Traditional Funeral Music
*Open to song requests for each of the proceedings. The following hymns, classical songs and operatic arias are often performed for more traditional and or religious services.
Funeral Service
Prelude ♪
Abide With Me - William Henry Monk & Henry Francis Lyte
Amazing Grace - Edwin Othello Excell & John Newton
Ave Maria (either in German or Latin) – Settings by Franz Schubert or Johann Sebastian Bach/ Charles Gounod
Canon in D (Pachelbel’s Canon) – Johann Pachelbel
Goin’ Home - Antonín Dvořák
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman - Carey Landry
The Old Rugged Cross - George Bennard
O Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly
Panis Angelicus - César Franck
Pie Jesu - Settings by Andrew Lloyd Webber or Gabriel Fauré
Sheep may safely graze (Schafe können sicher weiden) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Processional ♪
Amazing Grace - Edwin Othello Excell & John Newton
An Irish Blessing - James Edward Moore
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Maria (either in German or Latin) – Settings by Franz Schubert or Johann Sebastian Bach/ Charles Gounod
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman - Carey Landry
Here I Am, Lord - Dan Schutte
Hosea - Gregory Norbet
How Great Thou Art - Carl Boberg
Let There Be Peace On Earth - Jill-Jackson Miller & Sy Miller
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Prayer of St Francis) - Sebastian Temple
O Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly
O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi) – Giacomo Puccini & Giovacchino Forzano
On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Wallace Willis
Gathering Hymn (for religious funerals - optional) ♪
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Martin Luther
Amazing Grace - Edwin Othello Excell & John Newton
Be Not Afraid - Bob Dufford
Eye Has Not Seen - Marty Haugen
Here I Am, Lord - Dan Schutte
Hosea - Gregory Norbet
How Great Thou Art - Carl Boberg
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Horatius Bonar
I Know That My Redeemer Lives – Scott Soper
Lord of All Hopefulness - Jan Struther
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Prayer of St Francis) - Sebastian Temple
Morning Has Broken - Eleanor Farjeon
On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas
Responsorial Psalm (for religious funerals - optional) ♪
Psalms 16 and 61: Shelter Me, O God - Bob Hurd
Psalm 23: The Lord’s My Shepherd - Settings by Howard Goodall or Jessie Seymour Irvine
Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd - Brian Boniwell
Psalm 23: My Shepherd Is the Lord - Joseph Gélineau
Psalm 23: Shepherd Me, O God - Marty Haugen
Psalm 25: To You, O Lord - Marty Haugen
Psalm 27: The Lord Is My Light - Christopher Walker
Psalm 42/43: As the Deer Longs - Bob Hurd
Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting - Michael Joncas
Psalm 63: As Morning Breaks - Michael Joncas
Psalm 91: On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas
Offertory/Presentation of Gifts (for religious funerals - optional) ♪
Amazing Grace - Edwin Othello Excell & John Newton
Ave Maria (either in German or Latin) – Settings by Franz Schubert or Johann Sebastian Bach/ Charles Gounod
Covenant Hymn (Wherever You Go) - Gary Daigle & Rory Cooney
Eye Has Not Seen - Marty Haugen
Gift of Finest Wheat - (You Satisfy the Hungry Heart)– Robert Kreutz & Omer Westendorf
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman - Carey Landry
Here I Am, Lord - Dan Schutte
Hosea - Gregory Norbet
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Prayer of St Francis) - Sebastian Temple
May the Road Rise To Meet You - Lori True
The Servant Song - Richard Gillard
You Are Near - Dan Schutte
Communion Hymn (for religious funerals - optional) ♪
Behold the Lamb - Martin Willett
Bread For the World - Bernadette Farrell
Bread of Life - Settings by Bernadette Farrell or Rory Cooney
Eat This Bread - Jacques Berthier
Eye Has Not Seen - Marty Haugen
Gift of Finest Wheat - (You Satisfy the Hungry Heart)– Robert Kreutz & Omer Westendorf
I Am the Bread of Life - Settings by John Michael Talbot or Suzanne Toolan'
I Received the Living God - Anonymous
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Prayer of St Francis) - Sebastian Temple
On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas
One Bread, One Body - John Foley
Pan de Vida - Bob Hurd & Pia Moriarty
Panis Angelicus - César Franck
The Supper of the Lord - Laurence Rosania
Take an Eat - Michael Joncas
Taste and See - James Moore
Ubi Caritas - Settings by Bob Hurd or Laurence Rosania
Unless a Grain of Wheat - Settings by Bernadette Farrell or Bob Hurd
We Remember - Marty Haugen
Memorial Video ♪
Amazing Grace - Edwin Othello Excell & John Newton
Ave Maria (either in German or Latin) – Settings by Franz Schubert or Johann Sebastian Bach/ Charles Gounod
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Con Te Partirò (Time To Say Goodbye) - Francesco Sartori & Lucio Quarantotto
Goin’ Home - Antonín Dvořák
Lascia ch’io pianga (from Rinaldo) - George Frederic Handel
Nearer, My God, To Thee - Lowell Mason & Sarah Flower Adams
O Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly
O Sole Mio - Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi & Giovanni Capurro
Ombra mai fu (from Serse) - George Frederic Handel
Pie Jesu - Settings by Andrew Lloyd Webber or Gabriel Fauré
The Prayer - David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa and Tony Renis
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Wallace Willis
Recessional ♪
Amazing Grace - Edwin Othello Excell & John Newton
Con Te Partirò (Time To Say Goodbye) - Francesco Sartori & Lucio Quarantotto
Crown Him With Many Crowns - George Job Elvey & Matthew Bridges
Eternal Father, Strong To Save - John Bacchus Dykes & William Whiting
For All the Saints - William Walsham How
Goin’ Home - Antonín Dvořák
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name - Ignace Franz & Clarence Alphonsus Walworth
How Great Thou Art - Carl Boberg
I Know That My Redeemer Lives – Scott Soper
Let There Be Peace On Earth - Jill-Jackson Miller & Sy Miller
Lord of All Hopefulness - Jan Struther
Morning Has Broken - Eleanor Farjeon
Nearer, My God, To Thee - Lowell Mason & Sarah Flower Adams
Now Thank We All Our God - Johann Crüger, Martin Rinkart & Catherine Winkworth
O Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly
O God Beyond All Praising - Gustav Theodore Holst & Michael Perry
O Sole Mio (It’s Now or Never) - Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi & Giovanni Capurro
On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Wallace Willis
When the Saints Go Marching In - James Milton Black & Katherine E. Purvis
