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Cello |
Bach, J.S. |
Sarabande from cello suite in G major BWV1007 |
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Praeludium from cello suite in D minor BWV1008 |
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Sarabande from cello suite in D minor BWV1008 |
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Sarabande from cello suite in Eb major BWV1010 |
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Prelude (Adagio only) from cello suite in C minor BWV1011 |
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Allemande from cello suite in C minor BWV1011 |
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Sarabande from cello suite in C minor BWV1011 |
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Allemande quasi Adagio from cello suite in D major BWV1012 |
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Sarabande from cello suite in D major BWV1012 |
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Arioso (arr. from cantata 156 + keyboard concerto in F minor) |
+organ |
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Massenet, J. |
Elegy op.10 (from the Erynnies) |
+organ |
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Schubert |
Ave Maria |
+organ |
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Traditional & popular |
Melodies of your choice |
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Clarinet |
Mozart |
Abendempfindung (arr. from the song) |
+organ |
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Flute |
Bach, J.S. |
Sarabande from partita in A minor
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Allemande from partita in A minor |
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Siciliano from flute sonata in Eb major BWV1031 |
flute+organ
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Andante from flute sonata in E minor BWV1034
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flute+organ
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Bach/Gounod |
Ave Maria |
+organ |
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Debussy |
Syrinx |
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Fauré |
Pavane op.50 |
+organ |
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Glück |
Dance of the Blessed Spirits |
+organ |
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Rachmaninov |
Vocalise |
+organ |
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Schubert |
Ave Maria op.52 D839 |
+organ |
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Ständchen / Serenade in D minor |
+organ |
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Telemann |
Music from the 12 Fantasies e.g. A tempo giusto from no.10 in F# minor |
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Traditional & popular |
Melodies of your choice; trad. songs e.g. Danny Boy |
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Traditional |
The Lark in the Clear Air |
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‘Tis the last rose of summer |
+organ/hrp |
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Popular |
Annie’s Song |
+organ/hrp |
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Guitar |
Barrios |
An alm for the love of God |
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Myers |
He was beautiful (Cavatina) |
Used in the film The Deer Hunter |
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Vivaldi |
Largo from lute concerto no.2 in D major RV93 |
+organ |
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Walton |
Bagatelle no.2 |
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Harp – this has a huge repertoire and many piano pieces can be arranged for harp
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Bach, J.S. |
Prelude no.1 |
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Air (on a G string) |
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Sarabande from violin partita in D minor BWV1004 |
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Bach/Gounod |
Ave Maria |
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Beethoven |
Adagio (“Pathétique” piano sonata) |
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Brahms |
Waltz in Ab (arr. from piano) |
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Chopin |
Tristesse |
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Debussy |
Footsteps in the snow (arr. from piano) |
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Delibes |
Flower duet (from Lakmé) |
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Fauré |
Pavane op.50 |
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Garner, Erroll |
Misty |
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Gershwin |
Embraceable you |
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Glück |
Dance of the blessed spirits |
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Hasselmans, A. |
La Source |
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Kern, J. |
All the things you are |
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Liszt |
Lieberstraum no.3 (arr. from piano) |
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Mendelssohn |
Oh for the wings of a dove |
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Pachelbel |
Canon in D |
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Renié |
Angelus |
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Satie |
Gymnopédie no.1 |
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Schubert |
Ave Maria |
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Ständchen/Serenade in D minor |
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Tournier |
4 Preludes |
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Trad. & popular |
Melodies of your choice e.g. David of the white rock |
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Watching the wheat |
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Londonderry Air |
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Greensleeves |
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Bright Eyes |
Used in the film Watership Down |
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Memory |
From the musical Cats |
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Stranger in Paradise |
From Kismet |
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Somewhere over the rainbow |
From The Wizard of Oz |
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Cavatina |
Used in the film The Deer Hunter |
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My Heart will go on |
Used in the film The Titanic |
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Don’t cry for me Argentina |
From the musical Evita |
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Love changes everything |
From the musical Aspects of Love |
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As Time goes by |
Used in the film Casablanca |
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French Horn |
Fauré |
Pie Jesu arranged from the Requiem |
+organ |
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Lute – a plucked instrument similar to the guitar but with a vaulted body & angled pegbox, dating from medieval times to the 18th century |
Dowland, John |
Melancholy Galliard |
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Fortune my Foe |
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There is a rich repertoire of suitable music encompassing all moods for solo lute, that dates back to the 16th century. |
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Oboe |
Bach |
Air on G |
+organ |
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Britten |
Niobe from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid op.49 |
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Marcello |
Adagio from oboe concerto in D minor |
+organ |
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Morricone |
Gabriel’s Oboe |
+organ Theme for the film The Mission |
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Trad. & popular |
Melodies of your choice |
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Piano – the instrument must be of good quality and in tune; No Sad Songs can arrange the hire of a good electronic piano if there is no instrument on site |
Beethoven |
Adagio sostenuto from the “Moonlight” sonata |
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Adagio from the “Pathétique” sonata |
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Brahms |
Waltz in Ab |
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Chopin |
Nocturne in C# minor |
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Debussy |
Footsteps in the snow |
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Liszt |
Lieberstraum no 3 |
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Ravel |
Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a dead princess) |
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Satie |
Gymnopédie no.1 |
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Gnossienne no.1 |
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Schubert |
Andantino from Sonata in A D959 - first section only |
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Andantino from Sonata in A D959 – complete |
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Trad. & popular |
Melodies of your choice |
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Tenor Saxophone |
Traditional & popular |
Melodies of your choice |
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Clapton,Eric/ Jennings,Will |
Tears in heaven |
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Cole,Nat King |
Unforgettable |
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When I fall in love |
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John,Elton |
Candle in the wind |
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Gershwin |
The man I love |
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Hamlisch,M |
Nobody does it better |
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Hupfeld,H |
As time goes by |
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Lennon/McCartney |
Yesterday |
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Lennon |
Imagine |
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Louigy |
La vie en rose |
as sung by Edith Piaf & Louis Armstrong |
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Maclean,Don |
Vincent |
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Mancini,Henry |
Moon River |
as sung by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s |
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Porter,Cole |
Ev’ry time we say goodbye |
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Revaux,F |
My Way |
as sung by Frank Sinatra |
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Richie,Lionel |
Hello |
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Rogers |
My funny Valentine |
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Sherwin |
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square |
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Silbar & Henley |
The wind beneath my wings |
as sung by Bette Midlar from the film Beaches |
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Streisand,B |
Evergreen |
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Weiss/Douglas/Thiele |
What a wonderful world |
as sung by Louis Armstrong |
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Trumpet |
Trad. |
The Last Post |
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Melodies of your choice |
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Violin |
Bach,J.S. |
Adagio from sonata in G minor BWV1001 |
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Sarabande from partita in D minor BWV1004 |
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Largo from sonata in C BWV1005 |
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Sarabande from Partita in B minor BWV1002 |
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Andante from sonata in A minor BWV1003 |
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Andante un poco from violin sonata in A BWV1015 |
+organ |
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Siciliano, largo from violin sonata in C minor BWV1017 |
+organ |
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Andante from concerto in A minor BWV1041 |
+organ |
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Adagio from concerto in E major BWV1042 |
+organ |
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Williams,Vaughan |
The Lark Ascending (abridged due to length) |
+organ |
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Traditional & popular |
Melodies of your choice or Irish fiddle music e.g. ‘Tis the last rose of Summer |
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Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) |
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Voice |
Bach,J.S. |
Bist du bei mir BWV508 |
+organ |
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Erbarme dich from the St Matthew Passion |
alto+organ |
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Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen from Christmas Oratorio |
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Bereite dich, Zion from Christmas Oratorio |
alto+organ |
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Bach/Gounod |
Ave Maria |
+organ |
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Fauré |
Pie Jesu from the Requiem |
+organ |
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Various songs e.g. Aprés un Rêve |
+organ |
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Au bord de l’eau |
+organ |
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Clair de lune |
+organ |
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Franck |
Panis angelicus |
+organ |
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Giordani |
Caro mio ben |
+organ |
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Glück |
Che farò from Orfeo |
+organ |
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Handel |
Art thou troubled ? (music from Rodelinda, words by Rothery) |
+organ |
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Angels, ever bright and fair (from Theodora) |
+organ |
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Comfort ye (abridged from Messiah) |
+organ |
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I know that my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah) |
+organ |
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Lascia ch’io pianga (from Rinaldo) |
+organ |
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O Saviour, Friend (Largo, with words written as a prayer by Ellerton) |
+organ |
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Where’er you walk (from Semele) |
+organ |
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Mendelssohn |
O for the Wings, for the Wings of a Dove (from Hear my prayer) |
+organ |
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O Rest in the Lord (from Elijah) |
+organ |
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Mozart |
Abendempfindung |
+organ (a song about time passing & death) |
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Ruhe sanft (Rest gently) from Zaïde |
+organ |
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Purcell |
Evening Hymn |
+organ |
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Dido’s Lament from Dido & Aeneas |
+organ |
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Schubert |
Ave Maria op.52 no.6 D839 |
+organ |
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Strauss |
Morgen |
+organ |
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Die Nacht |
+organ |
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Allerseelen |
+organ |
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Beim schlafengehen |
+organ |
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Traditional |
Trad. songs are effective sung unaccompanied e.g. Danny Boy |
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‘Tis the last rose of summer |
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Oft in the stilly night |
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My lagan love |
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The Lark in the clear air |
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Red is the rose |
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Ag Criost an Siol |
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Suo-Gân |
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Mae Hiraeth yn y môr |
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Hymns |
Some hymns are effective sung as a solo, with or without accompaniment e.g.Amazing Grace, The Old Rugged Cross etc. |
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