Meredith McCracken

Description

Since moving to Worcestershire I delight in the personal world of weddings and special events. I enjoy writing my own arrangements of well known songs for the harp, so much of my music is uniquely mine. The harp is gaining increasing popularity with Asian couples who are looking for something a little different. They are thrilled to realise that many Bollywood ballads can sound wonderful on the harp. My extensive repertoire of music includes classical and light classical pieces, music from the shows, wonderful lyrical 'golden oldies', as well as favourite modern pop songs, traditional celtic m ... usic, Christmas carols and songs, and a range of music suitable for children.
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Set-List

Here is some of the music I love to play!
Weddings and Civil Partnerships
Bach - Arioso
Bach - Air on the G String
Bach - Prelude No.1
Beatles - I Will
Beethoven - Ode to Joy  
Delibes - Flower Duet  
Giacchino - Married Life from Up 
Handel - March from Scipio
Handel - Air from The Water Music
Handel - Hornpipe from The Water Music
Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Henry Mancini - Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Mendelssohn - Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pachelbel - ... Canon in D
Pokarekare Ana - A Maori Love Song 
  Wagner - Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride)  
Popular
Aerosmith  - I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing   
Alpert - This Guy's in Love With You
Craig Armstrong - Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Baerwald/Gilbert - Where is Your Heart from Moulin Rouge
Baerwald/Gilbert - Come What May from Moulin Rouge
Bryan Adams  - Everything I Do
Bryan Adams  - Heaven
Harold Arlen - Somewhere over the Rainbow
Burt Bacharach - I Say a Little Prayer
Burt Bacharach - This Guy’s in Love With You
Irving Berlin - Always
A. Bilk - Stranger on the Shore
Birdy - Skinny Love
Michael Buble - Everything
Michael Buble - Home
Michael Buble - Wonderful Tonight
Carter Burwell - Bella's Lullaby from Twilight
Eva Cassidy  - Songbird
K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
Coldplay - Clocks
Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love
Des’ree - Kissing You (from Romeo and Juliet)
Celine Dion - Immortality
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On from The Titanic      
Dix - What Child is This (Greensleeves)
Dylan/Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Einaudi - I Giorni
Evanescence - My Immortal
Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You
Guns N’ Roses - November Rain
Marvin Hamlisch - Nobody Does it Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
George Harrison  - Here Comes the Sun
J. Horner - For the Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)
James Ingram & Dolly Parton - The Day I Fall in Love (from Beethoven)
Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird
Etta James - At Last
Michael Jackson  - I'll Be There
Michael Jackson - The Lady in my Life
Elton John - Your Song
Norah Jones  - Come Away with Me
Kahn  - It Had to be You
Jerome Kern - The Way You Look Tonight
Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
Lai  - Theme from Love Story
J. Lennon - I Will
Alan Jay Lerner - I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady)
Annie Lennox - Into the West (from The Return of the King)
Led Zeppelin  - Stairway to Heaven
John Legend - All of Me
Mancini - Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s     
Mancini  - Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet   
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars - Marry You
Menken - Theme from Beauty and the Beast
Menken - A Whole New World (from Aladdin)
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Jason Mraz - I Won’t Give Up
Myers  - Cavatina (She was Oh, So, Beautiful) 
Newman - Because You Loved Me from Up Close and Personal
John Newton - Amazing Grace
A. North - Unchained Melody
Cole Porter - I Get a Kick out of You
Cole Porter - Night and Day
Elvis Presley - Can’t Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Queen - Love of My Life
Lionel Richie - Endless Love
Rodgers and Hammerstein  - Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music)
Rodgers and Hammerstein - I Could Have Danced All Night (from The King and I)
Rodgers and Hammerstein - You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
Rodgers and Hart - My Funny Valentine
S. Romberg - Serenade from The Student Prince
Rota  - Love Theme from the Godfather
Rota - Love Said Goodbye from the Godfather part 2
Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
Savage Garden  - I Knew I Loved You
M Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Schmidt  - Try to Remember
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Sondheim  - Send in the Clowns
Sting - Fields of Gold 
Take That - Rule the World
Theile & Weiss - What a Wonderful World
Shania Twain - From This Moment On
Van Morrison - Have I told you Lately
D Warren - Because You Loved Me from Up Close & Personal
N. Westlake - When You Taught Me How to Dance from Miss Potter
Webber - All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera  
Webber - Close Every Door from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Webber - Don't Cry for Me, Argentina from Evita
Webber  - Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
Webber  - Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera
Westlife - Flying Without Wings
Westlife - I Do
Westlife - The Rose
John Williams - Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) from The Empire Strikes Back
John Williams - Theme from Harry Potter
Robbie Williams   - Angels
Robbie Williams  - She’s the One
Wilson - ‘til There Was You  
Stevie Wonder  - Isn’t She Lovely
Stevie Wonder - Ma Cherie Amour
Stevie Wonder - I Believe When I Fall in Love it will be Forever
Yiruma - River Flows in You
Classical Music
Beethoven - Fur Elise  
Chopin - Nocturne
Clarke/Purcell  - Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy - Arabesque
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Debussy -   Maid with the Flaxen Hair
Elgar - Salut d’Amour 
Giordani  - Caro Mio Ben
Glinka - Nocturne
Handel  - The Harmonious Blacksmith
Handel - Theme and Variation
Handel - Air from The Water Music
Handel- Hornpipe from The Water Music
Hasselmans - Serenade Melancolique
Liszt - Liebestraum
Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Mozart  - Minuet from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - Serenade from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Parry - Sonata in D, Andante and Gavotte
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary
J. Strauss   - The Blue Danube Waltz
Vivaldi  - Allegretto (Spring) from The Four Seasons
Vivaldi  - Largo (Winter) from The Four Seasons    
Bollywood
Medley of Hai Guzarish SC / Khuda Jaane / Singh is Kinng
Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai (You Are My Night, My Dawn)
Chand Sitare Phool Aur Khushboo (Moon, Stars, Flowers and Fragrance)
Tere Bina Jiya Jaaye Na (I Can’t Live Without You)
Chadni O Meri Chadni (My Moonlight)
Tumko Hi Chahenge Hum (Only Pine For You)
Chalo Tumko Lekar Chale (Come, Let Me Take You Away)
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha (I Saw A Girl)
Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam (My Beloved, My Darling)
Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna (Keep Your Henna Applied)
Main Hoon Khushrang Henna (I am the Colourful Henna)
Tere Liye from Veer Zara
Ringa Ringa
Tum Aa Gaye Ho Noor Aa Gaya Hai (Your Arrival has Brought with it the Light)
Raat Ki Hatheli Par (On the Palm of the Night, Moon Glitters)
Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai (Say it’s Love)
Hey Shona from Ta Ra Rum Pum SC
Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein
Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)
Jeene Laga Hoon (from Ramaiya Vastavaiya)
Opera Favourites
Bizet - Habenera from Carmen
Delibes - Flower Duet
Lehar - Waltz from the Merry Widow
Lehar - Vilja from the Merry Widow
Massenet - Meditation from Thais  
Offenbach - Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
Puccini  - Musetta’s Waltz from La Boheme
Christenings and Naming Ceremonies / Music for Children
Batt - The Wombling Song
Brahms - Lullaby
Carter Burwell - Bella's Lullaby from Twilight
Churchill - Never Smile at a Crocodile
Daly - Postman Pat
David/Hoffman/Livingstone - The Un Birthday Song from Alice in Wonderland
Debussy  - Maid with the Flaxen Hair 
Fain/Lawrence - Once Upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty 
Franck  - Panis Angelicus  
Gay - Run Rabbit, Run
Giacchino - Married Life from Up
Hart - Nellie the Elephant
Heyman/Young - When I Fall in Love
John Lennon - Beautiful Boy
Loesser - The Ugly Duckling
Lopez - Let it Go from Frozen
Menken - Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid
Myers  - Cavatina (She was Oh, So, Beautiful)  
John Williams - Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) from The Empire Strikes Back
John Williams   - Theme from Harry Potter   
Traditional Music
- Scottish
Highland Wedding
Iain of Glen Cuaich
The Eight Men of Miodart
The Royal Lament  
Tay Mouth
Ballachulish Glen   
Strathspey and Reel
Princess Augusta   
General Monroe’s Lamentation
The Marquis of Tullibardine   
The East Neuk of Fife
The Earl of Lauderdale   
Teviot Bridge
My Home (Mo Dhachaidh)   
Blind Mary
Ben Dorain   
Kitty Tyrell
The Cockle Gatherer   
The Mingulay Boat Song
Lady Sutherland’s Reel   
Auld Lang Syne
The Corn Riggs are Bonny   
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
The Misty Island (Eilean a’Cheo)   
- Irish
Fields of Athenry   
Strathspey Jig and Reel   
Lament for Owen Roe
The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)   
The Little and the Great Mountain
Caitlin Triall   
Planxty Irwin
Heman Dubh   
The Minstrel Boy  
Mrs Maxwell   
The Rose of Tralee
- Welsh
Megan’s Daughter
All Through the Night
The Minstrel’s Farewell to his Native Land
Lady Owen’s Delight
Watching the Wheat
The Men of Harlech
David of the White Rock
The Ash Grove
Christmas
Away in a Manger
Deck the Halls
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Oh, Christmas Tree
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Silent Night
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
White Christmas
Funerals
Albert Hay Malotte - The Lord's Prayer
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring       
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On from The Titanic            
Delma - Priere      
Dvorak - Largo (Going Home) from The New World Symphony)    
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Grant - The Lord’s My Shepherd
Handel - Theme and Variation      
Hasselmans - Serenade Melancolique
Henley/Silbar - The Wind Beneath My Wings       
Henry Francis Lyte - Abide With Me   
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven       
John Newton - Amazing Grace       
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Queen - Love of My Life       
You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)     
Schmidt - Try to Remember     
Schubert - Ave Maria         
Sibelius - Be Still my Soul, from Finlandia       
Sondheim - Send in the Clowns
T. Springfield - The Carnival is Over     
Webster/Brodszky - I’ll Walk With God   
Westlife - Flying Without Wings      
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Biography

I graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a BA in Music Performance. For many years I enjoyed combining my position of principal harpist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with my current role as principal harpist with the orchestra of the Scottish Ballet.

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Experience

I have many years of experience performing either as a soloist, within a small group or an orchestra for audiences large and small, in theatres and concert halls, hotels and churches.

Previous Clients

Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
Tosoh Bioscience
State Bank of India, UK Ltd
Nationwide Building Society
Bovis Homes
BMW
Rudell the Jewellers and Patek Philippe
NORSACA / Autism East Midlands
Phoenix IT
The Orders of St John Care Trust
Bournville College, Birmingham

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Birthday Party (Adult) Christening Christmas Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Corporate Event Dinner Party Engagement Party Funeral/Memorial Service Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Additional Information

Musicians’ Union member.
Public Liability insurance of £10,000,000