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Music for Church Funerals

Below are some of our most requested pieces for church funerals, memorials and celebrations of life. Please enquire if you would like further help deciding or for us to come up with some personalised suggestions.​ 

Looking for non-religious music for a funeral? Visit our non-religious music list here.

Where do I begin?

A church funeral will generally feature:

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- Music before the ceremony begins (often just organ)

- One piece at the start 

- One or two hymns

- One or two pieces by the soloist or choir 

- One piece at the end 

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​We can also organise a sung mass setting for funerals which include mass.​

Solo singer:

Ave Maria - Schubert​

Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod​

Bist du bei mir - Bach​

I Know that my Redeemer Liveth - Handel (from 'Messiah')​

O Rest in the Lord - Mendelssohn (from 'Elijah')​

Pie Jesu - Faure (from 'Requiem in D Minor')​

Panis Angelicus - Franck

Choir:

Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart​

Burial Sentences - Croft​

God Be in My Head - Walford Davies​

If Ye Love Me - Tallis​

The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Rutter​

In Paradisum - Faure (from 'Requiem in D minor')​

Panis Angelicus - Franck​

Cantique de Jean Racine - Faure​

The Lord is My Shepherd - Goodall

Hymns:

Abide with Me​

The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended​

Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer​

I Vow to Thee My Country​

Jerusalem​

Amazing Grace​

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven​

The Lord's My Shepherd​

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace​

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind​

How Great Thou Art

Organ:

Air on the G String - J. S. Bach​

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J. S. Bach​

Canon in D Major - Pachelbel​

Nimrod (from 'Enigma Variations') - Elgar​

Meditation (from 'Thais') - Massenet

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