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Liath Hollins
Harpists / Wedding Entertainment
Liath Hollins is a traditional harpist. She is an experienced professional musician and her harp music has been a part of many special occasions. Classical, traditional and pop music all appear in her repertoire; perfect as an elegant backdrop.
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Profile
Highlights
* Traditional harpist with many genres in her repertoire
* ...From Pachelbel to The Beatles
* Requests considered - FREE of charge if piece can be added to repertoire permanently
* Uniquely a small PA can be provided if required
* Elegant backdrop to any occasion
* Available UK wide
Liath Hollins is a traditional harpist based in the East Midlands of England. She is an experienced professional musician and her harp music has been a part of many special occasions.
Liath was born into a musical family and has played many instruments over the years. She has had a lifelong fascination with the harp though she came to playing the instrument relatively late. She has studied with Jean Hudson a traditional and Renaissance music specialist and some of the best known Scottish harpists such as Catriona McKay and Charlotte Petersen.
She is an experienced professional harpist with a large client base. She is resident harpist at Woodborough Hall and has played at events throughout the United Kingdom. Liath plays at over 70 weddings per year in addition to solo performances corporate functions and restaurant bookings.
Although rooted in the traditional music of Britain and Ireland Liath loves experimenting with other genres including blues, rock and even metal. She also has a large repertoire of classical and pop music which is popular with clients choosing wedding music.
Liath plays a Pilgrim Progress, a large lever harp which has a rich tone and stunning clean design which complements both historic and contemporary settings. The lever harp is smaller than the large orchestral pedal harp, which means Liath can easily get her harp upstairs and into tight spaces. She has a choice of two sound systems; a powerful but compact amp, which is ideal for venues at which space is at a premium. She also has a small PA system with speakers that is great for larger events.
Testimonials
"Just a short line to say how much we all enjoyed
yourmusic last Saturday - your choice was delightful, and there was definitely something for everyone's taste.
Many thanks, and we hope to have an opportunity of hearing you again in the future."
Mr & Mrs H.
"Thank you very much for your wonderful playing at our civil ceremony - it really helped to make the day. Everyone commented on how much they enjoyed the music. Indeed, I think you may have gained some new harp music fans - many said they had not heard it before."
Mr T.
"Thank you so much for playing at my mothers party, the hotel were so impressed by your playing and said that they would recommend you as often as they could.
Once again, thank you from all of us."
Mrs F.
"...thank you for the glorious part you played in our wedding day. The later in life you leave these things, the higher the mountain is to climb - but Saturday was just a little piece of Paradise.
Mr & Mrs S.
"Once again, thank you so much for your contribution on Saturday and for helping the day become very special. Had loads of positive feedback on your performance... Thanks again and we would most definitely recommend you to anyone taking the wedding plunge in the future."
Mr & Mrs M.
"Just had to e.mail you to say a huge thank you for your music at our wedding on Saturday... Your music was so well played that a couple of our guests actually thought we had a CD playing!
We couldn't have asked for a better form of entertainment for our wedding breakfast. May you give many more the privilege of hearing you play."
Mr & Mrs R.
Set
list
Please note that pieces marked with an asterix are unsuitable for civil ceremonies
Traditional
England
Barbara Allen (England/Scotland)
Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbria/Scotland)
Childgrove
Come Live With Me
Greensleeves
I Love my Love (Cornwall)
Lovely Joan
Scarborough Fair
Searching for Lambs
Three Ravens
Water is Wide (England/Scotland)
Ireland
An Honest Man (Scotland/Ireland)
An Raibh tu ar an gCarriag? (Were you at Carrick?)
The Blackthorn Stick
Casluth
Castle of Dromore
Celia Connelan (Thomas Connelan)
Danny Boy (Ireland/USA)
Eamonn a Chnuic
I Love my Love in the Morning
If I Were a Blackbird
March of Lissadell
Mna na hEireann (Women of Ireland)
Morrison's Gig
Peacock's Feather
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Sliabh na mBhan (Mountain of the Women)
Star of the County Down
Carolan
Blind Mary
Carolan's Draught
Carolan's Concerto
The Clergy's Lament
Eleanor Plunkett
Frances Power
Frank Palmer
Henry McDermott Roe
Kean O'Hara
Lady Gethin
Lady St John
Loftus Jones
Sheebeg and Sheemore
Scotland
An Ataireachd Ard (Petersen)
An Ghillebride (The Oystercatcher) (Wilford)
Annie Laurie
Binnorie (Scotland)
Braes of Locheil
Corn Rigs are Bonny
Da Smugglers (Shetland)
Dowie Dens of Yarrow
Dunkeld Hermitage Bridge (Martin)
Eilean Aigais (The Isle of Aigas)
Fagail Liosmore
Farewell to Glenshalloch
Flow Gently Sweet Afton (Burns)
Flowers O' The Forest
Gilliekrankie
Glenlivet
Guilderoy
Inis Siar (McNulty)
Jamie Come Try Me (Burns)
Kelvin Grove
Kid on the Mountain
Kiss Her an Clap Her (Shetland)
Lament for a Blind Harper
Laoidh An Iasgair (Fisherman's Prayer)
Loch Lomond
Loch Tay Boat Song
Logan Water
Margaret's Waltz
Merrily Kiss the Quaker
Mile Marphaisg Air A Ghaol (Waulking Song)
Miss Margaret Graham of Gartmore's Favourite (Marshall)
Music of the Spey (Skinner)
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (Burns)
My Love She's But a Lassie Yet (Burns)
Ossian (Skinner)
Pretty Girl Milking the Cows
Rachel Rae
Roslin Castle
The Rowan Tree
St Kilda Wedding March
Seann Triubhais Uilleachain (Willie's Old Trousers)
Shule Aroon
Skye Boat Song
Wild Duck's Nest
Wild Mountain Thyme (Tannahill)
Ye Banks and Braes (Burns)
Wales
Ash Grove
Breuddwyd Dafydd Rhys
Cainc Dafydd Broffwyd
Calennig
Cynghansail Cymru (Welsh Ground)
Cysga Di Fy Mhlentyn Tlws (Sleep my Pretty Child)
David of the White Rock
Difyrwch Arglwyddes Owen
Difyrwch Ieuan y Telenor Dall (Delight of John the Blind Harper)
Ffarwel Philip Ystwyth
Ffarwel y Telenor (‘Minstrel’s Adieu’) (John Thomas)
Hwylio Adref (Sailing Home) (Jones)
Llangloffan*
Machynlleth
Meillionen
Merch Megan
Moel yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon)
Morfa’r Frenhines
Mwyander Corwen (The Gentle Maid of Corwen)
Mwynen Mon
Myfanwy
Pant Corlan yr Wyn
Porth y Castell
Pwt ar y Bys
Royal Dream
Sir Watkin's Jig
Sweet Richard
Toriad y Dydd (Break of Day)
Y Dydd (The Day)
Y Gerddinen
Y Gwr A'i Farch (The Old Gent and His Mare)
Y Fwyalchen Ddu Bigfelen (The Yellow Beaked Blackbird)
Ymadawiad y Brenin
Other
Al Lapousiz er C’hoad (Little Bird in the Wood) (Brittany)
An Hini a Saran (The One I Love) (Brittany)
Bandura (Russia)
Bright Face (Russia)
Complainte de la Blanche Biche (Brittany)
Edelweiss (Austria)
Kalinka (Russia)
Katyusha (Russia)
Klang Min Vakra Bjallra (Sweden)
Korobushka (Russia)
Near the River (Russia)
Reel Beatrice (Quebec)
Rose Upon the Briar (Man)
Shepherd’s Daughter (Man)
Sirivisa (Norway)
Sweetness of Mary (Cape Breton)
Early/Classical
A Jig (Askue)
A Lieta Vita (Gastoldi)
Aire (John Jenkins)
All in a Garden Green (Playford)
Allegro (Handel)
Alman (Morely)
Aria (Kuhnau)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Ave Maria (Gounod)*
Ave Maria (Schubert)*
Ballet CCLXVIII from Terpsichore (Praetorius)
Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Bonny Sweet Robin (Anon 15th century)
Bransle (Attaignant)
Bransle de la Torche (Praetorius)
Bridal Chorus (Wagner)
Canarie II (Straloch Lute Book)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Chaconne (Clarke)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
Coranto: Lady Riche (Byrd)
Corranto (Anon)
Courante XCVIII (Praetorius)
Currant (Anon Rowallen Lute Book)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan Williams)
Finale from 'Music for Royal Fireworks (Handel)
Finlandia Theme (Sibelius)
Flower Duet (Delibes from Lakme)
Fur Elise (Beethoven)
Gymnopedie No 1 (Satie)
Here Amid the Shady Woods (Handel)
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) *
Jupiter Theme (Holst)
Kemp's Jig
La Ci Darem la Mano (Mozart from Don Giovanni)
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Debussy)
La Volta (Byrd)
Ladie Ann Gordon's Lilt (Anon, Straloch Lute Book)
Lament of Tristan (Anon, 14th century)
Largo from Lute Concerto in D (Vivaldi)
Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (Dowland)
March from 'Scipio' (Handel)
Merry Peasant (Schumann)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet)
Moonlight Sonata – First Movement (Beethoven)
Morning Mood from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
My Lady Carey's Dumpe (Anon, 1525)
Nobody's Gigge (Farnaby)
Nocturne (Borodin)
Old Noll's Gig (Anon, 16th century)
Pearl Fishers theme (Bizet)
Piano Trio, Op 97 (Beethoven)
Pomp and Circumstance theme (Elgar)
Prelude in C (Bach)
St Anthony Chorale (Haydn)*
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
What if a Day or a Month or a Year (Jane Pickering)
Where Daisies Pied (Arne)
Wolsey's Wilde (Byrd)
Popular
And I Love Her (Beatles)
And I Love You So (Don McLean)
Annie's Song (John Denver)
Bat Out of Hell (Meatloaf)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Can't Help Falling in Love
Closest Thing To Crazy (Mike Batt, Katie Melua)
Concerning Hobbits (Howard Shore)
Desperado (Eagles)
Endless Love (Lionel Ritchie)
Eternal Flame (Bangles)
Evergreen (Barbra Streisand)
(Everything I Do) I do it For You (Bryan Adams)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Fix You (Coldplay)
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton)
From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
Head Over Feet (Alanis Morissette)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
I Saw Him Once (Schonberg)
Into My Arms (Nick Cave)
Kissing You (Desree)
Lady (Lionel Richie)
Love is All Around (Reg Presley)
May it Be (Enya, from Lord of the Rings)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Moon River (Dean Martin)
My Immortal (Evanescence)
Only Time (Enya)
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx)
Road to Mandalay (Robbie Williams)
Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits)
Romeo and Juliet (Love Theme) (Nino Rota)
Sailing (Rod Stewart)
Send in the Clowns
She (Charles Aznavour)
She's the One (Robbie Williams)
Something (Beatles)
Somewhere in Time - Theme (John Barry)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
Teahouse Moon (Enya)
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
Time to Say Goodbye (Con te Partiro)
Titanic - Theme (My Heart Must Go On)
Torn (Natalie Imbruglia)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Up Where We Belong
When She Loved Me (Randy Newman)
When You Say Nothing At All (Ronan Keating)
Wind Beneath my Wings
What a Wonderful World
Whiter Shade of Pale (Keith Reid)
You Do Something to Me (Paul Weller)
Your Song (Elton John)
You’re Still the One (Shania Twain)
Musicals / Disney
A Whole New World (Aladdin, Alan Menken)
Baby Mine (Dumbo, Frank Churchill)
Can you Feel the Love Tonight (Lion King, Elton John)
Circle of Life (Lion King, Elton John)
I'd be Surprisingly Good for You (Evita, Lloyd Webber)
Love Changes Everything (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid, Alan Menken)
Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber) *
Pure Imagination (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
Something There (Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken)
Summertime (Porgy and Bess, Gershwin)
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera, Lloyd Webber)
When you Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio, Leigh Harline)
Christmas
Angels We Have Heard on High Here We Come a Wassailing
Away in a Manger Holly and the Ivy
Boars Head Carol I Saw Three Ships
Cutty Wren (Carmarthen Wren Song) In the Bleak Midwinter
Coventry Carol It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
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 Listen
to Liath Hollins
Songs will play on any PC with Windows Media
player.
Song title |
Play |
| Greensleeves |
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| Y Dydd |
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| Margaret's Waltz |
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| Pachelbel's Canon |
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| Shepherd's Daughter |
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Line-up & instrumentation
Solo Harp
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Travel availability
This band are only available in the regions
listed below.
The North
The Midlands
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Reviews & references
Client
name: Brenda Costall
Client
artist rating: 
Comments: Alive Network were professional and efficient. Liath did all that we asked of her and everyone felt that she was very good.
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Client
name: Alan
Client
artist rating:
Comments: The service that Alive Network and Liath offered was second to none, both parties were helpful, professional and outstanding in all categories. Liath was very welcoming and gave up her own time for us to hear her play and to help us in the decission of which songs were chosen for each part of the service. I do strongly recommend the service and the artist.
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Client
name: Rebecca
Client
artist rating:
Comments: found Gemma, the Organiser, to be very kind and accommodating about any changes I wanted to make, and always very helpful, which was reassuring.Gemma liaised very well with the harpist, conveying our wishes and putting them into practice. Liath, the harpist, was fantastic. She learnt new hymns for us at pretty short notice and her playing was beautiful. It really lifted the service into another realm. Liath seemed to be a quietly confident person and we never felt remotely worried about anything going wrong. Towards the wedding day she contacted me a couple of times to finalise details. As well as her lovely playing, Liath was very charming in appearance and manner. We will definitely recommend her, and book her again ourselves if ever we have the occasion to do so. Thanks to all of you for giving our wedding day that extra factor.
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