Suggestions for Weddings:
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Hornpipes or marches are nice for entrances.
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The pieces in the ‘Art Music’ and ‘Baroque’ section are quite long, so are therefore suited to Offertory/ Communion/Signing of the Register.
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Slow airs are usually effective at the Offertory or as the last piece at the Communion – otherwise they tend to get lost in background noise.
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I find dance music – e.g. a few stately jigs or upbeat reels – are great to finish with. Everyone dances out of the church!
Repertoire by Genre
Baroque
Fanny Power (Turlough O’Carolan)
Lady Dillon (Turlough O’Carolan)
Mr. O’Connor (Turlough O’Carolan)
Planxty Sudley (Turlough O’Carolan)
The Princess Royale
Art Music
Breton Waltz
Little Prelude in F Major (Bach)
Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Marches
Marchslua Uí Néill
Marcshlua Brian Boru
Slow Airs
Na Géanna Fiáine
An Chéad Mháirt Den Fhomhair
Miscellaneous
Sonny’s Mazurka
The Munster Cloak
Song of the Chanter
Hornpipes
Na Síoga
The Peacock’s Feather
President Garfield’s
The Harvest Home
Jig, Reel Sets
Unlimited...but samples include:
The Gander in the Pratie Hole, the Queen of the Rushes
The Sport of the Chase Set
Tyrell’s Pass, the Coolinarne Jig, Winnie Hayes’
The Old Flail, The Blackthorn Stick
Bean an Tí, The Blacksmith’s Daughter
