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Russell Thompson

Pianist / Keyboardist

Also Performs As: Wedding Musician
Country: United Kingdom
Based In: Wokingham, South East
Performs: Within 25 Miles
From: £200

As well as my passion for performing for large audiences in concert halls, I also work as a background pianist for any event. My repertoire is huge, and I can play any style of music suited to your event. I have played for weddings, hotels, restaurants and charities.

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Description

My repertoire covers classical, popular covers, jazz numbers, boogie woogie and blues.
As a performer, I have a huge repertoire consisting of the great classic solo and concerto by composers such as:
Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Debussy, Ravel.
My experience as a solo performer includes churches, concert halls and orchestras throughout the UK.
As a background pianist, I have played for weddings, at castles, and at functions. My repertoire is huge and I can play any style suited to your choi ... ce!

Set-List

Popular/Modern
1960s - Present
A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
All My Loving (The Beatles)
All of Me (John Legend)
Always on My Mind (Elvis Presley)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Bad Day (Daniel Powter)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
Can't Help Falling in Love with You (Elvis Presley)
Can’t Take My Eyes off You (Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons)
Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
Cannon Ball (Damien Rice)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Copacabana (Barry Manilow)
Dancing Queen (Abba)
Desperado (The Eagles)
Don’t Dream It’s Over ... (Crowded House)
Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
English Rose (The Jam)
Ferry Cross the Mersey (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Friday I’m in Love (The Cure)
From Me to You (The Beatles)
Galway Girl (Steve Earle)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Heal the World (Michael Jackson)
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles)
How Deep is Your Love (Bee Gees)
How Would You Feel (Ed Sheeran)
I Swear (All-4-One)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz)
Imagine (John Lennon)
In My Life (The Beatles)
In These Arms (Bon Jovi)
It's a Hard Life (Queen)
Just the Way You Are (Amazing) (Bruno Mars)
Lazybones (Jonathan King)
Let Her Go (Passenger)
Let It Be (The Beatles)
Lost (Michael Buble)
Love is All Around (Wet Wet Wet)
Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan)
Mamma Mia (Abba)
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Moon River (Audrey Hepburn)
Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
My Way (Frank Sinatra)
One Day Like This (Elbow)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Perfect Day (Lou Reed)
Prayer (Celine Dion)
Puppy Love (Donny Osmond)
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - (Bacharach)
Alfie - (Bacharach)
She’s a Rainbow (The Rolling Stones)
Somebody to Love (Queen)
Stand by Me (Ben E. King)
Stay with Me (Sam Smith)
Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra)
Suddenly (Angry Anderson)
Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
The Prayer (Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Those Were the Days (Mary Hopkin)
Ticket to Ride (The Beatles)
Too Much Love Will Kill You (Queen)
Two Beds and a Coffee Machine (Savage Garden)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
We Can Work It Out (The Beatles)
We Found Love (Rihanna)
We’ve Only Just Begun (The Carpenters)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
When I’m Sixty-Four (The Beatles)
Who Wants to Live Forever (Queen)
Wings (Birdie)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
Wouldn't It Be Nice (The Beach Boys)
Yellow (Coldplay)
Yesterday (The Beatles)
Pre-1960s
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (Frank Sinatra)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Vera Lynn)
All of a Sudden My Heart Sings (Hildegarde)
All the Way (Frank Sinatra)
Beer Barrel Polka (Liberace)
Blue Moon (Rodgers/Hart)
Blueberry Hill (Glenn Miller)
Coming Home (Vera Lynn)
Cry Me a River (Julie London)
Don't Fence Me In (Roy Rogers)
Earth Angel (The Penguins)
Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles)
How About You (Judy Garland)
How Deep is the Ocean (Frank Sinatra)
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (Vera Lynn)
I Don't Want to Walk Without You (Betty Jane Rhodes)
I Love You for Sentimental Reasons (Nat King Cole)
I Remember You (Dorothy Lamour)
I'll Make Up for Everything (Vera Lynn)
I've Heard That Song Before (Vera Lynn)
If You Were the Only Girl in the World (Perry Como)
In the Mood (Glenn Miller)
Knees Up Mother Brown (Elsie and Doris Waters)
Lilli Marlene (Lale Andersen)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
Mam'selle (Frank Sinatra)
Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole)
Moonlight Becomes You (Bing Crosby)
More Than Ever (Come Prima) (Mario Lanza)
My Grandfather's Clock (Evelyn Knight)
My Old Man's a Dustman (Lonnie Donegan)
Paper Doll (The Mills Brothers)
Pistol Packin' Mama (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters)
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (Doris Day)
Red Roses for a Blue Lady (Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Men)
Rockin’ Chair (Hoagy Carmichael)
Roll Out the Barrel (The Andrews Sisters)
Room Five-Hundred-and-Four (Vera Lynn)
Sand in My Shoes (Connie Boswell)
Scarlet Ribbons (Jo Stafford)
Sentimental Journey (Doris Day)
Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
That Lucky Old Sun (Frankie Laine)
The Anniversary Waltz (Vera Lynn)
The Gipsy (Billy Reid)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Ann Sothern)
The More I See You (Dick Haymes)
The White Cliffs of Dover (Vera Lynn)
Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips (Nick Lucas)
Underneath the Arches (Flanagan and Allen)
We're Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
(Vera Lynn)
We’ll Meet Again (Vera Lynn)
When I Fall in Love (Doris Day)
When You're Smiling (Louis Armstrong
Whispering Grass (Erskine Hawkins)
Who’s Taking You Home Tonight (Ivor Novello) (Vera Lynn)
Yes, My Darling Daughter (Dinah Shore)
You are My Sunshine (Gene Autry)
You'll Never Know (Vera Lynn)
You've Done Something to My Heart (Pat Kirkwood)
Yours (Vera Lynn)
Jazz/Standards/Ragtime
All of Me (Ruth Etting)
Dizzy Fingers (Zen Confrey)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington)
Dream (The Pied Pipers)
Dream a Little Dream of Me (Mama Cass Elliot)
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Ella Fitzgerald)
Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra)
Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ray Charles)
I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Nina Simone)
I'll Close My Eyes (Billy Reid)
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Duke Ellington)
Let There Be Love (Nat King Cole)
Misty (Erroll Garner/Johnny Mathis)
My Foolish Heart (Martha Mears)
My Funny Valentine (Hal McIntyre)
Our Love Affair (Frank Sinatra)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Tangerine (Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberly)
Tenderly (Sarah Vaughan)
That's All (Nat King Cole)
The Stars Will Remember (Vaughn Monroe)
The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire)
There Goes That Song Again (Kay Kyser & Georgia Carroll)
They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin)
Time After Time (Frank Sinatra)
Musical
Almost Like Being in Love (Brigadoon)
Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
Anything Goes (Anything Goes)
As Time Goes By (Everybody's Welcome)
Be My Love (The Toast of New Orleans)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Pal Joey)
Blue Skies (Betsy)
Bring Him Home (Les Miserables)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Show Boat)
Close Every Door (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
Edelweiss (The Sound of Music)
How Are Things in Glocca Morra (Finian's Rainbow)
I Can Give You the Starlight (Ivor Novello) (The Dancing Years)
I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi Like You Very Much (That Night in Rio)
I'll Be Your Sweetheart (I'll Be Your Sweetheart)
It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair)
Long Ago (and Far Away) (Cover Girl)
Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
My Dearest Dear (Ivor Novello) (The Dancing Years)
My Life Belongs to You (Ivor Novello) (The Dancing Years)
No Matter What (Whistle Down the Wind)
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
Rewrite The Stars (The Greatest Showman
Singin' in the Rain (Singin' in the Rain)
Someday My Heart Will Wake (Ivor Novello)
(King's Rhapsody)
Taking a Chance on Love (Cabin in the Sky)
The Heather on the Hill (Brigadoon)
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
Waltz of My Heart (Ivor Novello) (The Dancing Years)
We'll Gather Lilacs (Ivor Novello) (Perchance to Dream)
Film Music
Any Other Name (American Beauty)
Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet)
Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Comptine D’un Autre Ete (Amelie)
Feather Theme (Forrest Gump)
Gift of Mortality (Bicentennial Man)
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)
Grow Old with You (The Wedding Singer)
Jurassic Park (Theme)
Love Theme (Romeo & Juliet)
One Last Wish (Casper)
Portuguese Love Theme (Love Actually)
Tennessee (Pearl Harbour)
Titanic (Theme)
When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
British Music Hall
Any Old Iron (Harry Champion)
Don't Dilly Dally (My Old Man) (Marie Lloyd)
It's a Long Way to Tipperary (Florrie Forde)
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Ole Kit Bag (Edward Hamilton)
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty (Florrie Forde)
Traditional/Folk Songs
Danny Boy (Frederic Weatherly)
Down in the Glen (Gordon/Connor)
How Can You Buy Killarney (Kennedy/Frundland/Morrison/Steels/Grant)
Londonderry Air (Katherine Tynan Hinkson)
Michael Row the Boat (Spiritual)
My Bonnie (Traditional)
My Little Welsh Home (W. S. Gwynn Williams)
Now is the Hour (Scott/Kaihau/Stewart)
Oh My Darling, Clementine (Percy Montrose)
Red River Valley (Traditional)
Scarborough Fair (Traditional)
Simple Gifts (Joseph Brackett)
The Old Folks at Home (Stephen Foster)
Waltzing Matilda (Banjo Paterson)
We'll Keep a Welcome (Joshua/Harper/Jones)
Patriotic
Land of Hope & Glory (Elgar/Benson)
Rule Britannia (Thomson/Arne)
Spiritual/Hymns
Amazing Grace
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
How Great Thou Art
Love Devine
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
Classical
Adagio (Sonata in C) (Beethoven)
Adagio for Strings (Barber)
Andante (Sonata Op.14) (Beethoven)
Andante Espressivo (Sonata Op.72) (Beethoven)
Aria: Lascia ch’io pianga (Handel)
Bagatelle in A (Beethoven)
Bagatelle in C (Beethoven)
Bagatelle in F (Beethoven)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Etude No. 3, Op. 10 (Chopin)
Fantasia in D Minor (Mozart)
Fur Elise (Beethoven)
Gymnopedie (Satie)
Happy and Sad (Beethoven)
Kinderszenen (Schumann)
Kiss the Rain (Yiruma)
La Marmotte (Beethoven)
March from the Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Meditation (Massenet)
Minuet in G (Beethoven)
Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven)
Mozart 40 (Mozart)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)
Pevane Op. 50 (Faure)
Piano Piece (Beethoven)
Prelude in C Minor (Bach)
River Flows in You (Yiruma)
Rondo in C (Beethoven)
Six Ecossaies (Beethoven)
Six German Dances (Beethoven)
Sonata in G (Beethoven)
Sonata in G (Last Movement Hob. XVI/8) (Haydn)
Sonata Op.49 (Beethoven)
Spring Time (Yiruma)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Themes from Piano Concerto No.1 (Beethoven)
Themes from Piano Concerto No.3 (Beethoven)
Themes from Symphony No.2 (Beethoven)
Themes from Symphony No.7 (Beethoven)
Themes from Symphony No.8 (Beethoven)
Themes from Symphony Number 5 (Beethoven)
Themes from Violin Concerto Op. 61 (Beethoven)
Tyrolean (Beethoven
Variations on a Russian Song (Beethoven)
Waltzer (Beethoven)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Original (Classical Piano)
Impromptu in A Flat
Christmas Repertoire
Traditional/Carols
Deck the Halls
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
God Rest You Merry, Gentleman
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Oh Christmas Tree
Once in Royal David's City
See Amid the Winter's Snow
Silent Night
The First Nowell
The Holly and the Ivy
The Twelve Days of Christmas
We Three Kings of Orient Are
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
While Shepherds Watched
Popular/Modern
Frosty the Snowman (Gene Autry)
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland)
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (Wizzard)
Last Christmas (Wham!)
Mistletoe and Wine (Cliff Richard)
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry)
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (Harry Reser & Tom Stacks)
Silver Bells (Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell)
Stop the Cavalry (Jona Lewie)
When a Child is Born (Johnny Mathis)
Winter Wonderland (Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Orchestra

Reviews (4 Reviews)

Russell Thompson - Pianist / Keyboardist - Wokingham, South East Event Location: Berkshire Care Home, Wokingham Event Type: Care home entertainment 2nd March 2023

Hi Russell Just to say thank you very much for yesterday. Our residents had a very nice afternoon which I called music therapy . We would like to book you on Monday 10th of April 2.30 pm, It will be Connie’s Birthday. She absolutely loved your music yesterday. Kind Regards Bella (Blerina Cuka)

Reviewed by: Blerina Cuka

Russell Thompson - Pianist / Keyboardist - Wokingham, South East Event Location: St Mary's Church, Streatley-on-Thames Event Type: Piano recital 3rd September 2022

Dear Russell, Thank you for a really super recital yesterday! Everyone enjoyed it very much and we hope you will be able to return and play for us again at some point.

Reviewed by: Stella Robinson

Russell Thompson - Pianist / Keyboardist - Wokingham, South East Event Location: St Nicholas Church, Brighton Event Type: Piano recital 9th March 2022

Dear Russell I just wanted to thank you for performing at St Nicholas yesterday. It was a wonderful concert and we have had some great feedback. I do hope you enjoyed the experience! If you would like to make a date for next year, please find below our 2023 calendar link - we would love to have you return. Do choose a date, let me know and I will add you and confirm back. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards Joanne Morrell Parish Administrator

Reviewed by: Joanne Morrell

Experience

I have experience playing for Wedding receptions, hotels and Castles.

Previous Clients

I played the piano for an evening Dinner event for the RAF, at RAF BENSON in Wallingford.

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Baby Shower Bachelor / Stag Party Bachelorette / Hen Party Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Birthday Party (Child) Birthday Party (Teen) Bridal Shower Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christening Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party Hanukkah Celebration High School Reunion HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event Jewish Wedding New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Prom Night Quinceañera / Sweet 16 Party Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party School Event Session Work Social Club Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Virtual Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Acting Experience

I studied Performing Arts at the Royal Forest of Dean College. I started in many productions such as West Side Story, Sweet Charity.

Meet the Act

I have been playing piano since I was 6. I have always been very serious about my love for playing the piano, having won competitions as a teenager, such as Knowsley Young Musician of the Year, and Maghull Festival of Music Competition at age 15. My main ambition is to be a concert pianist and perform in the top halls with the best orchestras in the World! I enjoy playing as a lounge pianist and pianist for events just as much though, as it is a pleasant change for me to play in the background! Aside from music, I love acting and have starred in plays and musicals when I studied GNVQ Performin ... g Arts. I also enjoy composing and take it very seriously.