Song suggestions for a soloist
Our most popular funeral songs and hymns for a solo singer.
We don't have a set repertoire list and we'll sing anything you choose. But if you need some ideas, here are our clients' most popular choices. You can hear some of these songs on our Listen page.
Hymns
Your congregation can join in on these, with the singer leading them.
Abide With Me
All Things Bright And Beautiful
As I Kneel Before You
Be Not Afraid
Be Thou My Vision
Bread of Life, Truth Eternal
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Do Not Be Afraid
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer
He Who Would Valiant Be
Here I Am, Lord
How Great Thou Art
I Vow To Thee My Country
I Watch The Sunrise
Immortal, Invisible
Jerusalem
Lord Of All Hopefulness
Lord of the Dance
Love Divine All Loves Excelling
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace
Morning Has Broken
On Eagles’ Wings
Praise My Soul The King of Heaven
Sing Hosanna
Soul of my Saviour, Sanctify My Breast
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
The Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended
The Lord’s My Shepherd (Crimond)
The Old Rugged Cross
Thine Be The Glory
This Is My Body
Performance pieces
To be performed by just the singer on their own.
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (Caccini)
Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables)
Calon Lân (trad. Welsh)
Danny Boy/Go, Silent Friend (Trad.)
Fields of Athenry (Trad.)
Fields of Gold (Sting/Eva Cassidy)
Going Home (Dvorak)
Hallelujah (Cohen)
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Handel)
Morgen (Strauss)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
Our Lady of Knock
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pie Jesu (Fauré)
Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)
Smile (Nat King Cole)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)
Song of Farewell/May the Choir of Angels (Sands)
The Parting Glass (trad.)
Un Bel Di (Puccini)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcell)
You Raise Me Up (Secret Garden/Josh Groban/Westlife)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
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