- STRING QUARTET and TRIO wedding music list:
Prelude music is selected by the Fleur-de-lis. Let us know if you want light classical, romantic or contemporary.
Processional
(seating of parents, honored guests, bridesmaids etc)
Bach Air on the G String - lyrical, elegant and slow, good for any part of the ceremony.
Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - has a great flow, very good for a large processional.
Bach Sheep May Safely Graze - flowing, elegant, very nice for bridesmaids.
Franck Panis Angelicus - lyrical, good for parents or bridesmaids.
Handel Air -lyrical and elegant traditional wedding ceremony music (great for parents).
Handel Arioso (from Xerxes) - lyrical, elegant, very similar to Handel's Air.
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus - a beautiful song, sacred music.
Pachelbel Canon - flowing music, everybody’s favorite processional.
Vivaldi Largo (from "Winter") from Four Seasons - lyrical, excellent choice for the bridesmaids
Bride's Entrance
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary - one of the best choices for bride or recessional.
Handel Hornpipe - one of the best choices for bride or recessional.
Pachelbel Canon - always a good choice
Purcell Trumpet Tune - one of the best choices for bride processional or recessional.
Wagner Bridal Chorus - also known as “Here comes the bride”
Recessional/Exit Music
Beethoven Ode to Joy from Symphony #9 - famous, happy and very popular.
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary - stately and march-like, one of the best choices for bride or recessional.
Handel La Rejouissance - stately, classic, traditional music for the recessional
Handel Hornpipe from Water Music Suite - happy and upbeat, quite traditional.
Handel The Entrance of Queen of Sheba - very upbeat and cheerful.
Mendelssohn Wedding March - if you like traditional wedding music, you can't go wrong with this one.
Mouret Rondeau from Symphonies de Fanfares (Masterpiece Theater theme) - very happy tune
Purcell Trumpet Tune - march-like, a great alternative to "Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary"
Vivaldi: Allegro (from “Spring”) - very cheerful and up-beat
Special Moments and/or Non Traditional Ceremony Music
(lighting a candle, communion, sand ceremony etc...)
Unchained Melody
Somewhere Out There by James Horner
The Music of the Night by Webber
All I Ask of You by Webber
Sunrise, Sunset
One Hand, One Heart
Love Story
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Traditional Amazing Grace
Tchaikovsky Chanson Triste (best as a Trio) - slow, romantic, expressive.
Ashokan Farewell - slow, starts with a violin solo, with a fiddle flavor.
Memory by Ah Doe (from The Departed) - slow, lyrical song.
The Prayer from Quest for Camelot - very romantic, slow and lyrical.
Forrest Gump Main Title-Feather Theme by Alan Silvestri (best as a Trio) - slow, lyrical and happy.
O Sole Mio by Eduardo di Capua (best as a Trio) - very romantic Italian aria
Contemporary Music Selections that can be used for any part of he ceremony. For a modest fee, we can arrange any song you
would like.
Coldplay: "Clocks"
Coldplay: "Violet Hill"
Radiohead: "No Surprises"
Aerosmith: "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing"
The Cult: "She Sells Sanctuary"
Led Zeppelin: "All My Love"
Led Zeppelin: "Stairway to Heaven"
Beetles: various songs
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- Violin and Cello Duo wedding music list: Some music is similar to our quartet and trio arrangements.
Processional
(groom, bridesmaids, seating of parents, honored guests etc)
Bach: Air on the G String - lyrical, elegant and slow, good for any part of the ceremony.
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring -has a great flow, very good for a large processional.
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze - flowing, elegant, very nice for bridesmaids.
Bach: Wachet Auf - flowing, elegant.
Bach: Bist du bei mir - nice alternative to Jesu, Joy
Brahms: Theme from the 1st symphony - moderate tempo, more upbeat the Bach pieces, instantly recognizable theme
Faure: Pavane - beautiful piece, lyrical, a little wistful, great for seating of parents or for bridesmaids.
Gluck: Minuet - slow and elegant
Pachelbel: Canon - flowing music, everybody’s favorite processional.
Vivaldi: Largo (from "Winter") from Four Seasons - lyrical and elegant.
Bride's Entrance
Bach: Air on the G String from Suite #3 in D Major - a classic, good for any part of the ceremony.
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary - march-like and stately, one of the best choices for bride's entrance.
Pachelbel: Canon - flowing, great for a longer procession
Mendelssohn: Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream - very traditional
Purcell: Trumpet Tune - march-like, stately and happy.
Te Deum: by Charpentier - majestic, could be used as a recessional also
Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - also known as “Here comes the bride”
Recessional/Exit Music
Beethoven: Ode to Joy from Symphony #9 - famous and very popular.
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary - march-like, stately.
Handel: La Rejouissance - classic, traditional music for the recessional, could be used for the bride
Handel: The Entrance of Queen of Sheba - very up-beat.
Handel: Hornpipe in D from "Water Music"
Handel: Hornpipe in F from the "Water Music" (both hornpipes, in D and F, are very good)
Mendelssohn: Wedding March - if you like traditional wedding music, you can't go wrong with this one.
Mouret: Rondeau from Symphonies de Fanfares - very happy tune, excellent recessional music.
Purcell: Trumpet Tune - one of the best choices for bride processional or recessional.
Vivaldi: Spring
Wedding Tarantella - traditional Italian dance, fast and joyous, a great piece with which to conclude the ceremony
Special Moments
(lighting a candle, communion, sand ceremony etc...)
Classical:
Bach: Air on the G String from Suite #3 in D Major - a classic, good for any part of the ceremony.
Bach: Arioso - slow, sacred music.
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208 - a classic, beautiful tune.
Bach: Wachet Auf - another Bach classic, flowing and elegant.
Handel: Air in F (also known as Handel's Arioso) - slow, meditative musi.c
Mozart: "Andante" from Piano Concerto No.21
Vivaldi: Largo from Four Seasons
Romantic and Popular:
Faure: Pavane - beautiful, slow and wistful.
Ravel: Pavane - meditative and slow
Schubert: Ave Maria - one of the best choices for special moments.
Traditional Amazing Grace
Ashokan Farewell by Ungar
Meditation from Thais by Massenet - romantic aria.
Sunrise, Sunset by Jerry Bock - moderate waltz
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini - lyrical and romantic
"La Vie Rose" by Edith Piaf
"If I Fell" - jazz standard
Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
Gershwin: "Embraceable You"
Gershwin: "Lullaby"
Webber: Music of the Night from "The Phantom of the Opera"
Webber: "All I Ask of You"
"As Time Goes By" by Hupteld
Puccini: "La Boheme"
Puccini: "O Mio Babbino Caro"
Williams: "A Winter's Willow - a romantic country song
- Jewish Wedding music for String Quartet: various selections. E-mail for more info.
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| Fleur-de-lis Music List |
| Below you will find: String Quartet and String Trio music list (traditional and also contemporary selections) Jewish Wedding music for string Quartet Violin and Cello Duo music list Solo Violin music list |
- Solo Violin music list:
The same as the duo list above. Plus: J.S.Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas - can be used as a part of a prelude or
during ceremony, for instance the Gavotte in E major works well as a bridal entrance or a recessional
Slow and meditative music:
"Canzonetta" from Tchaikovsky's violin concerto
"Romance" from Wieniawsky's violin concerto
"Andantino" from Sait-Saen's violin concerto
C. Sait-Saens: "The Swan"
R. Schumann: "Traumerei"
Fr. Schubert: "Serenade"
C. Debussy: "Girl with Flaxen Hair"
Massenet: "Meditation from Thais"
Dvorak: " Largo from the New World Symphony"
Mendelssohn: "Song without Words"
Gluck: "Melodie from Orfeo and Euridice"
- Upbeat and happy music:
Fritz Kreisler's selection: "Liebesfreud", "Schon Rosmarin" etc.
Corelli: 12 sonatas (selections)