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:
- 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
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