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Wedding Music Choices

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Note: All of the pieces listed below are found in the repertoire of the Cadenza String Quartet, but may not be in those of the trio, duo or soloists.

Processional & Signing

The following pieces are suitable for the processional, signing, or other times during the ceremony.
Whichever pieces are not chosen to be in the ceremony may be included in the prelude music.

Air on G from Suite 3 in D
J.S. Bach
Arioso
J.S. Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J.S. Bach
Largo from Concerto for Two Violins
J.S. Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze
J.S. Bach
The Flower Song from Lakme
L. Delibes
Panis Angelicus
C. Franck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
C.W. Gluck
Air from Water Music
G.F. Handel
Air in F
G.F. Handel
Chorale ("St. Anthony")
F.J. Haydn
Meditation from Thais
J. Massenet
Ave Verum Corpus
W.A. Mozart
Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman
J. Offenbach
Canon in D
J. Pachelbel
O mio babbino caro
G. Puccini
Ave Maria
F. Schubert
Traumerei
R. Schumann
Greensleeves
Traditional
Winter
A. Vivaldi

Recessional

The following pieces are suitable for the recessional.
Whichever pieces are not chosen to be in the ceremony may be included in the postlude music.

Allegro from Sonata No.6
T. Albinoni
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J.S. Bach
Ode to Joy
L. Beethoven
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
from Solomon
G.F. Handel
Hornpipe from Water Music
G.F. Handel
La Rejouissance
G.F. Handel
Autumn
A. Vivaldi
Spring
A. Vivaldi

There is, of course, always the option of using the Bridal Chorus of Wagner ("Here Comes the Bride") for the processional and the Wedding March of Mendelssohn (from Midsummer Night's Dream) or Mozart (from the Marriage of Figaro) for the recessional.

 

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