Wedding Repertoire

Planning a wedding?  Below are some selections from our repertoire to get you started.  (Please note that the grouping below is only for suggestion purposes only; we can play these pieces for whatever portion of the ceremony that you would like.)

 

Prelude (generally quieter and softer selections)

Bach, J.S. “Air on the G string” (“Air” from Orchestral Suite No. 3)
Bach, J.S. “Arioso” (Sinfonia from ”Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe”, BWV 156)
Bach, J.S. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Boccherini, Luigi Minuet from String Quintet in E Major (Op. 11, #5)
Debussy, Claude “Clair de Lune” (NOTE: Requires a piano.  Indoor weddings only)
Franck, Cesar “Panis Angelicus” (from Mass in A Major)
Gluck, Christoph “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”
Handel, G.F. “Aria” (from Op. 6, #12)
Haydn, Franz Joseph “St. Anthony’s Chorale”
Mascagni, Pietro Intermezzo Sinfonico (from “Cavalleria Rusticana”)
Mouret, Jean-Joseph Rondeau
Mozart, W.A. Divertimento in F Major (K. 138)
Mozart, W.A. “March of the Priests” (from “The Magic Flute”)
Puccini, Giacomo Three Minuettos

 

Processional:

Charpentier, Marc Prelude from “Te Deum” (NOTE: We also have a version for trumpet + strings)
Clarke, Jeremiah Trumpet Voluntary (NOTE: We also have a version for trumpet + strings)
Crain, Brian Butterfly Waltz
Mendelssohn, Felix Wedding March (from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”)
Mozart, W.A. Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”
Pachelbel, Johann Canon in D

 

Ceremony:

(traditional) “Be Thou My Vision”
Hine, Stuart “How Great Thou Art”
Schubert, Franz “Ave Maria”
Runyan, William “Great is Thy Faithfulness”

 

Recessional/Postlude (generally louder, more upbeat selections)

Bach, J.S. Gavottes 1-2 from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major
Handel, G.F. “Alla Hornpipe” (from Water Music)
Mozart, W.A. Symphony No. 15 in G Major (K. 124)
Pachelbel, Johann Gigue in D Major

 

Please note that we can easily shorten/lengthen most selections “on the spot” as necessary for the ceremony.

If a classical-era piece you have in mind is not listed here, feel free to ask us about it.  Please no pop song requests.