Harp Marie-France - The Bristol Harpist Highly recommended professional musician with over 40 years of experience.

Based in United Kingdom

Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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LOCATION
Bristol, England, United Kingdom

TRAVEL
up to 50 miles

PRICE
from £200 (GBP)

RATED
10 / 10 from 4 reviews

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Price Guide

Description Price
Solo Harp wedding Ceremony or first hour£200 (GBP)
Solo Harp wedding ceremony and 1 hour or 2 hours£360 (GBP)
Wedding ceremony and 2 hours or 3 hours solo harp£520 (GBP)
Wedding ceremony and 1 hour Drinks and 2 hours wedding breakfast or 4 hours£680 (GBP)
My fees include everything except travel if over 25 miles from Bristol. Please enquire for an accurate quote. If cancellation due to covid free change of dates as many times as required.

About / Biography

Marie-France, classically trained in France is available for weddings and private functions in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding South West of England.

She has over 30 years of experience, her harp playing is highly skilled and unique with her own arrangements of modern love songs.

Do check on my availability, happy to play 1 request free of charge.

Fees start from £200 which maybe for a wedding Ceremony or 1 hour during the drinks reception or a Wedding Breakfast.

For a Wedding ceremony and 1 hour during the drinks reception from: £360

For a Wedding ceremony and 2 hours from: £520

For a wedding ceremony, please choose 6 songs for beforehand, I would play upto 30minutes until the bridal entrance, plus choose one for the bridal entrance, 2 for the signing of the register and one for the exit at the end of the Ceremony.

For an hour playing choose 16 songs.

Reviews (4)

There are currently 4 user ratings for Harp Marie-France - The Bristol Harpist

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in United Kingdom

Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Travels up to 50 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 50 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 25 miles)
Travel areas on the map are approximate (distances may vary) free quote

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

Edelweiss

Endless Love

Evergreen – A Star is Born

Everybody Wants to be a Cat – Aristocats

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

I Will Follow Him – Sister Act

James Bond Theme

Lara’s Theme – Doctor Zivago

Let It Go – Frozen

Little April Shower – Bambi

Lothlorien – Lord of the Rings

Love is all Around – 4 Weddings and a Funeral

Love said Goodbye – Godfather

Love Story

Love Theme – Romeo and Juliet

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

Part of Your World – The Little Mermaid

Pie Jesus – Weber

Pirates of the Caribbean

PM’s Love Theme – Love Actually

Portuguese Love Theme – Love Actually

Pure Imagination – Willy Wonka

Rule the World – Stardust

She – Notting Hill

Some Day My prince Will Come – Snow White

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

Under The Sea – The Little Mermaid

Up Where We Belong – An Officer and a Gentleman

Wallace and Gromit – Notts

Walking in the Air – Snowman

When You Say Nothing at All – Notting Hill

When You Wish Upon a Star – Pinocchio

You Have a Friend in Me – Toy Story

Modern Love Songs

A Moment Like This – Clarkson

All About You – Mcfly

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

Beautiful in White – Westlife

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

Close to You – Carpenters

Crazy Love – Van Morrison

Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Mercury

Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen

Eternal Flame – The Bangles

Everything – Bubble

Everything I Do – Adams

Fairy Tale – Einaudi

Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues

Feelings – Albert

Fields of Gold – Sting

Firework – Kate Perry

From Both Sides Now – Mitchell

From This Moment On – Twain

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

Heaven – Westenra

Here Comes The Sun – Harrison

Hine o Hine – Westenra

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

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

Life on Mars – Bowie

Live Forever – Oasis

Lothlorien – Enya

Love and Marriage

Love is Easy – McFly

Love Me Like You Do – Goulding

Love Me Tender – Elvis

Lovin’g You – Riperton

Make You feel My Love – Dylan

Marry You – Mars

Moonshadow – Stevens

My Way

My Cherie Amour – Wonder

Nights in White Satin – Hayward

One Day Like This – Elbow

One Moment in Time

Only You – The Platters

On The Wings of Love

On Your Shore – Enya

Perfect – Ed Sherrin

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

Skinny Love – Iver

Someone Like You – Adele

Something Gotten Hold of my Heart – Greenway

Someone You Loved – Capaldi

Something – Harrison

Sometimes When we Touch

Somewhere Only We Know -Keane

Songbird – McVie

Song for Guy – John

Space Oddity – Bowie

Stand by Me – King

Storms in Africa – Enya

Stairway to Heaven – Page & Plant

Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns N’ Roses

The Air That I Breathe - Simple Red

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

White Wedding Day – Idol

Without You – Nilsson

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

Classical

Wedding Processionals and Recessionals (entrance and exit)

Bocherrini – Minuetto

Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary, Prince of Denmark’s March, Chaconne

Handel – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Chaconne, Hornpipe, Air, La Rejouissance, Passacallia, Largo from Serse

Mendelsohn – Wedding March from Midsummers Night Dream

Pachelbel – Canon in D

Purcell – Ground in F, Roundo

Wagner – Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride

Albenitz – Sonata in D

Albinoni – 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 Op 9 No 2, Waltz Op 64 No 2, Waltz in A minor, Etude No 3, Minute Waltz, Fantaisie Impromtu 2nd mouvement.

Debussy – First Arabesque, Claire de Lune, Little Shepherd.

Delibes – Flower Duet, Waltz from Coppelia, Pas des Fleurs,

Dusseck – Sonata in C minor

Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Nimrod from the Enigma Variations.

Faure – In Paradisium, Berceuse

Franck – Panis Angelicus

Gilbert 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, On Wings of Song

Mozart – Elvira, Opera selections from Magic Flute and Marriage of Figaro, Variations on Twinkle, Cradle Song.

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, Moment Musical, Cradle Song, Serenade.

Sibelius – Finlandia

Strauss – Artist’s Life, Blue Danube, Morgenblatter, Serenade, TT Polka, Voices of Spring, Weiner Blut, Wine Women and Song, Radetzky March.

St Saens – The Swan from Carnival of the Animals

Tschaikovsky – The Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Valse des Fleurs, Dance of Sugar Plum Fairy, Swan Lake Waltz.

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, The Cutting of the Fern and others.

Welsh – The Ash Grove, Myfanwy, Calon Lan, 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, Land of my Fathers.

English – Greensleeves, Scarborough Fair, Kemp’s Jig, Putney Ferry, Lord Willoughby, The Miller’s Dance, She Moves Through the Fair.

Russian – Black eyes

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Happy to play outside, weather permitting out of the hot sun and wind.
I have P A if required, this is included in my fees.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

I require 30 minutes to set up and bring everything I need.
For a wedding ceremony: I would play up to 30 minutes beforehand choose 6 songs plus one for the bridal entrance and two for the signing and 0ne for the exit. Total of 10 songs
For an hour choose 16 songs.

Recent Clients

Harp Marie-France - The Bristol Harpist has performed for these clients:

Over the years I have had many residencies in Bristol and Bath and played for many celebrities and corporate events.

I have played the harp on a sound board for children with sensory deprivation. The results are very rewarding.

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