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Anon/Shakespeare

The Willow Song

voice+lute words from Othello

 

Albinoni

Adagio from oboe concerto op.9 no.2

oboe+harp/organ                         

 

Bach, J.S. 

Air on G 

solo instrument+organ                         

  

Andante un poco from violin sonata in A  BWV1015

violin+harp/organ

 

Siciliano, largo from  violin sonata in C minor BWV1017

+organ

 

Andante from violin concerto in A minor  BWV1041

violin+organ

 

Adagio from violin concerto in E major  BWV1042

violin+organ

 

Largo ma non tanto from concerto for 2 violins in D minor BWV1043

2 violins+organ

 

Jesu, joy of man’s desiring

flute+harp

 

Andante from flute sonata in E minor BWV1034

flute+harpsichord/organ/harp

 

Siciliano  from flute sonata in Eb major BWV1031

flute+harpsichord/organ/harp

 

Bist du bei mir  BWV508

voice+harp/organ taken from Anna Magdalena’s Notenbuch

 

Erbarme dich from St Matthew Passion

alto+organ(+violin)

 

Bereite dich, Zion  from Christmas Oratorio                                    

alto+organ(+oboe/violin)

 

Arioso (arr. from cantata 156 + keyboard concerto in F minor)

cello+organ/harp                         

 

Bach/Gounod

Ave Maria

voice/solo instrument+harp/organ                          

 

Bizet

The Pearlfishers’ Duet

flute+harp

 

Bruch

Adagio from violin concerto no.1 in G minor

violin+organ

 

Campion, Thomas 

Never weather-beaten Saile

 

counter-tenor+lute

 

Miserere My Maker 

counter-tenor+lute

 

Author of Light

counter-tenor+lute

 

Clapton, Eric/Jennings, Will

Tears in Heaven

voice/instrument+guitar/keyboard                         

 

Cole, Nat King

Unforgettable

saxophone+keyboard

 

When I fall in love

saxophone+keyboard

 

Dowland, John

Come, heavy sleep

voice+lute

 

Me, Me and None but Me

counter-tenor+lute  song about constancy

 

Flow my tears

counter-tenor+lute  song depicts falling of tears

 

I saw my Lady weep

counter-tenor+lute  song about a woman’s grief

 

Dunhill, Thomas

The Cloths of Heaven 

voice+harp

 

Elgar

Sospiri (Sighs) op.70

violin/cello+harp/piano

 

Fauré

Various songs e.g. Après un Rêve, Au bord de l’eau, Clair de lune

voice/cello/clarinet+harp/piano

 

Pavane op. 50

flute+organ/harp

 

Pie Jesu from the Requiem

soprano+organ/harp

 

Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande op.80

flute+harp

 

Franck

Panis Angelicus

voice+organ/harp

 

Giordani

Caro mio ben

voice+organ/harp

 

Glück

Che farò from Orfeo

soprano+harp

 

Dance of the blessed spirits

flute+organ/harp

 

Hamlisch,Marvin/Sager

Nobody does it better

voice/instrument+keyboard/guitar

 

Handel

Comfort ye  abridged from Messiah

voice+organ

 

I know that my Redeemer liveth  from Messiah

voice+violin/harp+organ

 

Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo

voice+harp/harpsichord/organ

 

Angels ever bright and fair from Theodora

soprano+harp/harpsichord/organ

 

Where’er you walk from Semele

tenor+harp/organ

 

Handel/Ellerton

O Saviour, Friend (Largo)

voice+organ; words end “Grant us thy peace”

 

Handel/Rothery

Art thou troubled? Music from Rodelinda

voice+harp/harpsichord/organ

 

John, Elton

Candle in the wind

instrument+guitar/keyboard

 

Lennon, John

Imagine

voice/instrument+guitar/keyboard

 

Lennon/McCartney

Yesterday

instrument+guitar/keyboard

 

Marcello

Adagio from oboe concerto in D minor

oboe+harp/organ

 

Massenet

Méditation from Thaïs

violin/flute+harp

 

Mendelssohn

O Rest in the Lord from Elijah

alto+harp/organ

 

 

O for the wings, for the wings of a dove from Hear My Prayer

soprano+harp/organ

 

On Wings of Song

voice+harp/organ

 

Morricone

Gabriel’s Oboe

oboe+harp/keyboard/organ from the film The Mission

 

Mozart

Ruhe sanft (Rest gently) from Zaïde

soprano+harp/organ

 

Andante in C

instrument+harp

 

Abendempfindung

voice/clarinet+organ/harp; sad, beautiful song about time passing & death

 

Novello

We’ll gather lilacs

voice/instrument+harp/keyboard

 

Pergolesi

Stabat Mater

soprano+alto+organ

 

Porter, Cole

Ev’ry time we say goodbye

voice/instrument+harp/keyboard

 

Purcell

Evening Hymn

voice+lute/organ

 

Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas

soprano/instrument+harp/lute

 

O let me weep

soprano/flute+violin+organ

 

Quilter/Tennyson

Now sleeps the crimson petal

voice+harp

 

Quilter/Shelley

Music, when soft voices die

voice+harp

 

Rachmaninov

Vocalise

flute+piano/organ

 

Revaux/Francois

My Way

voice/saxophone+keyboard

 

Rodgers

You’ll never walk alone from Carousel

voice+harp/keyboard

 

My funny valentine

voice/instrument+keyboard

 

Saint-Saens

The Swan

cello/viola+harp

 

Schubert

Ave Maria

voice/instrument+harp

 

Ständchen / Serenade in D minor

voice/flute+harp/piano

 

Du bist die Ruh’

voice+harp

 

Sherwin

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

voice/instrument+keyboard

 

Streisand

Evergreen

voice/instrument+harp

 

Strauss, Richard

Morgan

voice+harp

 

Die Nacht

voice+harp

 

Allerseelen

voice+harp

 

Beim schlafengehen

voice+harp/organ

 

Vaughan Williams, R.

The Lark Ascending abridged for length

violin+harp/organ

 

Vivaldi

Largo from flute concerto in A minor

flute+organ/harp

 

Largo from lute concerto no.2 in D major  RV93 

guitar+organ

 

Trad. & popular

Melodies of your choice taken from folksongs, films and musicals or certain hymns sung as a solo with harp or organ accompaniment

voice/instrument+piano/harp/organ