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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