Weddings
The beautiful sound of the harp creates an elegant atmosphere at any special occasion. Whether you have traditional or modern tastes, my repertoire is constantly expanding and spans centuries, styles and genres. I provide a bespoke service and can create custom song lists for your wedding. If you have any special requirements, or if there is a song of special significance to you, then please include it in your enquiry. My repertoire list can be viewed here.
I can also perform alongside other instrumentalists including flute, violin, cello, saxophone and singers. Additionally, I play the Scottish lever harp- the clarsach. This is Scotland's oldest heritage instrument and its unique sound is suitable for intimate venues and traditional folk music, as well as being portable enough for any venue.
I am happy to travel throughout the United Kingdom and can play indoors and outdoors (weather permitting). I have public liability insurance and can provide a certificate upon request.
Repertoire
Popular
Adele - Make You Feel My Love, Someone Like You
Alicia Keys - If I Ain’t Got You
Aerosmith - I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Beatles - All You Need is Love, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, Let It Be, Something, With a Little Help From My Friends, Yesterday
Ben E King - Stand by me
Beyonce - Halo
Billy Joel - Always a Woman
Birdy - Wings
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are, Marry You
Bryan Adams- Everything I Do
Celine Dion - Colour of my Love
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Clean Bandit - Rather Be, Symphony
Coldplay - Clocks, Sky Full of Stars, Viva la Vida
Des’ree - I’m Kissing You
Ed Sheeran - Perfect, Photograph, Tenerife Sea, Thinking Out Loud
Elbow - One Day Like This
Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You, Love Me Like You Do
Elvis Presley - I Can't Help Falling in Love With You, Love Me Tender
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love, Spectrum (Say My Name)
Guns n Roses - Sweet Child o Mine
Jack Johnson - Better Together
James Arthur - Say You Won’t Let Go
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
John Legend - All of Me
John Lennon - Imagine
Joseph Kosma - Autumn Leaves
Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up
Justin Bieber - Anyone, Despacito, Love Yourself
Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop the Feeling
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
The Killers - Read My Mind
Lana del Ray - Video Games
Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Love Affair - Everlasting Love
Lumineers - Ho Hey
McFly - No Worries
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Michael Buble - Everything
Minnie Riperton - Loving You
Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait
Nat King Cole - L-O-V-E, When I Fall in Love
Natalie Cole - This Will Be
Nathan Sykes - Over and Over Again
Oasis - Wonderwall
OMI - Cheerleader
Owl City - Fireflies
Passenger - Let Her Go
Pharrell Williams - Happy
The Script - Hall of Fame
Sister Sledge- Thinking of You
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Sting - Fields of Gold
Take That - Greatest Day, Paradise, Rule the World
Classical
Alvars - Romance in A flat
Bach - Air on the G string
*Bach - Arioso
*Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach - Prelude in C
Beethoven - Für Elise
*Boyce - Canon in C
Campra - Rigaudon from Idomenee
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary from 'The Prince of Denmark's March'
Debussy - Clair de lune
Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin
Einaudi - I Giorni, Life
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Gounod - Ave Maria from Prelude in C by Bach
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - Chaconne in C
Handel - Largo from Xerxes
Handel - Water Music- Allegro Maestoso
Hasselmans - La Source
Intermezzo - Mascagni
Massanet - Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Satie - First Gymnopedie
Thomas - Watching the Wheat
Wagner - Bridal Chorus
Yiruma- Kiss the Rain, River Flows in You
* indicates religious music not suitable for civil ceremonies
Movie/Disney/Musical
Alice’s Theme from Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
All I ask of you from ‘Phantom of the Opera’
All in the Golden Afternoon from ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Be Our Guest from ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Can you feel the love tonight from ‘Lion King’
City of Stars from ‘La La Land’
Colours of the Wind from ‘Pocahontas’
Concerning Hobbits from ‘Lord of the Rings’
A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes from ‘Cinderella’
Edelweiss from ‘The Sound of Music’
Engagement Party from ‘La La Land’
For the Love of a Princess from ‘Braveheart’
Game of Thrones Theme
Glasgow Theme from ‘Love Actually’
How Far I’ll Go from ‘Moana’
Into the West from ‘Lord of the Rings’
I See the Light from ‘Tangled’
Jurassic Park Theme
La Valse de l’Amour from ‘Cinderella’
Let it Go from ‘Frozen’
Ma Belle Evangeline from ‘The Princess and the Frog’
Married Life from ‘Up’
May it Be by Enya from ‘Lord of the Rings’
A Million Dreams from ‘The Greatest Showman’
Music of the Night from ‘Phantom of the Opera’
My Favourite Things from ‘The Sound of Music’
My Heart Will Go On from ‘Titanic’
On my Own from ‘Les Miserables’
Once Upon a Dream from ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Part of your World from ‘Little Mermaid’
Rains of Castamere from ‘Game of Thrones’
Rewrite the Stars from 'The Greatest Showman'
Sally’s Song from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’
Sons of Skyrim from ‘Skyrim’
So Close from ‘Enchanted’
Somewhere over the rainbow from ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Stranger Things Theme
Tale as Old as Time from ‘Beauty and the Beast’
True Love’s Kiss from ‘Enchanted’
When you Wish Upon a Star from ‘Pinocchio’
A Whole New World from ‘Aladdin’
You’ve got a Friend from ‘Toy Story’
Traditional
Ashokan Farewell
Auld Lang Syne
Danny Boy
Eriskay Love Lilt
Flower of Scotland
Greensleeves
Highland Cathedral
Loch Lomond
Logan Water
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Mairi's Wedding
The Mingulay Boat Song
Skye Boat Song
The Water is Wide
Will ye go lassie go
Ye Banks and Braes
Testimonials
"Thank you for playing at my daughters wedding. We all thought you were absolutely superb - we had amazing comments from everyone about how fantastic you were and even the hallmark staff commented how wonderful it was to listen to you. You really did us proud and it made the day. My mum and dad were so impressed and it made my daughters wedding special. Fantastic repertoire."
-Mother of Bride
"Thank you so much for playing at our wedding on 11/11/17. You were absolutely fantastic, and my family loved you! Everyone’s commented on how talented you are, how adaptable you were, and how different it was to have a harpist there. You coped so well with the table of my cousins, who gave you ‘challenge’ after challenge, and you just kept hitting them out of the park! I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you to anyone, thank you again."
-Sarah and Ben
"We both wanted to say a huge thank you to you for performing at our wedding. Having the harp music for our ceremony last weekend and then playing in the background during the drinks reception made such a perfect atmosphere for our guests. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect start to our special day and we are very grateful to you for your fantastic playing, including a couple of requests! Everyone we have spoken to since the wedding has commented what a wonderful addition to our day having you there was; we are so pleased that you were available for our day and helped make it so special."
-Will and Victoria
"Classical and folk harp music provides an excellent complement to many communal occasions. Elinor Nicholson is an excellent exponent of the instrument and I have asked her to perform, at a number of corporate and social events, on behalf of client groups. She has a very professional approach, an excellent repertoire and a delightful manner. I would strongly recommend her."
-Dr Ged Drugan
"We had our wedding ceremony in quite a large church space but were adamant that we wanted the sound of a single acoustic instrument to provide our music. The harp was perfect for the space and Elinor's playing was beautiful - she was happy to play all of our requests, from a traditional Irish folk piece to Lord of the Rings. It all worked perfectly and we would recommend Elinor without hesitation!"
-Gemma and Laurence Adams
"Elinor is a fantastic musician, she played at our wedding giving our drinks reception an extra special touch. She is professional, polite and accommodating from start to finish-even playing ACDC as my husband is a huge fan! We totally loved the harp and 100% recommend using Elinor!"
-Sarah and Phil
"We hired Elinor to play at our church service and reception in Ullswater this summer. She is an excellent harpist and I can recommend her highly. While we were waiting for the bride Elinor played with such passion and emotion the whole congregation fell silent and could not help themselves but to applaud her at the end. It was simply stunning.
Later during the reception Elinor played a selection of cover songs from her diverse repertoire and some of our personal requests including Metallica, Led Zep, Stevie Wonder and Nick Drake, all of which I never thought I'd hear played on such a beautiful instrument and which all worked perfectly.
She is one very talented harpist. We did not want her to leave!"
-Richard Garrett
'Elinor was outstanding at our wedding in May 2021. It's a huge thank you from us, the guests were enthralled by the harp music which we had kept as a surprise. Elinor was graceful and diligent especially given that our reception was undercover outdoors whilst the weather was not very pleasant. '
-Holly Platten