Wedding Ceremony (up to 1 hour): £325 |
Wedding Ceremony & Drinks Reception (Up to 2.5 hours): £375 |
Functions (up to 2.5 hours): £375 |
Luc was born into a musical family. It was part of his education, as well as his brother’s and two sisters‘, to master an instrument. At one stage, his parents sold both their cars so they could afford the music lessons.
As a boy of four he would sit for hours working the reel-to-reel, listening to classical music such as the Saint Matthew’s Passion and the occasional folk tunes. At the age of seven Luc started to play the Lyre and at nine he took up his main instrument, the
Although for eight years he made his living as a kindergarten teacher, Luc still played the Harp as a hobby and occasionally professionally.
He moved from Holland to Northern Ireland. The Irish tunes, the melodies of Turlough O’Carolan (the blind harpist and composer) and the passion people felt for their music inspired him. He moved from Northern Ireland to Devon bringing the Irish tunes with him.
What he has done.
Luc has been a harp teacher for more then twenty years and has been performing as a soloist and with his brother Marc who plays the violin. Together they’ve been on Concert Tours in Britain, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Austria and Sw
He had private tuition for years from the renowned Harpist Cathy White who is the Principal Harp teacher at the Birmingham Conservatoire and Harp teacher at the Royal Music Academy in London.
Luc has been the harpist of the Torbay Symphony Orchestra and has been a Wedding Harpist for 20 years. He has also played at festivals, hotels and restaurants. Recently he did some recording with Joss Stone for her new album.
He has also recorded four albums including:
1. Seaweed on the tide (Celtic Harp)
2. Picking up the thread (Concert Harp)
3. The Walpot
Based in Newton Abbot, Devon
Classical
Harp Concerto in Bb - Handel
Passacaille - Handel
Harp and Flute Concerto - Mozart
Chaconne - Handel
Sarabande violin Partita No1- Bach
Sonate No 1 - J Parry
Etude de Concert - Godefroid
El Picaflor - J Marson
Nataliana - Henson-Conant
Esquisse - H Renie
Reverie- - H Renie
Sonatine No 2 ,3,4 - Naderman
Prelude No ! and 4 - Tournier
Sabre Dance - Susan McDonald
Glissando Waltz - Mozart
Prjere - Marc Delmas
Feuilles D’Automne - Hasselmans
Reverie - Hasslemans
Rouet - Hasselmans
Ronde de Nuit - Hasselmans
Song in the Night - Salzedo
Bransles - Anthoine Francisque
Little Fouintain - Samuel O’ Pratt
Popular Classics
Bridal March - Mendelssohn
Wedding March - Wagner
The Canon - Pachelbel
Queen of Sheba - Handel
Water music Hornpipe - Handel
Ave Maria - Schubert
Prince of Denmark March - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Purcell
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Air on a G-string - Bach
Jesu joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
Arabesque - Debussy
Morning from Peer Gynt - Grieg
Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky
Gymnopedie - Satie
Cello Suite No 1 - Bach
Popular Music
Music of the Night - Lloyd Webber
Fields of Gold - Sting
Evergreen - Barbara Streisand
Sunrise ,Sunset - Sheldon Harnick
The Wind Beneath my Wings - Larry Henley
The Rose - Amanda McBroom
Love Song from Tatanic
The Piano - Nymen
Cavaline from Deer Hunter
Schindler’s List Music
Try to Remember - Tom Jones
Annie’s Song - John Denver
Summertime (Jazz)
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Scarborough Fair - Stewart Green (Jazz)
When I’m 64
Can’t Help Falling in Love with you
Jazette - Paul Lewis (Jazz)
She - Notting Hill