Gypsy - Van Morrison
Halo - Beyonce
Handbags and Gladrags - D'Abo
Happy Birthday
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
Heaven - Adams
Heaven - Westenra
Hine o Hine - Westenra
How Deep is Your Love - Gibbs
I am Forever Blowing Bubbles
I am So Tired - The Beatles
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Only want to be with You - Raymonde
Isn't She Lovely - Wonder
I Swear - Baker/Myer
I Who Have Nothing - Donida
Imagine - Lennon
In My Life - The Beatles
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
Kiss The Rain - Yiruma
L' Hymn a l'Amour - Piaf
La Vie en Rose - Piaf
Lady - Richie
Let it Be - The Beatles
Live Forever - Oasis
Love and Marriage
Love is a many spendourous Thing
Love Me Tender - Elvis
My Cherrie Amour - Wonder
My Girl - White
My Way
Nights in White Satin - Hayward
On The Wings of Love
On Your Shore - Enya
Perfect Day - Reed
Rebel Heart - Corrs
Rule the World - Take That
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
Songbird - McVie
Song for Guy - John
Storms in Africa - Enya
Stairway to Heaven - Page & Plant
That is Amore - Warren
The Air That I Breathe - Simply Red
The Circle - Ocean Colour Scene
The Closest Thing to Crazy - Batt
The Docks of the Bay - Reading
The Greatest Love of All - Musser
The Lady in Red - De Burgh
The Power of Love
The River Flows in You - Yiruma
The Sound of Silence - Simon
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/Sher
Welcome to My World - Reeves
What The World Needs Now is Love
When I Need You - Sager
When We Fall in Love
Without You
Wonderful Tonight - Clapton
Wonderwall - Oasis
Yellow - Coldplay
You are The One - Twain
You are So Beautiful - Fisher
You're Beautiful - Blunt
Your Song - John
Full Biography
Highlights
*Experienced Harpist
*An array of previous performances at many weddings civil ceremonies private and corporate events
*Extensive repertoire
*Available to perform on Christmas Eve Christmas Day and New Years Eve
*Available in Gloucestershire and the South West Of England
The harp is one of the oldest known musical instruments. Whether it is a modern concert harp or the more intimate celtic harp in the hands of a skilled artist it can create the right atmosphere; be it solemn or joyously expressive reverent or reflective this is achieved without overwhelming people. Originally from East Sussex Marie-France 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 special occasions.
Repertoire
Marie-France offers an extensive repertoire including:
-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
Performance Times
Marie-France's performance times cover the following:
*1 Hour = e.g. Wedding Ceremony (50 minutes performance with 10 minutes break)
*Up to 3 Hours = e.g. Wedding Ceremony & Drinks Reception (3 x 50 minutes’ performance with 3 x 10 minutes’ break)
*Whole Day = e.g. Wedding Ceremony Drinks Reception & Meal performance available at a discounted price (Enquire with Entertainment Coordinator)
Marie-France is also available for performances on the following days (Enquire with Entertainment Coordinator):
* Christmas Eve
* Christmas Day
* New Year’s Eve
Testimonials:
Dave & I would like to say a big thank you for playing at our Wedding last Friday. All of our guests were very impressed with your playing of the harp – it was lovely to have something different. We would thoroughly recommend you – a most enjoyable day.—Angela and Dave January 2010
Thank you for your harp playing you were fantastic and we had so many compliments. We will definitely recommend you to our friends.—Katie September 2009
Thank you so much for playing such beautiful music at our wedding it really added that special touch to the ceremony.—Hannah and Jon August 2009
I just wanted to say thank you for once again supporting the Woodside Playscheme. You really set the tone this year with your fantatstic playing and created as usual a magical time when the children could physically get to know their adult supporters.—Sense for deafblind people July 2009
Lineup
Default lineup: 1 performer
Solo Harpist: Concert or Celtic harp.Performance Times
Requirements
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Prices
Price from £327 + travel from Somerset
Based on 1 person performing 1 x 60 minute set
- South West From £327
- Wales From £418
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2 Customer Reviews
Performance quality: | 5 stars |
Sound quality: | 5 stars |
Behaviour: | 5 stars |
Communication: | 5 stars |
Audience engagement: | 5 stars |
Value for money: | 5 stars |
On behalf of The Prince’s Trust, thank you for supporting our “Evening of Art”. ...
The P booked Marie-France (Harpist) for their event
“On behalf of The Prince’s Trust, thank you for supporting our “Evening of Art”. We’re so grateful for your beautiful harp playing to keep the guests entertained and absolutely delighted with the evening. The Prince’s Trust, December 2011”
Thank you so much for playing the harp at our wedding. Sitting with you and cho...
Catherine A booked Marie-France (Harpist) for their event
“Thank you so much for playing the harp at our wedding. Sitting with you and choosing our music was one of the hightlights of our wedding preparations and your guidance was invaluable. Everyone comented on how beautifully you played and how it perfectly complimented the setting and our day. We will send you some photos and will not hesistate to recommend you to friends. Kindest regards.”
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