About Harriet Adie
With over 15 years' experience, award-winning harpist Harriet has played for royalty, film stars, and top orchestras like the Philharmonia, as well as at weddings, parties and corporate events.
As a soloist she has given many recitals at major London venues including St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, The National Gallery and St James’s Palace.
In addition to live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, Harriet has appeared at the Swaledale Festival and has performed concertos with orchestras including the Dart Festival Orchestra and the Ten Tors Orchestra.
As part of her award from the Martin Musical Fund, she toured with the Unicorn Theatre Project / Philharmonia Orchestra for their production of the opera Clockwork, culminating in performances at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden.
Harriet has worked regularly with many orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra (where she also performed in their Music Of Today series), the Orchestra of the Swan and the Northern Sinfonia.
Harriet’s harp has taken her to diverse locations and star-studded events including a performance in front of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II as part of the celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee, an appearance at the BRIT Awards and a live duet on TV with Dermot O'Leary for Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother.
A versatile performer, not only has she has dressed up as an angel to appear at London’s Fabric Night Club , but she has also recorded at the world famous Abbey Road Studios and performed for BBC 1's Songs of Praise and for Channel 5’s The Hotel Inspector.
For several years she performed regular recitals on cruise ships including Cunard’s legendary QE2, and also Fred Olsen and P & O cruises. Harriet has provided background music for corporate events at exclusive venues, such as Cutty Sark in Greenwich, as well as at weddings and events in all the major London hotels including Claridges, The Ritz, the Savoy, and the Dorchester Hotel.
Harriet will tailor her music to suit each individual event and clients' tastes. Her repertoire is enormously varied and she is happy to take requests with advance warning, and where possible, on the day.
She is as equally happy performing light classical, folk or jazz tunes, as she is pop and Bollywood and South American music.
If you would like help choosing music, she is able to provide a comprehensive selection of pieces which work well for the different parts of the day. The right sounds can inspire and complement a magical event, and Harriet will ensure that the music for your day is unique and a lasting memory.
Harriet performs mainly on her full-size concert grand harp but can also provide a smaller clarsach (folk harp) harp (useful when space is at a premium), and for a more contemporary feel, even a pearlescent white electric harp!
Harriet is available as a harpist in London and the South East, including the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, but will also consider events further afield depending on the date and location.
Here are just some of the locations where I have been booked by clients on FixTheMusic for weddings and events...
- Farnham Castle
- Oxford & Cambridge Club, Pall Mall
- Great Windmill Street, London
- Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
- Leez Priory, Chelmsford
4 Verified Reviews
"Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you very much for the fantastic performance you gave at our wedding drinks reception. It really added to the occasion and lots of guests commented on how much they enjoyed hearing you play. I know that my wife particularly enjoyed hearing the Cavatina as well!"
Verified booking on FixTheMusic"Sarah and I wanted to contact you and offer our belated but sincere thanks for the amazing job you did for us on our wedding day at the Ashmolean. We and our guests were blown away by the setting and the atmosphere created by your wonderful playing during our ceremony. It was so exactly what we wanted and simply sublime in its execution, thank you so very much. We were whisked away with our guests after the ceremony and apologise for not having the time to speak with you before you left the building. Stairway to Heaven was just perfect for us and, if you ever play it again, we would love a recording of you playing if you ever have the time to do so."
Verified booking on FixTheMusic"Your playing was simply magnificent and transported us to other worlds and far surpassed our expectations."
Verified booking on FixTheMusic"I am so sorry that I did not get to see you and thank you for playing so beautifully at our wedding. Both Lourdes and myself have been so blessed with meeting so many lovely people while arranging our wedding and making it a perfect and memorable day. Thank you once again and I would be happy to recommend you to anyone who is looking for a harpist to play at their wedding."
Verified booking on FixTheMusicSet List
Classical
Air on the G String Bach
Barcarolle Offenbach
Bridal Chorus Mendelssohn
Canon in D Pachelbel
Carmen Bizet
Clair de Lune Debussy
Concerto in B flat Handel
Flower Duet (British Airways theme) Delibes
Flute and Harp Concerto Mozart
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach
Minuet Boccherini
Moonlight Sonata Beethoven
Music from La Boheme Puccini
Music from Norma Bellini
Music from Peer Gynt Grieg
Music from Rigoletto Verdi
Pearlfishers duet Bizet
Prelude in C Bach
Serenade Schubert
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Debussy
Trois Gymnopedies Satie
Trumpet Voluntary Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary Clarke
Water Music Handel
Wedding March Wagner
Popular
All of me John Legend
All you need is love The Beatles
Amazed Lonestar
Angels Robbie Williams
Autumn Leaves Jaques Prevert
Beautiful Christina Aguilera
Because you loved me Celine Dion
Blue Moon Richard Rogers
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrisson
C’est magnifique Cole Porter
Can’t help falling in Love UB40
Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber
Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
Clocks Coldplay
Close to you The Carpenters
Crazy Katie Melua
Dance with my father Luther Vandross
Embraceable you Gershwin
Eternal Flame The Bangles
Ev’ry time we say goodbye Cole Porter
Evita Andrew Lloyd Webber
Fallin’ Alicia Keys
Fields of Gold Sting
Film music Love Actually, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility
Firework Katy Perry
Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra
Greatest Day Take That
Here comes the sun The Beatles
Here there and everywhere The Beatles
How deep is your love Take That
I get a kick out of you Cole Porter
I got rhythm Gershwin
I’ll be there Jackson 5
I’m yours, I won’t give up Jason Mraz
I’ve got a crush on you Gershwin
I’ve got you under my skin Cole Porter
James Bond You only live twice, From Russia with Love, Diamonds are forever
Just the way you are Bruno Mars
Kiss from a Rose Seal
Lay me down, Stay with me Sam Smith
Let it be The Beatles
Let’s do it Let’s fall in love Cole Porter
Love lifts us up where we belong Joe Cocker
Mandy Westlife
Marry you Bruno Mars
Misty Erroll Garner
Moon River
Musicals West Side Story, The King and I, Les Miserables, Grease, The Sound of Music
On the wings of Love Jeffrey Osborne
Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber
Rule the world Take That
Run Snow Patrol
She Elvis Costello
She’s the one Robbie Williams
Skyfall Adele
Someone like you Adele
Somethin’ Stupid C. Carson Parks
Somewhere only we know Lily Allen
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber
Summertime Gershwin
Take Five Paul Desmond
The Entertainer Scott Joplin
The Girl from Ipanema Carlos Jobim
The man I love Gershwin
The way you look tonight Rod Stewart
The Wind Beneath My Wings Jeff Silbar/Larry Henley
Theme tune from The Deer Hunter
They Long to be Close to You Burt Bacharach
Thinking out loud Ed Sheeran
Time after time Cyndi Lauper
Titanic theme tune Celine Dion
Unchained Melody Alex North
We’ve only just begun The Carpenters
What a wonderful world Louis Armstrong
What the world needs now is love Burt Bacharach
Yellow Coldplay
Yesterday The Beatles
You look wonderful tonight Eric Clapton
Your secret love Luther Vandross
Your Song Elton John