First hour or wedding ceremony: £275 |
Ceremony and 1 hour or 2 hours: £446 |
3 hours: £629 |
4 hours: £823 |
Please make an enquiry for an accurate quote. |
Marina is a highly experienced professional musician for all occasions in Bristol and the South West of England. Acoustic or electric harp, Marina offers a free consultation at her home to hear her play and to help you select some music for your special day. For a wedding ceremony choose 6 songs for before hand plus one for the entrance two for the signing of the register and one for the exit. For an hour during the drinks reception choose 18 songs. For two hours during the wedding breakfast choose 36 songs.
After training at the Conservatoire de Besancon, France and the Royal College of Music, London, Marina has been playing the harp for over 40 years in the UK, 25 of which in Bristol. She has had residencies at The Royal Crescent hotel, Bath, The Royal Marriott hotel, Bristol and The Manor House at Castle Combe. She has a wide experience of playing for weddings, private and corporate functions and is open to requests provided they are suitable for the harp.
She has a wide a varied repertoire from the harp classicals, to well known classical arrangements, traditional Welsh, Scottish and Irish music, Jazz and Latin, Film, Disney, Shows and musicals, modern contemporary songs to the latest pop music like, Coldplay's Clocks and Yellow, Oasis Wonderwall, One Day Like This Elbow, A Thousand Years, Perfect, Skinny Love, Sweet Child o' Mine and Grow Old With You. She is happy to play requests if suitable for the harp.
"Weather permitting, I am happy to play outside, in a garden, gazebo or on a terrace, preferably out of the wind and in the shade. I can offer a free consultation at my home to help you select some music for your wedding, if too far away we can also do this by email or phone.
I can supply a PA system to gently amplify the harp for events where the audience is larger than around 80 guests. This is a great option for a wedding breakfast as guests can hear the music but are still able to talk."
Based in Bristol, Bristol
CLASSICAL
SUGGESTIONS FOR ENTRANCE AND EXIT WEDDING CEREMONY :
BOCHERRINI – Minuetto
CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary,
Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Tune)
HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,
Hornpipe,
Air,
La Rejouissance
MENDELSOHNN:
Wedding March from Midsummers Night Dream
PACHELBEL: Canon in D
PURCELL: Ground in F,
Roundo
WAGNER: Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride)
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SIGNING
ALBENITZ: Sonata in D
ABINONI: Adagio in G
ANON: Variation on a theme of Mozart,
Pavane XVIc,
Greensleeves
BACH: Air for the G String,
Sarabande from Partita 1,
Preludes 1 and 8,
Jesu,
Joy of Man’s Desiring,
Sleepers Wake,
Ave Maria (Gounod),
Arioso
BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata,
Ode to Joy,
Fur Elise,
Minuetto
BIZET: Habanera from Carmen
BRAHMS: Celebrated Waltz,
Lullaby
BOCCHERINI: Minuet
CHOPIN: Nocture op9 Number 2, Love s Dream number3
CLARKE: Chaconne
DEBUSSY: First Arabesque,
Claire de Lune,
Little Shepherd
DELIBES: Flower Duet,
Waltz from Coppelia
DUSSECK: Sonata in C minor
ELGAR: Chanson de Matin,
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations.
FAURE: In Paradisium,
Berceuse
FRANCK: Panis Angelicus
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN and Sullivan
I am the capitain of the Pinafore,
With cat like tread,
When a merry maiden marries,
When a wooer goes a-wooing and others
GLINKA: Variation on a theme of Mozart
GRANDJANY: Fantaisie,
Prelude number 1
GRIEG: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite
HANDEL: Passacallia,
Theme and Variations,
Sarabande and Variations from Suite number 4,
La Rejouissance,
Hornpipe and Air from Fireworks music,
Largo from Serse,
Concerto in B Flat
HAYDN: Theme Varie
HASSELMANNS: La Source,
Theme and Variations from Haydn
HOLST: Jupiter from The Planets
IVANIVICI:
Waves of the Danube and other Viennese Waltzes
MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose
MASON Joy to the World
MASSENET: Meditation
MENDELSOHNN: O’for the Wings of a Dove
MOZART: Elvira,
Opera selections from Magic Flute and Marriage
of Figaro,
Variations on Twinkle
OFFENBACH
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman
Opera selection various Puccini,
Verdi and Mozart
PACHELBEL: Canon in D
PUCCINI: O Mio Babbino Caro
PURCELL: Ground in F,
Roundo
RACKMANINOFF:
18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini
RAVEL: Bolero,
Pavane pour une infante defunte,
Pavane
Rodrigo: Second Mouvement Concerto de Aranjuez
SARTORI: Canto Della Terra,
Time to Say Goodbye
SATIE: Gymnopedies 1 and 3,
Gnossiennes 1
SCHUBERT: Ave Maria,
Lullaby
SIBELIUS: Finlandia
St SAENS:
The Swan
TSCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz,
Valse des Fleurs
TOURNIER: Etude de Concert,
Berceuse Russe,
Preludes 2 and 4,
Six Noels
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons Suite,
Spring, Summer,
Autumn and Winter,
Andante from Concerto for two Mandolins
TRADITIONAL / FOLK (also jigs and reels)
IRISH
o’Carolan’s Welcome and Ramble to Cashel,
Briget Cruise,
Concerto and Lament,
Eleanor Plunkett,
Give me your hand,
March of King Laois,
Danny Boy,
Carrickfergus,
Si Bheag Si Mhor,
Brian Boru’s March,
The Parting Glass,
Star of The County Down,
Roving Galway Boy,
Castle of Dromore,
Last Rose of Summer,
Airde Cuan,
When Irish Eyes are Smiling,
Lament for Kilcash,
land of Erin
and others.
SCOTTISH
Flower of Scotland,
Love is like a Red Red Rose,
Ae Fond Kiss,
Hush – a – bye Birdie,
The Queen’s Maries,
Fairy Lullaby,
Port Patrick,
Ellen’s Dream,
Mary Young and Fair,
Arran Boat Song,
Skye Boat Song,
My Fanwy,
The Cutting of the Fern
and others.
WELSH
The Ash Grove,
The Queen’s Marsh,
David of the White Rock,
Merch Megan,
Cariad Pur,
Dawn Through the Wattle,
Sweet Richard,
Erddigan Caer y Waun,
Cynghansail Cymry,
Myfanwy,
Land of my Fathers
ENGLISH
Greensleeves,
Scarborough Fair,
Kemp’s Jig,
Putney Ferry,
Lord Willoughby,
The Miller’s Dance,
She Moves Through the Fair
LIGHT JAZZ AND LATIN
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin
Besame Mucho
Bidin’my Time – Gershwin
Black and White Rag
Black Orpheus
Blue Moon – Rogers
Brian’s Song – Legrand
But Not for Me – Gershwin
Cumparasita
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ellington
Don’t Know Why – Harrips
Ebbtide
Embracable You – Gershwin
Fascinating Rhythm – Gershwin
Georgia On My Mind
I Get a Kick Out of You – Porter
I Say a Little Prayer – Bacharach
Isn’t She Lovely – Wonder
In a Sentimental Mood – Ellington
Killing me Softly with his Song
Long Ago and Far Away – Kern
Love is a Many Spendorous Thing
Lover Man
Lullaby of Birdland – Weiss/Shearing
Mack The Knife
Misty – Gardner
Moonlight Serenade – Miller
Night and Day – Porter
Over the Rainbow- Hart/Roger
Paris Was Made for Lovers – Legrand
Petite Fleur – Bechet
Raindrops Keep Failling on my Head – Bacharach
Secret Love – Fain
Serenata do Adeus – Moraes
Smokes Gets in Your Eyes – Kern
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise – Romberg
Summertime – Gershwin
Tenderly
The Entertainer – Joplin
The Girl from ipanema – Jobim
The Look of Love – Bacharach
The Man I Love – Gershwin
The Way you Look Tonight – Kern
The Way you Make me feel
The Windmills of Your Mind – Legrand
This Guy is in Love With You – Bacharach
Vai Doer – Dura
We Have all the Time in the World – Armstrong
What a Difference a Day Makes – Grever
What a Wonderful World – Thiele
Where is Love
Where or When – Hart/Roger
SHOWS AND FILMS
A Man and a Woman
All I Ask of You – Fantome of the Opera
Annie’s Song – Annie
As Time Goes By – Casablanca
August
Balcony Love Scene – Romeo and Juilet
Brideshead Revisited Theme
Bright Eyes – Watership Down
Can You Feel The Love Tonight – John
Cavatina/He Was Beautiful – The Deer Hunter
Can’t Help Falling in Love with You – Elvis
Chariots of Fire
Colours of the Wind – Pocohantas
Comptine D’un Autre Ete, L’Apres-midi – Amelie
Dances With Wolves
Edlewiss
Endless Love
Evergreen – A Star is Born
For The Love of a Princess – Brave Heart
Gabriel’s Oboe – The Mission
Glasgow Love Theme – Love Actually
Hallelujah – Cohen/Shrek
He Sleeps, love theme – Pretty Woman
Hoppipolla – Planet Earth
Hushabye Mountain – Chitty Bang
I Dreamt a Dream – Miserable
In Dreams – Lord of the Rings
It is You I have Loved – Shrek
I See The Light – Tangled
I Wanna be like You – Jungle book
James Bond Theme
Lara’s Theme – Doctor Zivago
Let It Go – Frozen
Local Hero
Love is all Around – 4 Weddings and a Funeral
Love said Goodbye – Godfather
Love Story
Love Theme – Romeo and Juiliet
Love Theme – Godfather
May it Be- Lord of the Rings
Memory – Cats
Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany
My Heart will Go On – Titanic
New York New York
Pie Jesus – Weber
Pirates of the Carabean
PM’s Love Theme – Love Actually
Portuguese Love Theme – Love Actually
Rule the World – Stardust
Some Enchanted Evening
Somewhere – West Side Story
Stand By Me
Star Light Express
Strangers in the Night
Tale as Old as Time – Beauty and the Beast
That is Amore – Enchanted
The Battle / Honour Him – Gladiator
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Labyrinth
The Muppet Show – Henson/Pottle
The Music of the Night – Fantome of the Opera
The Rose
The Sound of Music
The Wedding / End Titles – Emma
Unchained Melody – Ghost
Up Where We Belong – An Officer and a Gentelman
Wallace and Gromit – Notts
Walking in the Air – Snowman
When You Say Nothing at All – Notting Hill
MODERN LOVE SONGS
A Moment Like This – Clarkson
A Woman in Love – Gibbs
All of Me – Legend
All my Life – Kci & Jojo
All You Need is Love – The Beatles
Angel – McLachlan
Angels – Williams
Anniversary Waltz
A Thousands Years – Christina Perri
Bed of Roses – Bon Jovi
Beneath You Are Beautiful – McKenzie
Because
Blackbird – The Beatles
Candle in the Wind – John
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Gaudio
Can You Feel The Love Tonight – John
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Chanson d’Amour – Shanklin
Clocks – Coldplay
Closer to You
Crazy Love – Van Morrison
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Mercury
Everything – Buble
Everthing I Do – Adams
Fairy Tale – Einaudi
Fairytale Of New York – Pogues
Feelings – Albert
Fields of Gold – Sting
From Both Sides Now – Mitchell
From This Moment On – Twain
Grow Old with you – Wedding Singer
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Greatest Day – Take That
Halo – Beyonce
Happy Birthday
Handbags and Gladrags – Stewart
Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
Heaven -Adams
How Deep is Your Love – Gibbs
How Long Will I Love You – Scott
I don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
I Just Called To Say I Love You – Wonder
Il Giorni – Einaudi
I Am Forever Blowing Bubbles
I’m Yours – Mraz
In My Life – The Beatles
Imagine – Lennon
I Only Want to be With You – Hawer/Raymonde
Isn’t She Lovely – Wonder
It’s All About You – Mraz
I Swear – Baker/Myer
I Will Stand By You – The Pretenders
I Who Have Nothing – Donida
I Won’t Give Up – Mraz
Just The Way You Are – Mars
Kiss from a Rose – Seal
Kiss The Rain – Yiruma
L’ Hymn a l’Amour – Piaf
La Vie en Rose – Piaf
Lady – Richie
Let it Be – The Beatles
Live Forever – Oasis
Lothlorien – Enya
Love and Marriage
Love is Easy – McFly
Love Me Like You Do - Goulding
Love Me Tender – Elvis
Lovin You – Riperton
Make You feel My Love – Dylan
Marry You – Mars
Moonshadow – Stevens
My Way
My Cherie Amour – Wonder
Nights in White Satin – Hayward
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
One Day Like This – Elbow
One Moment in Time
On The Wings of Love
On Your Shore – Enya
Perfect – Nevia
Perfect – Sherwin
Perfect Day – Reed
Primavera – Einaudi
Rule the World – Take That
Save the Best for Last
Saving all my Love for You – Masser
Send in the Clowns
She – Aznavour
She’s Always a Woman
Someone Like You – Adele
Something Gotten Hold of my Heart – Greenway
Sometimes When we Touch
Songbird – McVie
Song for Guy – John
Skinny Love – Birdie
Stand by Me – King
Storms in Africa – Enya
Stairway to Heaven – Page & Plant
Sweet Child o'mine – Guns and Roses
The Air That I Breathe – Simply Red
The Circle
The Closest Thing to Crazy – Batt
The Greatest Love of All – Musser
The Lady in Red – De Burgh
The Power of Love
The River Flows in You – Yiruma
The Sound of Silence – Simon
The Wind Beneath my Wings
The Wonder of You – Wonder
Three Times a Lady – Richie
Want to be With You – Moody Blues
Watermark – Enya
We Have Only Just Begun – Nichols
What The World Needs Now is Love
When I Need You – Sager
When We Fall in Love
Wildest Dreams - Swift
Without You
Woman – Lennon
Wonderful Tonight – Clapton
Wonderwall – Oasis
Yellow – Coldplay
You are So Beautiful – Fisher
You are the One – Twain
You Raise Me Up – Westlife
Your Song – Elton
White Wedding - Idol
Life on Mars - Bowie
Space Oddity - Bowie
BOLLYWOOD
Hum Ko Humise
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Tum Dil Ke Dhadkan
Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai
Guzanish
Tadap Tadap Ke
Jash E Bahaara
Mere Haath Mein
Aate jaste Hanste
CHRISTMAS
12 Days of Christmas – Traditional
Angels from the Realms of Glory – Traditional
Carol of the Drum – Davis
Coventry Carol – Traditional
Deck the Halls – Traditional
Down in Yon Forest – Traditional
God Rest you Merry Gentelmen – Traditional
Good King Wenceslas – Cantiones
Happy Christmas (war is over) – Lennon and Ono
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Mendelssohn
In the Bleak Midwinter – Holst
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Willis
Jerusalem – Parry
Jingel Bells – Pierpont
Mary’s Boy Child – Hariston
Merry Christmas Everybody – Holder and Lea
Morning Has Broken – Stevens
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Redner
Silent Night – Gruber
Sussex Carol – Traditional
The Angel Gabriel – Traditional
The First Nowell – Traditional
The Holly and the Ivy – Traditional
When a Child is Born – Zacar
While Shepherds Watched their Flock
– Traditional
She is happy to play requests if suitable for the harp.
Power if PA needed. Space for stool, music stand and a harp roughly minimum of 2 meters x 3 meters.
Yes can bring my own PA to amp my harp only.
Directions always appreciated. Parking suitable to unload and load a concert harp near a disabled entrance or main entrance.
Please no chair as I always bring my favourite stool. It's light weight and at a suitable comfortable height for my playing the harp
Please something flat and a hard surface. No gravel, sinking or inclined lawns and no uneven surfaces. All much appreciated ❤
Kensington Palace.
Harpist Harpo Marx and his brothers, they are just having so much fun. Harpo is my hero.
Love playing Sleeping Beauty Waltz to Bach to Sweet Child of Mine and Stairway to Heaven.
Many years ago. After my studies in France and at tge RCM London.
I starting playing in a restaurant in Rye, East Sussex, called The Monastery. Never looked back since then.
Set up: I like to arrive 30 minutes beforehand to set up and tune the harp.
For a wedding ceremony I like to play upto 30 minutes beforehand whist the guests arrive then choose 4 songs for the Ceremony.
Happy to play afterwards generally by the hour or half playing time. Happy to go along with what is required.
Yes, out of the sun snd wind preferably . If some rain happens I will stop aying and move the harp.
The clients can choose and selects all the songs.
I choose and recommend songs if required.
Amazing harpist, that can capture guests attention and just wow everyone.
Yes upto 2 free if suitable and playable on the harp. After that I charge.
Tortworth Court hotel, near Dursley : Madeleine and Alex
Alwick Eastate, nr Bristol: Mary and Andrew
St Audries Park, West Quantoxhead: James and Nicole
Kingscote Barn, near Tetbury: Martin and Nikita
Eastwood Park, Falfield: Isabel and Luke
Guyers House, nr Corsham: Lee and Kat
Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh: Catherine and Geoff
Medieval Barn, Winterbourne: Alex and Ryan
The Tythe Barn, near Tetbury: Louise and Ryan
Widbrook Grange, Bradford on Avon: Chloe and Chris
Priston Mill, Marksbury: Diana and Owen
ICC Wales: Sareena
The Greenway, Shurdington: Sarah and Nick
Berwick Lodge, Bristol: Tony and Janet
Manor by the Lake, Cheltenham: Gabrielle and Miles
Coombe Lodge, Blagdon: Edward and Charlotte
Limpley Stoke hotel: Amber and Adam
Minerva Temple, Botanical Gardens, Bath: Patricia
Manor House, Orchardleigh, Frome: Emily and James
Pennard House, Shepton Malet: Heather and Christian
Great Tythe Barn, Tetbury: Verity and Bradley
Eastlington Park, Stroud: Sophie and Mike
Bristol Museum Bristol: Tara and Joshua
Cadbury House, Congresbury: Geraldine and Laurence
Thornbury Castle, near Bristol: Corey and Brizney
Thornbury Golf Club: Louise and Mark
Barn at Berkeley, nr Bristol: Hollie
Royal Crescent hotel, Bath
The Bath Spa Hotel
Marriot Royal hotel , Bristol
Manor House, Castle Combe
Kilver Court, Shepton mallet
Charlton House, Shepton Mallet
The Bath Pump rooms, Bath
Walton Park, Clevedon,
Stanton Manor, near Malmesbury
Bovey Castle, Devon