Suggestions for solo songs, hymns and music for funerals
When we say goodbye to someone who has passed away, music can help us express feelings and memories that can often be difficult to put into words. The right choice of songs, hymns or instrumental pieces can create an evocative setting for the ceremony and provide a dignified and personal farewell.
Here we have collected suggestions for solo songs, hymns and music that can be used at funerals. The list includes both well-known classics and evocative pieces in various genres, which can be adapted to the personality of the deceased and the wishes of the family. From moving solo songs to traditional hymns and philosophical melodies - here you will find inspiration to create a memorable ceremony.
Suggestions for solo songs and music
Solo singer
Fields of gold (Sting/KITorgersen)
All the light of life suddenly extinguished
Everything suddenly became so quiet
Everything I Saw (S.Dagsland)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (F. Schubert)
Bridge over troubled water (Simon/Garfunkel)
The first song (Silje/Søraas)
The Holy City - Jerusalem (S. Adams)
The only thing that carries
Where the rose never dies (Müller/Osborn/Bergagård)
I am a guest in the world.
I have heard about a city/I have heard about a city
I see (B.Eidsvåg)
I know a port.
I know a castle in heaven.
A grandfather in life (O. Nordstoga)
Eternal rest (B.Eidsvåg)
Our Father, come to meet us/Hymn (N.Larsen)
For the last time (Skeie/Tveit)
Gabriel's oboe - Nella fantasia (E. Morricone)
Give me your hand, friend (Irish trad. / S. Bratland)
The most beautiful name ever uttered on earth
Himmelhøge trail (Elle melle)
Home in heaven
His eye is on the sparrow (CHGabriel)
To whom shall we go, Lord?
I can sleep in peace (Reigstad/Stølen)
In Heaven (E. Samuelsen)
Not a sparrow to the earth
I will never forget you (Emma Steinbakken)
I go to heaven (Norwegian folk tune/Levinsen)
I believe in the transformation of the earth
Life given and taken back
Down in the west the sun shines brightly
No sun behind the blue mountains
Nobody knows the trouble i've seen
Now life is hidden with God
Oh, great God/How great thou art (CGBoberg)
Panis angelicus (C. Franck/ T. Aquinas)
Pie Jesu (ALWebber) Pie Jesu (G.Fauré)
The Song of Joy (S. Dagsland)
Somewhere over the rainbow (Harburg/ Arlen)
Sleep, little child.
So quietly we walk, we carry our sorrow
Tears in heaven (E. Clapton)
Imagine when that fog has disappeared
The prayer (Foster/Sager)
Time to say goodbye (L. Quarantotto)
Towering waves
Out to sea (E. Braein/ H. Straumsheim)
Spring (E. Grieg / Aa.O. Vinje)
Blessing (R. Bjerkreim)
You raise me up (T. Løvlund)
Music suggestions:
Adagio (Tomaso Albinoni)
Adagio from Sonata Pathetique (Beethoven)
Air, from suite no. 3 (Bach)
Amazing Grace (Trad.)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (Gyldmark)
Children of the Rainbow (Pete Segar)
Bridge over troubled water (Paul Simon)
The Hundred Violins (Eyvind Alnæs)
Gabriel's Oboe (Ennio Morricone)
Heartache (Edvard Grieg)
Anthem (Our Father) (Nils Larsen)
Hymn to freedom (Oscar Peterson)
In lonely moments (Ole Bull)
In heaven, in heaven (Norwegian folk tune)
Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (Bach)
Largo from Xerxes (Handel)
Litany (Franz Schubert)
Memory (Lloyd Webber)
Towards evening (Agathe Bacher-Grøndal)
Nocturne (Evert Taube)
Over the rainbow (Harold Arlen)
Panis Angelicus (César Frack)
See the sun's beauty and splendor (Norwegian folk tune)
Last journey (Eyvind Alnæs)
Sundown Song (Ole Olsen)
Theme from Schindler's List (John Williams)
Spring (Grieg)
What a wonderful world (Bob Thiele)
Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)
Suggestions for hymns
Always bold when you walk
Everything is in God's fatherly hands.
Amazing grace
Just one day, one moment in time
Spread your wide wings
To you be the glory
You to get fucked
The earth is beautiful.
The day you gave us is over.
The Great White Herd
There is power in the folded hands
A rose has blossomed.
You surround me
Deep, quiet, strong, gentle
I am a guest in the world.
I have heard of a place in the highlands
I know a castle in heaven.
A nice little flower
The beautiful evening sun smiles
God is your rest
He doesn't take the shine off life.
Lord, let this happen.
Home in heaven
What a friend we have in Jesus
In your hands, Father, gentle
Not a sparrow to the earth
No one is so safe in danger
Yes, even my eyes
I am a sailor on the sea of life.
I am in the Lord's hands.
I lift up my song to God
I sing myself a blue, blue hymn
Jesus is alive, the tomb has burst open
Love from God
Rock, you who broke for me
How great, my God!
Weary, gentle light through the shutters
Light over the grave
Teach me to know your ways
With Jesus I will go
My heart always wanders
Moon and sun
The name Jesus
Now it lives in groves
Now rise our song
Closer to you my God
Oh stay with me
O great God, when in wonder I sense
Easter morning extinguishes the sorrow
See the beautiful light and splendor of the sun
Write you Jesus on my heart
Like when a child comes home
Great is your faithfulness
So take my hands.
Thank you Good God for all things
Thank my God for everything that happened.
Close by my side walks Jesus
Towering waves are passing
Overturn all your paths
Be close to me, O God.
Oh how blessed to be able to walk
To live is to love.
Oh, think about when we will gather again
Open-minded
Children of the Rainbow
Blowing in the wind
The close things
Your mind is free.
Give me your hand, friend.
Imagine
I want to thank life.
Little bird
Light and heat
Nocturne
To the youth
Who can sail?
What a wonderful world
Open landscape
To live is to love.
(Last line: “To reflect a sky”)
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