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Reception
 Simple Gifts / Shaker melody
 Watching the Wheat / Welsh traditional, arr.
John Thomas
 The Water is Wide / English
 Various Celtic tunes
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Ruth Mertens, harp
Baroque:
 Chaconne (from “The Fairy Queen”) / Henry
Purcell
 Come, Ye Sons of Art, Away / Henry Purcell
 Concerto in B Flat Major (1st Movement) / G.
F. Handel
 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Theme / J.S. Bach
 Minuet / Henry Purcell
 Prelude in C / J.S. Bach
 Rondeau / Henry Purcell
 Various pieces by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi,
Rameau, etc.
Classical:
 Ode to Joy / Ludwig Beethoven
 Sonatina / Robert C.N. Bochsa
 Sonata in D Major / John Parry
Romantic:
 Clair de Lune / Claude Debussy
 Intermezzo (from “Cavalleria Rusticana”) /
Pietro Mascagni
 La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (The Girl With
The Flaxen Hair) / Claude Debussy
 Le Cygne / Camille Saint-Saens
 Jupiter Theme (from The Planets) / Gustav
Holst
 Mon Coeur S'ouvre À Ta Voix (Softly Awakes
My Heart) / Camille Saint-Saens
 O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi) /
Giacomo Puccini
 Poem / Zdenek Fibich
Modern:
 Chansons dans la Nuit / Carlos Salzedo
 Sonatina / Anton Zamara
Traditional/Celtic:
 Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night) /
Welsh
 The Lark in the Clear Air / Irish
 My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose / Robert
Burns
Popular:
 All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera) /
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
 Athair ar Neamh / Enya
 Autumn Leaves / Johnny Mercer
 Can’t Help Falling in Love / performed by
Elvis Presley
 Fields of Gold / Sting
 Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) /
Craig Armstrong
 Hey Jude / performed by The Beatles
 Into the West (from The Return of the King) /
Howard Shore
 I See the Light (from Tangled) /Alan Menken
 My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic) / James
Horner
 Norwegian Wood / performed by The Beatles
 Stairway to Heaven / performed by Led
Zeppelin
 Tale as Old as Time (from Beauty and the
Beast) /Alan Menken
 Various Disney tunes
 Various George Gershwin tunes
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Amazing Grace
As the Deer / Martin Nystrom
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
His Eye Is On the Sparrow
The Lord’s Prayer / Albert Malotte
Morning Has Broken
What Wondrous Love is This?
Various traditional hymns
Various Christmas carols
This list is not exclusive.
Please contact Ruth for special requests.