Harpist Claire O’Donnell is one of Ireland’s foremost musicians, playing both Classical Concert and Irish Traditional Harp. With an early passion for harp, she began to learn at the age of eight in The Royal Irish Academy of music Dublin and later in the Conservatoire
National De Music Reims, France. She was the youngest performer at the Ninth World Harp Congress in Dublin in 2005 and was appointed principle harpist with The National Youth Orchestra in 2007. Having played extensively in Ireland, UK, France, Italy and Poland, Claire is now based in Dublin studying for her B.A Degree in Performance under Dr. Cliona Dorris at the D.I.T Conservatory of Music Dublin and is teacher of Traditional Harp with Comhaltas Ceoltóiri Éireann. Claire can offer a wide repertoire spanning all genres of music for corporate events, receptions and weddings. She can also perform with various ensembles including harp and voice, harp and violin and harp and flute.
Claire O’Donnell Harpist
Wedding music ceremony example 1:
- Prelude/Procession – Pachelbel’s Canon in D
- Lighting of Candles – The Rose (Bette Midler)
- Responsorial Psalm – Here I am Lord
- Gospel Acclamation – Alleluia
- Lighting of Wedding Candle – Pie Jesu
- Offertory Procession – Make me a channel of your peace
- Sign of Peace – May it Be (from Lord of the Rings soundtrack)
- Communion & Post Communion Reflection – Nella Fantasia/Gabriel’s Oboe
- Signing of Register – Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
- Exit Procession of Bride and Groom – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Wedding music ceremony example 2:
- Prelude/Procession – Pachelbel’s Canon in D
- Lighting of Candles – When Love Is Found
- Responsorial Psalm – Bi Iosa Im Chroise
- Gospel Acclamation – Seinn Alleluia
- Lighting of Wedding Candle – When Love is found
- Offertory Procession – Ave Maria (Bach Guonod )
- Sign of Peace – Eleanor Plunkett (O’Carolan)
- Communion & Post Communion Reflection – Panis Angelicus
- Signing of Register – She Moved Through the Fair
- Exit Procession of Bride and Groom – Wedding Recessional (Mendelssohn)
Repertoire
- Church
- Pachelbel’s Canon in D
- Make me a channel of your peace
- Panis Angelicus
- Here I am Lord
- On Eagles Wings
- Ave Maria (Gounod/Bach) (Shcubert)
- Amazing Grace
- Pie Jesu
- When Love is found
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Wedding Recessional (Mendelssohn)
- Irish Traditional
- Bridget Cruise
- Eleanor Plunkett
- Fanny Power
- Princess Royal
- Planxty Hewlett
- Si beag Si Mor
- Grace Nugent
- Inisheer
- Na Sioga
- Ag Criost an Siol
- Brian Boru’s March
- Fig for a kiss
- Na Maithe Mora
- Rectory reel
- She moved through the fair
- Thugamar Fein an Samhradh Linn
- Other Styles
- Kissing you (Desree)
- The Rose (Bette Midler)
- Song Bird (Fleetwood Mac)
- The Voyage ( Christy Moore)
- The Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
- Nella Fantasia/Gabriel’s Oboe
- Anna (sex in the city)
- Cavatina ( John Williams)
- Greensleeves
- Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes
- May it Be (from Lord of the Rings soundtrack