Love is in the air as Claudia chooses wedding songs and appears in tale of one of Cork's great romances
Claudia Rose Long and Cormac Smith in Scéalta Grá na hÉireann on TG4.
For Claudia Rose Long, a wedding has got to be all about the music. Chatting excitedly about her wedding plans from her home near Manchester, the 23-year-old singer, who has performed at her fair share of ceremonies during her teens in her native Cork, is already listing musical choices for her big day with soccer star Seani Maguire, set for June 2022.
“I’ve always loved love stories and weddings and stuff, and I think that’s from being around them so much,” Long says. “For me, it’s not the ceremony as much as the music that’s important. I think you can tell the story of the couple with the music.” So what does the singer have lined up for her own big day? “My grandmother used to sing This Is My Song by Engelbert Humperdinck, and I love Benedictus, which I first heard in Cork School of Music. So I have those two, but I just want the whole day to be filled with music, so we’re both making playlists.
