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