Ruth Barnett - Harpist

This Norwich wedding harpist showed an aptitude for music from an early age and began learning the harp at the age of 11 having already achieved many qualifications on the flute, piano and recorder. By the age of 14 she was performing regularly with many of the best amateur orchestras in Gloucestershire and surrounding counties.

At 18 she moved to Norwich to continue her studies at the University of East Anglia graduating in 2007 with a BA degree in Music (specialising in performance). During her studies she has been fortunate to study under some of the best tutors in the world including Madame Fontan-Binoche, Rhodri Davies and Daphne Boden. She also won several awards and prizes for musical performance including, most recently, the Dorothea and Rowan Hare Award for outstanding performance (awarded annually to the most promising performer in the UEA Music department).
She has been performing as a background musician for many years and is lucky to have been invited to play at many of the most exclusive hotels, private clubs and other venues in Gloucestershire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

She has performed for a wide variety of events including weddings, funerals, anniversary and birthday parties and private, public and corporate dinners and receptions. She has also performed in many solo recitals and orchestral concerts
Currently she divides her time between teaching, both at schools across East Anglia and privately, performing for functions, orchestral concerts and solo recitals, and writing a harp tutor for very young beginner harpists. 
 

 

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Ruth Barnett - Harpist Repertoire

The most popular choices of classical and traditional music have been indicated with *

Classical
  • Allegro - Handel
  • Andante - Gurlitt
  • Angelus - Renie
  • Ave Maria - Gounod
  • Ave Maria - Schubert *
  • Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
  • Barcarolle - Grandjany
  • Canon - Pachelbel *
  • Carillon - Handel
  • Clair de Lune - Debussy *
  • Danse d'autrefois - Renie
  • English Dance - Hook
  • Esquisse - Renie
  • Etude - Grossi
  • Fur Elise - Beethoven
  • Gymnopedie No. 1 - Satie
  • Hornpipe - Purcell
  • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach *
  • La Gimblette - Bernard Andres
  • Laudate Dominum - Mozart
  • Meditation (From Thais) - Massenet
  • Menuet - Mozart
  • Minuet - J. S. Bach
  • Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
  • Morning (From Peer Gynt) - Grieg
  • Pavane - Susato
  • Petite Sonate - Haendel
  • Pie Jesu - Faure
  • Prelude No. 1 - J. S. Bach
  • Prelude No. 3 - Tournier
  • Prelude No. 4 - Tournier
  • Reverie - Grandjany
  • Romance - Krumpholtz *
  • Romance - Naderman
  • Rondo - Passler
  • Rouet
  • Sonata no 5 (theme) - Mozart
  • Sonata no 11 (theme) - Mozart Sonatina - Handel
  • Sonatina in G (2nd mvmt) - Beethoven
  • Spring (from Four Seasons) - Vivaldi *
  • Sonata in G - Beethoven
  • The Arrival of The Queen of Sheeba - Handel *
  • The Swan - Saint-Saens *
  • Theme and Variations - Kuhlau
  • Zadok the Priest - Handel 
Traditional
  • Blind Mary - Irish
  • Brian Boru's March - Irish
  • Bumper Squire Jones - Irish
  • Calon Lan - Welsh
  • Captain Sudley - Irish
  • Carolan's Concerto - Irish
  • Carolan's Welcome - Irish
  • Craobh Nan Teud (The Key of the Strings) - Welsh
  • Danny Boy - Irish *
  • David of The White Rock - Welsh
  • Dros y Dwr I Draeth Llanstephen - Welsh
  • Eleanor Plunkett - Irish
  • Gilliekrankie - Scottish
  • Greensleeves - English *
  • George Brabazon - Irish
  • Hewlett - Irish
  • Hugh O'Donnell - Irish
  • John O'Connor -Irish
  • Lady Athenry - Irish
  • Lord Galway's Lamentation - Irish
  • Lullaby - Welsh
  • Minstrel Boy - Irish
  • Morfa Ruddlan - Welsh
  • Morgan Magan - Irish
  • My Dancing Day - English
  • My Little Welsh Home - Welsh
  • My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose - Scottish
  • O'er the Sea to Skye - English *
  • Pant Corlan yr Wyn - Welsh
  • Planxty Burke - Irish
  • Planxty Irwin - Irish
  • Planxty Sweeny - Irish
  • Scarborough Fair *
  • Sheebeg Sheemore - Irish
  • Song of the Seashore - Japanese
  • Sosban Fach - Welsh
  • Southwind - Irish
  • The Ash Grove - Welsh
  • The Dove - Welsh
  • The Grenadier and The Lady - English
  • The Night of The Mother - Spanish
  • Trip To Sligo / Lark on The Strand - Irish
  • Watching The Wheat - Welsh
  • Wild Mountain Thyme - Scottish

Pop

  • Against All Odds - Phil Collins
  • All My Loving - Beatles
  • And I Love Her - Beatles
  • And I Love you so - Don McLean
  • Angels - Robbie Williams
  • Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
  • Cant Buy Me Love - Beatles
  • Careless Whisper - George Michael
  • Eight Days A Week - Beatles
  • Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
  • Evergreen - Barbra Streisland
  • Every Breath You Take - Sting
  • Everything I Do, I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
  • Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy
  • From Me to You - Beatles
  • From this moment on - Shania Twain
  • Heaven - Bryan Adams
  • Hello - Lionel Ritchie
  • Here, There and Everywhere - Beatles
  • Hey Jude - Beatles
  • If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield
  • I Will Always Love You - Whitney Housten
  • Imagine - John Lennon
  • Lady - Lionel Richie
  • Let It Be - Beatles
  • Let it be me - Gilbert Becaud
  • Nights in White Satin - Justin Hayward
  • One Moment in Time - Whitney Housten
  • Out of Reach - Gabrielle
  • Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
  • Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head - Burt Bacharach
  • She's The One - Robbie Williams
  • Songbird - Eva Cassidy
  • Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
  • Tammy - Jay Livingstone and Ray Evans
  • Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
  • The Fool On The Hill - Beatles
  • The Long And Winding Road - Beatles
  • The Prayer - Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
  • The Rose - Bette Midler
  • The Wind beneath my Wings - Celine Dion / Bette Midler
  • Think Twice - Andy Hill
  • Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partiro) - Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
  • Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
  • Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - Don McLean
  • What The World Needs Now Is Love - Bacharach
  • Whiter shade of Pale - Procul Harem
  • With a Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
  • Without You - Hamm and Evans
  • Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
  • Yesterday - Beatles
  • Film and Show tunes
  • A Summer Place Theme
  • Angel of Music - Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King
  • Cavatina - Deer Hunter
  • Colours of the Wind - Pocahontas
  • Feather Theme - Forest Gump
  • For the Love of a Princess - Braveheart
  • I Don't Know How to Love Him - Jesus Christ Super Star - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • I Dreamed a Dream - Les Miserables - Schonberg and Kretzmer
  • I Know Him So Well - Jesus Christ Super Star - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Love Theme - The Godfather
  • Memory - Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
  • My Own True Love (Tara Theme) - Gone with the Wind
  • On My Own - Les Miserables
  • Pie Jesu - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Send in the Clowns - A Little Light Music
  • She's Like The Wind - Dirty Dancing
  • Somewhere in Time Theme
  • Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
  • Tell Me On A Sunday - Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • The Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera) Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jazz and Easy Listening

  • Bewitched - Richard Rodgers
  • C'est Magnifique - Cole Porter
  • Do, Do, Do - Gershwin
  • Embraceable You - Gershwin
  • Falling in Love with Love - Richard Rodgers
  • I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
  • I've Got a Crush On You - Gershwin
  • Love is Here to Stay - Gershwin
  • Love Walked In - Gershwin
  • Oh Lady Be Good - Gershwin
  • Misty - Erroll Garner
  • Moon River - Henry Mancini
  • Moondance - Van Morrison
  • My Cup Runneth Over - Harvey Schmidt
  • My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers
  • New Blues - Henson-Conant
  • Nightingale - Norah Jones
  • Shoot The Moon - Norah Jones
  • Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin
  • S'Wonderful - Gershwin
  • There were you - Harvey Schmidt
  • Tickled Pink - Stevenson
  • Try to Remember - Harvey Schmidt
  • Where or When - Richard Rodgers
  • Special Occasions
  • Bridal March - Wagner
  • Wedding March - Mendelssohn
  • Happy Birthday
  • Wide variety of Christmas Songs and Carols

Please note that this list is constantly expanding and being added to. If you would like specific songs or pieces that are not on this list please ask.

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