Harp can be a beautiful addition to any event and can make your day truly special. 

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Composition

Fran has an extreme passion for composition, composing much music for PoppyHarp Publishing and helping to promote other composers. Last year she launched the Future Blend Project - a project dedicated to inspiring and promoting young professional composers. If you would like your composition premiered or need advice on how to compose for the harp please contact Fran to find out more.

Fran Barsby specialises in arranging music from all genres for your event. This list will never be finished and she loves hearing from you with your ideas!

 Popular/ Jazz/ Film/ Musicals:
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Music from Harry Potter, 
Music from Lord of the Rings,
Music by Coldplay, 
Music by Einaudi, 
A Whole New World - From Disney's "Aladdin", 
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John,  
Fields of Gold - Sting, 
Kissing You (Love theme from Romeo & Juliet - Des'ree, 
Let It Go (From Disney's "Frozen") - Lopez, Moon River - Mancini Henry, 
My Heart Will Go On from ‘Titanic’ – James Horner,
A variety of Enya songs including May it be, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Think of Me - Lloyd Webber,
What a Wonderful World - Armstrong,
Wonderful Tonight -  Eric Clapton,
​Your Song - John, Elton
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
​Young and Beautiful - from Great Gatsby - Lana Del Rey
Everything I do,I do it for you - Bryan Adams
Marry You - Bruno Mars
River flows in you - Yiruma
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Renegades - ​X Ambassadors

Harp concertos and chamber music:

Concerto in B flat, Opus 4 No.6 - Handel, G.F. Concerto for Harp and Flute and Orchestra- Mozart, W.A. Danse sacrée et danse profane - Debussy,  
Introduction and Allegro (Hp + String Qtet, Fl & Cl) - Ravel, Maurice 

A selection of Celtic/Traditional pieces:
Danny Boy,
Kid on the Mountain,
Islay Gig,
Glenlivet,
Brian Boru's March, 
Greensleeves, 
Merch Megan, 
O’Carolans Dream,
Scarborough Fair, 
The Ash Grove, 
Watching the Wheat,
Moving Cloud

Classical:
Ave Maria- Schubert,
Bridal march from Lohengrin- Wagner,
Canon in D – Pachelbel,
Concerto in B flat No.6 Op.4 – Handel,
G.F. Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morricone, 
Ground in F with variations – Purcell,
Impromptu-Caprice, Opus 9- Pierné,
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- J.S Bach, 
La Source, Opus 44 – Hasselmans,
Alphonse. Music by Ortiz,
Variations on a Theme of Mozart - Glinka, 
Nocturne – Glinka,
Sept Sonates - Naderman,
The Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land – Thomas,
The Swan – Saint Saens,
Theme and Variations- Thomas,
Trumpet Voluntary- Purcell,
Watching the Wheat – Thomas
Charge of the Light Brigade by Ben Parkinson Atherton
Foreign Halls by Ben Parkinson Atherton.

More recordings arriving March 2018