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Rhianwen Pugh

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About Rhianwen

Professional harpist available to hire for events and weddings. Extensive repertoire and happy to take song requests.
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Chester
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Rhianwen is a former first class honours scholar from the Royal College of Music, London. Whilst studying in London she gained her BMus (hons) DipABRSM and LRSM performance certificates. She has played in many prestigious venues and events all over the UK and further afield, including the Royal Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace, Wales Millennium Center, Rio de Janeiro Arts centre etc. Rhianwen has played for Her Majesty the Queen on several occasions, HRH Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Rhianwen has orchestral experience, performing as principle of the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist at such venues as The Sage- Gateshead,Salvi Harp Showrooms- London and The National Gallery. She has also played in many ensembles and duets performances nationally, including duet performances with Catrin Finch and Elinor Bennett In 2009 Rhianwen played for a TV documentary accompanying Bryn Terfel and over the years has played on many occasions for Eirian Owen with Cor Godre’r Aran (Director of Cor Godrer Aran – internationally successful Welsh Male voice choir). Rhianwen has played several times with world renowned harpist Catrin Finch and celebrities such as Charlotte Church, Stella McCartney and the Mayor of London. In 2015 Rhianwen was flown to Barcelona to accompany Adele in an intimate concert, for the second time. Rhianwen has recently performed in countries such as China, Australia and Brazil whilst being the Queen Elizabeth resident Harpist for Cunard. She is also experienced in Bollywood music and has a large repertoire.

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Rhianwen's Reviews

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Lisa K
7 months ago, for a Wedding in Preston
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5 out of 5

We were absolutely blown away when Rhianwen played at our wedding ceremony and drinks reception 2 weeks ago! Our guests were too! She really was amazing. Rhianwen was great to deal with and we knew she was the one on making our initial enquiry. She was so helpful and made lots of contact with us leading up to our big day. Would highly recommend. Lovely person! Beautiful harpist! Very professional. Thank you Rhianwen for your contribution to our very special day x

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Claire B
1 year ago, for a Wedding in Llangollen
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5 out of 5

We were absolutely blown away when Rhianwen played at our wedding ceremony and drinks reception 2 weeks ago! Our guests were too! She really was amazing. Rhianwen was great to deal with and we knew she was the one on making our initial enquiry. She was so helpful and made lots of contact with us leading up to our big day. Would highly recommend. Lovely person! Beautiful harpist! Very professional. Thank you Rhianwen for your contribution to our very special day x

Rhianwen's Song list

Classical Wedding Recommendations:
 
Bach                  Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach                  Arioso
Bach                  Air on the G String
Bach                  Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Beethoven         Fur Elise
Clarke               The Prince of Denmark’s March
Debussy            Clair de Lune
Debussy            Arabesque
Delbes   Flower Duet
Einaudi   Nuvole Blanche 
Einaudi   Igiorni
Einaudi   Primavera
Einaudi   Dietro Casa
Einaudi   Nefeli
Einaudi   Le Onde
Elgar                 Salut d’Armour
Franck               Panis Angelicus
Goodall             Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepard
Handel              La Rejouissance from “Music for the Royal Fireworks”
Handel              Zadok the Priest
Handel              The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Lovland            You Raise me Up
Mendelssohn    Wedding March “A Midsummers Night Dream”
Offenbach         Barcarolle
Pachelbel          Canon in D
Parry                 Jerusalem
Parry                 I was glad
Purcell              Trumpet Tune
Schubert           Ave Maria
Shostakovitch   Romance from “The Gadfly”
Tchaikovsky     Swan Lake
Wagner             Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride
Yurima              River Flows In You
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
 
Harp Repetoire
 
Albeniz                              Sonata in D
Bach arr.Grandjany           Violin Sonata No.1 and Partita No.1
Bach       Lute suite
Enesco                   Allegro de Concert chromatique
Donizetti       Fantasy on Lucia di Lamermoor
Glinka                                Nocturne
Gordon                               Sonata
Grandjany                          Fantasy on a theme by Haydn
Hasselmans,                       La Source, Opus 44
Hasselmans                       Valse de Concert
Henshall       Tair dawns Cymraeg
 Hindemith                        Sonate (1939)
Mathias                             Improvisations
Naderman                         Sonata in F major
Naderman                         Sonata in D Minor
Naderman                         Sonata in C minor
Parish-Alvars                    Fantasie on Lucia di Lammermoor
Parry                                  Sonata No. 1 in D major, Sonata No. 2 in G major
Piazzola                             C’est L’amour                   
Piazolla                              Libertango
Pierne                                 Impromptu-Caprice
Rota                                   Sarabande et Toccatta   
Salzedo                             Lara’s Granada          
Scarlatti                             Sonata in E major K380
Tchaikovsky                      Fantaiaise on a theme of the opera “Eugene Onegin”
Tournier                            Quatre Preludes
Tournier                            Childrens hour
Watkins       Fire Dance
Jazz
 
Ain’t Misbehavin
Can’t Help Lovin’ dat Man
Come away with Me
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Embraceable you
Everybody loves somebody
Ev’ry time we say Goodbye
Evergreen
Feelings
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia
God Bless the Child
Have I told you lately
I got rhythm
When I fall in Love
 
Musical Theatre
 
All That Jazz
All that’s known
All that you are
Angel of Music
Any dream will do
As long as he needs me
Beauty and the beast
Blue Moon (Man City)
Carousel
Castle on a cloud
Chicago
Close Every Door
Dancing through life
Diamonds are a girls best friend
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Edelweiss
Empty chairs, empty tables
Far from the home I love
Friend like me
From Now On
From this moment on
Get me to the church on time
Getting to know you
Giants in the sky
Hello, young lovers
Home
I could have danced all night
I Don't Know How To Love Him
I Dreamed a dream
I feel pretty
I have dreamed
If I can’t love her
If I loved you
I’ll know
In my life
La La Land
Luck be a lady
Maria
Memory
Million Dreams
My favorite things
Never Enough
On this night of a thousand stars
Over The Rainbow
On My Own
Rewrite the Stars
Pie Jesu  
Somewhere
Starlight Express 
Sunrise, Sunset
Tell Me on a Sunday 
Think Of Me
This is Me
The Greatest Showman
The Music of the Night 
The Phantom of the Opera
The American Dream
Tomorrow
Who Will Buy?
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Liverpool)
 
 
Disney Music
 
A Dream is a Wish your heart Makes (cinderella)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
All I Have To do is Dream (Joseph)
Be Our Guest (Beauty and The Beast)
Believe (Stralight Express)
Beauty and The Beast
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Lion King)
Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)
Colours of The Wind  (Pochahontnas)
Circle of Life (Lion King)
Close Every Door (Joseph)
Do You want to build a snowman? (Frozen)
Go The Distance (Hercules)
God Help The Outcast (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Hakuna Matata (Lion King)
If I Never Knew You (Pocahontas)
I wana be like you
I See The Light (Tangled)
Just around the River Bend (Pocahontas)
Kiss The Girl (Little Mermaid)
Lady and the Tramp
Lava
Let it Go (Frozen)
Little April Showers
Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan)
Muana
Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid)
Reflection (Mulan)
Someday (Hunchback of Notre Dam)
So This is Love (Cinderella)
Tale As Old As Time (Beauty and the Beast)
Ten minutes ago (cinderella)
The Prayer (Celine Dion)
You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Toystory)
Under The Sea (litte Mermaid)
When you wish upon a star
Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da (Song of The South)
 
Traditional Music
 
Irish Air              Cockles and Mussels
Irish Air     Danny Boy
Welsh Air            David of the White Rock
Welsh Air            All Through the Night
Welsh Air             Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn (Watching the wheat)
Welsh Air            The Ash Grove
Welsh Air     Y Ferch o Blwy Penderyn                 
Welsh Air             Suo Gân
Welsh Air     Y Deryn Pur
English Air          Drink to me Only
English Air          English Country Garden
English Air          Greensleeves
Scottish Air         Auld Lang Syne
Scottish Air     The Rose
Scottish Air         Over The Sea to Skye
Welsh popular: Pedair Oed, Anfonaf Angel, Dagrau'r Glaw, Dacw Nghariad, Ar Lan y Mor, My little Welsh Home, Myfanwy
Film Music & Popular Music
 
A Team (Ed Sheeran)
All Of Me (John Legend)
All You Need is Love (The Beatles)
All I Ask (Adele)
All Star (Smashmouth)
All The Things You Are
Always Remember Us this Way (Star is Born)
Always and Forever (Heatwave)
A Hard Day Night (Beatles)
Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Ashokan Farewell
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Beautiful Day (U2)
Because you loved me  (up close & personal)
Believe (The Polar Express)
Bella's Lullaby (Twilight)
Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth) 
Better Together (Jack Johnson) 
Black Magic (Little Mix)
Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett)
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Greenday)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bring me To Life (Evanesence)
Candle in The Wind (Elton John)
Can't fight the moonlight ( Coyote Ugly)
Can’t Help Falling in Love  (Elvis Presley)
Cavatina (Deer Hunter)
Chandelier (Sia- Acoustic version)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Chasing Pavements (Adele)
Clocks (Coldplay)
Clown (Emile Sande)
Close To You (The Carpenters)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Counting Stars (One Republic)
Creep (Radiohead)
Days Like This (Van Morrison)
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me (Elton John)
Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
Don’t Stop Believeing (Journey)
Don't let The Sun Go Down on Me 
Don't Look Back in Anger
Don't You Worry Child
Dreams (Gabrielle)
Drop in the Ocean
Easy On Me (Adele)
Enchanted (Taylor Swift)
Eyes Shut (Years & Years)
Everybody Hurts (REM)
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Everglow (Coldplay)
Everytime (Britney Spears)
Eyes on Me (Final Fantasy)
Eyes Shut (Years and Years)
Faded (Alan Walker)
Falling (Harry Styles)
Fast Car (Tracey Chapman)
Feather Theme (Forrest Gump)
Feeling Good (Muse)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
FireStone (Kygo)
Firework (Katy Perry)
Fix You (Coldplay)
Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart)
For you I will (Space Jam)
Forever young
Free Fallin’  (Tom Petty)
Game of Thrones
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Grow Old With Me (Tom Odel)
Hall of Fame (Script)
Halo (Beyoncé)
Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
Have you Ever Seen The Rain?
Head and Heart (MNEK)
Hearts Don't Break Around Here (Ed Sheeran)
Hello (Adele)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Hero (Mariah Carey)
Here Come The Sun (Beatles)
Hold Back The River (James Bay)
How Do I live ( Con Air)
How Long I Will Love You (Ellie Goulding)
How will I Know
Human (The Killers)
I could be the one (Aviici)
Ice Castles Main Theme
I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing (Aerosmith)
I Get To Love You (Ruelle)
I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues (Elton John)
Imagine (John Lennon)
Is This Love (Bob Marley)
I Believe in You and Me (The Preacher's wife)
I’m Yours (Jason Moraz)
In The End (Linkin Park)
Infinity (Jaymes Young)
I will Always Love You
I won’t Give Up (Jason Moraz)
Is this Love? (Bob Marley)
Jar of Hearts (Christina Perri)
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Kiss Me (Ed Sheeran)
Kissing You  (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet)
L'Amour Toujours
Lara’s Theme (Dr. Zhivago)

Rhianwen's Prices

Last updated: 2024

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Packages
Wedding Ceremony package
Up to 30mins background music while your guests take their seats. Music for entrance of bride/groom 2-3 songs for the signing of the register. Exit song
£350
Drinks reception
Up to 1.5hrs of background music, including any song requests you may have, while drinks are served and photos are taken. Can be inside or outside, weather depending.
£375
Wedding breakfast package
Music during your main meal, up to the speeches usually. To include song requests and moving of location if necessary
£500

Add-ons

Additional time
+£100
Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

Please contact me with new timings. I only take 1 booking per day to allow flexibility with timings if needed.

How much time do you need to set up?

30 minutes is usually allowed to set up and tune harp

Is the transport of your harp included in your quote?

Absolutely - I've include all travel costs, including the transport of my harp, in the quotes.

Do you need any equipment provided to play outdoors?

1 seat A space out of direct sun Dry ground

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

Our set lists are crafted from countless performances and learning what works best to ensure guests dance and have an amazing time. However, we're definitely happy to chat through and make sure we find what works for your event.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If a song isn't included in my song list there may still be a chance I already know it. If there is a special song you'd like us to learn we are happy to do this for you. This is included in my fee.
Musicianship
Genres:
Easy listening, Traditional church music, Christmas, Contemporary Christian, Classical, Baroque, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Early music, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Opera, Ambient, Electronic, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Country, Folk rock, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Welsh folk, Jazz, Blues, Light music, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Covers, Disco, Funk rock, Funk, Hip Hop, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Tribute, Vintage, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Indie, Pop rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Rock 'n' Roll, World music, Bollywood, French music, German music, Hawaiian music, Italian music, Spanish music, Scottish music, Salsa, Reggae, Polynesian music
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Instruments:
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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Other skills:
Arranger, Accompanist, Fluent improviser
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