Jazz:
- Most tracks from my Billy Thompson Gypsy Style CDs
- Hours of other popular jazz and gypsy jazz tunes performed with high quality backing tracks
- Little Annie Ooh by Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia from the new album featuring the National Youth Jazz Orchestra – the actual recording is used as the backing track (minus the violin which will be played live of course)
- Embraceable You – George Gershwin
- Django/Grappelli classics
- Tchavolo Swing (as played on Noson Lawen by Billy Thompson Gypsy Style)
- A free improvisation is also an option!
Caneuon Cymraeg/Welsh Songs (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- Adra – Gwyneth Glyn
- Calon Lan
- Dacw ‘Nghariad i lawr yn y Berllan
- Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau – fersiwn newydd gan Dafydd Iwan
- Myfanwy (solo violin)
- Cân Walter – Meic Stevens
- Merch o’r Ffatri Wlan – Meic Stevens
- Môr o Gariad – Meic Stevens
- Trywerin – Meic Stevens
- Ysbryd Solva – Meic Stevens
- Pwt ar y bys and over 100 other popular Welsh Folk dance tunes
- a Mwy…
Classical (performed with high quality backing tracks unless stated):
- Air on a G String (Bach)
- Allegro Maestoso from Water Music (Handel)
- Ave Maria (Gounod)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Bach Partita in D Minor (solo violin)
- Bach’s Prelude No. 1 (Played solo on baritone violin)
- Exsultate Jubilante: Alleluia (Mozart)
- Flower Duet from the opera Lakmé (Léo Delibes)
- Gabriel’s Oboe (Morricone)
- Gnossienne (Satie)
- Gymnopedie (Satie)
- Lascia ch’io Pianga (Handel)
- Meditation (Massenet)
- Nesun Dorma
- Notturno (Slow movement from Borodin’s String Quaetet)
- O Mio Babbino Caro
- Oblivion (Piazzola)
- Pachelbel’s Canon
- Panis Angelicus (César Franck)
- Pavane (Fauré)
- Queen of Sheba (Handel)
- Salut d’Amour (Elgar)
- Schindler’s List (Williams)
- Spiegel im Spiegel (Arvo Pärt)
- The Swan (Saint-Saëns) – (Played on baritone violin)
- Time to Say Goodbye (Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto)
- and more…
Pop/Rock (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- 1 + 1 – Beyoncé
- A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
- A Little Respect – Erasure
- A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
- A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
- Adele (give notice which track required)
- Adore You – Harry Styles
- After The Rain Has Gone – Shirley Bassey
- All of Me – John Legend
- All Star – Smash Mouth
- All You Need is Love – The Beatles
- Almost There – Shirley Bassey
- Always Remember Us This Way – Lady Gaga
- Amazed – Lonestar
- American Idiot – Green Day
- Angels – Robbie Williams
- Back For Good – Take That
- Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
- Be The One – Dua Lipa
- Beatles (give notice which track required)
- Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
- Biblical – Calum Scott
- Birds of a Feather – Bille Eilish
- Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John
- Can’t Take My Eyes of You – Frankie Valli
- Can’t Smile Without You – Barry Manilow
- Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timerlake
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – Frankie Valli
- Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
- Chasing Pavements – Adele
- Clocks – Coldplay
- Closing Time – Semisonic
- Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
- Dakota – Stereophonics
- Dance Monkey – Tones and I
- Dancing on my Own – Calum Scott
- Danny Boy – Eva Cassidy version
- Despacito – Luis Fonsi
- Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
- Dreamer – Ozzy Osborne
- Drive – The Cars
- Ed Sheeran (give notice which track required)
- Elvis (give notice which track required)
- Everlong – Foo Fighters
- Every Breath You Take – The Police
- Feel – Robbie Williams
- Fernando – Abba
- Firework – Katy Perry
- Fix You – Coldplay
- For the Love of God – Steve Vai
- From This Moment On – Shania Twain
- Greatest Day – Take That
- Hallelujah – Allison Crowe version
- Halo – Beyoncé
- Handbags and the Gladrags – Stereophonics
- Havana – Camila Cabello
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You – Van Morrison
- Heaven Can Wait – Meat Loaf
- Heaven is A Place On Earth – Belinda Carlisle
- Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
- Heros – David Bowie
- Hey Jude – The Beatles
- Hey There Delilah – Plain White Ts
- How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
- I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing (Acoustic guitar version) – Aerosmith
- I Get to Love You – Ruelle
- I Got The Blues – Labi Siffre
- I Love You Always – Donna Lewis
- I Just Can’t Help Believing – Elvis
- Imagine – John Lennon
- I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
- Islands in The Stream – Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
- It Must Be Love – Labi Siffre / Madness
- Jealous – Labrinth
- Jerusalema – Master G
- Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
- Kiss From a Rose – Seal
- L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
- Lady – Lionel Ritchie
- Learn to Fly – Foo Fighters
- Let Her Go – Passenger
- Life on Mars – David Bowie
- Like a Stone – Audioslave
- Little by Little – Oasis
- Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Lola – The Kinks
- Look of Love – Diana Krall
- Lose Control – Teddy Swims
- Love is in the Air – John Paul Young
- Lover – Taylor Swift
- Make You Feel My Love – Adele
- Mamma Mia – Abba
- Man I Need – Olivia Dean
- Marry You – Bruno Mars
- Moving – Supergrass
- Mr Brightside – The Killers
- Murder on the Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis Bextor
- No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age
- No Surprises – Radiohead
- Nobody Gets Me – Sza
- Ocean Eyes – Billie Eilish
- One Kiss – Dua Lipa
- Only Time – Enya
- Ordinary Man – Ozzy Osborne
- Ordinary World – Duran Duran
- Paradise – Coldplay
- Patience – Take That
- Patterns – Laura Marling
- Perfect – Ed Sheeran
- Perfect Day – Lou Reed
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – B.J.Thomas
- Riptide – Vance Joy
- Rocket Man – Elton John
- Rule The World – Take That
- Run – Snow Patrol (Leona Lewis version)
- Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
- Shallow – Lady Gaga
- She is So Beatiful – The Waterboys
- Skyfall – Adele
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours – Stevie Wonder
- Simply The Best (Tina Turner chilled cover)
- Slipping Through My Fingers – Abba (from Mamma Mia)
- So Easy To Fall in Love – Olivia Dean
- Someone Like You – Adele
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Eva Cassidy version
- Something Just Like This – Coldplay
- Sparks – Coldplay
- Strange – Celeste
- Stay With Me – Sam Smith
- Supersonic Rocket Ship – The Kinks
- The Pretender – Foo Fighters
- Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
- Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
- True Love Ways – Buddy Holly
- Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
- Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
- Until I Found You – Stephen Sanchez
- Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
- Viva la Vida – Coldplay
- We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off – Ella Eyre
- We Have All the Time in the World – Louis Armstrong
- When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars
- What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
- Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift
- Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
- Wonderwall – Oasis
- Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
- Yellow – Coldplay
- Yesterday – The Beatles
- You Are The Reason – Calum Scott
- You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
- You’ll Be in My Heart – Phil Collins
- You’ll Never Walk Alone – from Carousel
- Your Song – Elton John
- You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
- and More…
Disney/Musical Theatre/Films (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- Always Remember Us This Way (A Star is Born)
- Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
- Beauty and the Beast
- Bring Him Home (Les Miserables)
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Lion King)
- Diamonds are Forever
- Everything I Do (Robin Hood)
- Fly Love (Rio)
- Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission)
- Gnossienne (Chocolat)
- How Far I’ll Go (Moana)
- I Know Him So Well (Chess)
- I Wanna Be Like You (Jungle Book)
- Into The Unknown (Frozen)
- La Vie en Rose (Wall-E, A Star is Born and others)
- Let it Go (Frozen)
- A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
- My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
- Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)
- Now We Are Free (Gladiator)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (Mr Bean’s Holiday)
- Reflection (Mulan)
- Rewrite the Stars (The Greatest Showman)
- Shallow (A Star is Born)
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Skyfall (Bond)
- Tomorrow (Annie)
- Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)
- You Only Live Twice (Bond)
- You’ll Be in My Heart (Tarzan)
Italian Songs played on violin or mandolin (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento)
- Dream on my Eyes
- La Spagnola
- O Mio Babbino Caro
- O Sole Mio
- Quando Quando Quando
- Volare
Indian Songs (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- Janam Janam
- Kal Ho Na Ho
- Kaun Tujhe
- Moorni – Panjabi MC
- Nadia – Nitin Sawhney
- Salyaara
- Teri Meri
- Tum Hi Aana
- Tum Hi Ho
Welsh/Irish/Scottish Folk (performed on solo violin):
- Paddy’s Rambles Through The Park (slow Irish Waltz)
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- King of the Fairies
- Morrisons Jig
- Pwt ar y bys and other Traditional Welsh Folk tunes
- The Water is Wide
- Oh Danny Boy
- Many many more…
Religeous (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- Amazing Grace
- Make Me A Channel For Your Peace
Christmas (performed with high quality backing tracks):
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Somewhere Only We Know – Lily Allen version
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…)
- Lots of other popular favourites…
and More… With some notice practically any tune required is possible – within reason!
