Ideas & Samples

The following is a list of initial ideas for classical and lighter music often associated with a funeral and memorial service. The list includes classical instrumental pieces, classical solos, lighter solos, religious solos, music for opera singers and other traditional music.

We have also included links to YouTube to illustrate each piece. Please click on the icons below:-

Vocal – religious
Title	Composer	View
Ave Maria	Schubert
Ave Maria	Bach/Gounod
Bist du bei mir	Bach
Jesu, joy of man's desiring	Bach
Pie Jesu	Faure
The Lord is my shepherd	Various arrangements
Panis angelicus	Cesar Franck

Vocal – operatic
Title	Composer	View
Vissi d'arte (Tosca)	Puccini
The Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)	Mascagni
The Flower Duet (Lakme)	Delibes
Parigi o cara (La Traviata)	Verdi
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schichi)	Puccini
Nessun dorma (Turandot)	Puccini
Soave sia il vento (Cosi fan tutti)	Mozart
When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)	Purcell
Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)	Handel
Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)	Mozart
Un bel di (Madam Butterfly)	Puccini

Vocal – musicals and contemporary
Title	Composer	View
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)	Gershwin
One hand, one heart (West Side Story)	Bernstein
Somewhere (West Side Story)	Bernstein
You'll never walk alone (Carousel)	Rogers and Hammerstein
Time to say goodbye	F. Sartori & L. Quarantotto

Instrumental
Title	Composer	View
Adagio (Clarinet Concerto)	Mozart
Adagio (Toccata, Adagio and Fuge BWV 564)	Bach
Gymnopedie No 1	Satie
Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)	Mascagni
The last post	Traditional
Adagio in G Minor	Albinoni
Adagio for strings	Barber