Music can help to celebrate the life of a loved one, and we are happy to assist you to provide a fitting musical tribute.
At the Funeral Mass, we can play :-
- As Mourners Arrive
- During the Coffin or Family Arrival
- At the Offertory Procession
- During the Sign of Peace
- During Communion
- At the Blessing of the Coffin
- As the Coffin leaves the Church
We are happy, where possible, to fulfil specific musical requests, and are also happy to accompany a singer.
Please see our extensive funeral repertoire list below:
Classical
- Bach - Air on a G string
- Vivaldi - Largo from 'Winter'
- Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe
- Handel - Aria from 'Xerxes'
- Bach - Bist du bei mir
- Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Bach-Gounod - Ave Maria
- Schubert - Ave Maria
- Franck - Panis Angelicus
- Barber - Adagio for Strings
- Mahler - Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)
- Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana
- Faure - Pie Jesu (from Requiem)
- Faure - In Paradisium (from Requiem)
- Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
- Massenet - Meditation (from Thais)
- Beethoven - Largo (from Symphony no. 7)
- Saint-Saens - The Swan
- Anon - Greensleeves
- Chopin - Prelude in E Minor
- Ungar - Ashokan Farewell
- Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
- Handel - Lascia Ch'io Pianga
- Beethoven - Marcia Funebre (from Eroica Symphony)
- Tchaikovsky - Chanson Triste
- Handel - Pastoral Symphony (from Messiah)
- Handel - Minuet (from Berenice)
- Handel - I Know that my Redeemer Liveth (from Messiah)
- Faure - Pavane
- Mozart - Ave Maria
- Mussorgsky - Promenade (from Pictures at an Exhibition)
- Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
- Albinoni - Adagio
- Bruch - Adagio (Slow movement from Violin Concerto)
- Purcell - Dido's Lament (from Dido and Aeneas)
- Purcell - Queen Mary's Funeral Music
- Dvorak - Largo (from New World Symphony)
- Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
- Faure - Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Traditional
- Mo Ghile Mear
- The Coolin
- O'Connell's Lament
- O'Carolan's Lament
- Shule Aroon
- The Parting Glass
- McClean's Lament
- General Monroe's Lament
- Hugh O'Neill's Lament
Hymns and Psalms
- Amazing Grace
- The Lord's My Shepherd
- Nearer, My God, to Thee
- Safe in the Arms of Jesus
- Be Still, My Soul
- On Eagle's Wings
- Abide With Me
- Ag Chriost an Siol
- Celtic Alleluia
- Seinn Alleluia
- Morning Has Broken
- Make me a Channel of your Peace
- Soul of My Saviour
- Going Home
- Jerusalem
- I vow to thee my Country
Other
- Angel - Robbie Williams
- Angel - Sarah McLachlan
- The Prayer - Bocelli
- The Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
- Memory - Lloyd-Webber
- The Rose - Bette Midler
- Lift The Wings - Bill Whelan
- Hero - Mariah Carey
- Theme from Schindler's List - Williams