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Wedding Music List

The pieces in the categories below are merely popular suggestions.  Many selections function well in several categories.  Feel free to mix and match as you please.

Prelude Music
As guests are arriving and being seated, the quartet will play a selection of appropriate pieces.  If you wish to have specific pieces played, please choose from our wedding music list or our complete music list. 

Processionals (Grandparents, Parents, and/or Wedding Party)
Air from “Water Music” - Handel
Air on the G String - Bach
Aria from “Xerxes” - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
The Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour) - Martini
Largo from Winter from “Four Seasons” - Vivaldi

Panis Angelicus - Franck
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Wachet Auf (Sleepers Awake) - Bach

Bridal Processional
Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin” - Wagner
Bridal March - Jonathan Cain
Canon in D - Pachelbel

Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clark
Wedding Processional from "Sound of Music" - Rodgers

Unity Candle and/or Special Music
All I Ask of You from "Phantom of the Opera" - Webber
Amazing Grace - Newton
Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave verum corpus - Mozart
I Will Be Here - Chapman
How Beautiful - Paris
Meditation from “Thais” -
Massenet
My Heart Belongs to You - Booth
O Perfect Love - Barnby
One Hand, One Heart from "West Side Story" - Bernstein
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Plaisir d’Amour (The Joys of Love) - Martini
The Music of the Night from "Phantom of the Opera" - Webber
The Lord’s Prayer - Malotte
The Lover’s Waltz - Ungar/Mason
The Prayer - Sager/Renis
Un Bel Di (One Fine Day) from "Madame Butterfly" - Puccini
Wedding Song (There is Love) - Esposito/Stookey

Recessional
Alleluia from “Exultate, Jubilate” - Mozart    
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Mvmt. 1 - Bach
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Hornpipe from “Water Music” - Handel
La Rejouissance - Handel
March from "Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Rondeau - Mouret
Spring Mvmt. 1 from “Four Seasons” - Vivaldi
Wedding March from "Midsummer Night's Dream" - Mendelssohn

Postlude
As guests are being dismissed, the quartet will play a selection of appropriate pieces.  If you wish to have specific pieces played, please choose from our wedding music list or our complete music list (below).



Complete Music List


Classical Genre
Air (in G Major and G minor) - Handel
Air from Water Music - Handel
Air on the G String - Bach
Allegro in C Major from Quartet No. 4, K. 157 - Mozart
Allegro Maestoso from “Water Music” - Handel
Alleluia from “Exsultate, Jubilate” - Mozart
Andante from Divertimento, K. 136 - Mozart
Aria from “Xerxes”  - Handel
Aria in D Major - Handel
Arioso from Cantata No. 156 - Bach
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Maria - Bach / Gounod
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Badinerie in B Minor - Bach
Brandenburg Concerts - Bach
     No. 2, Mvmt 3
     No. 3, Mvmt 1 and 2
     No. 5, Mvmt 1, 2, and 3
Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin” - Wagner
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Coronation March from “The Prophet” - Meyerbeer
Corrente in C Major - Corelli
Corrente in F Major - Corelli
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mvmt 1 - Mozart
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Flower Duet from “Lakme” - Delibes
Four Seasons - Vivaldi
      Autumn (Finale)
     Autumn (Mvmt 1)
      Danza Pastorale
     Largo from Winter
     Spring (Mvmt 1)
      Winter (Mvmt 1)
Gigue in F Major - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
La Réjouissance from the “Royal Fireworks” - Handel
Meditation from “Thais” - Massenet
Menuetto and Trio from “Cassation” - Mozart
Menuetto in F Major - Corelli
Minuet from String Quartet in C Major - Haydn
Minuet in F Major - Gluck
Molto Allegro from Quartet No. 2 in D Major - Mozart
Notturno from 3rd Mvmt of String Quartet No. 2 - Borodin
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 - Beethoven
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Passacaile - Handel
Plaisir d’Amour (The Joys of Love) - Martini
Presto from String Quartet in Eb, K. 160 - Mozart
Presto from String Quartet, K. 156 - Mozart
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: 18th Var. - Rachmaninoff
Rigaudon - Campra
Romance - Debussy
Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme - Rota
Rondeau from Sinfonies des fanfares - Mouret
Serenade from String Quartet in F, Op. 3 - Haydn
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky
The Lord’s Prayer - Malotte
Theme from First Symphony - Brahms
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary in D - Clark / Purcell
Wachet Auf (Sleepers, Awake) - Bach
Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - Mendelssohn
Wedding Processional (from “Sound of Music”) - Rogers
Wedding Song (“There is Love”) - Stookey


Hymns and Sacred
- We can always accommodate additional requests from any standard hymnal.
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Monk
Amazing Grace - Excell
Amazing Grace - Newton
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Maria - Bach / Gounod
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Be Thou My Vision - Slane
Come, Christians, Join To Sing - Madrid
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Robinson
The Gift of Love - Hopson
Glorious Things - Haydn
Great is Thy Faithfulness - Runyan
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty - Nicaea
How Great Is Our God - Tomlin
Lord of All Hopefulness - Slane
The Lord’s Prayer - Malotte
Make Me A Channel of Your Peace - Hymn
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Luther
Now Thank We All Our God - Danket
O Perfect Love - Barnby
O Store Gut (How Great Thou Art) - Swedish Folk Melody
Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him - Hyfrydol
Still, Still With Thee - Consolation
To God Be The Glory - Doane

Will You Let Me Be Your Servant (The Servant Song) - Gillard

Jazz Standards
Come Fly With Me - Jimmy Van Heusen
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Embraceable You - George Gershwin
Entertainer - Scott Joplin
I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
I've Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter
In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington

In the Mood - Joe Garland
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing - Duke Ellington
It Had To Be You - arr. Martin Norgaard
It's All Right With Me - Cole Porter
It's Only A Paper Moon - Rose & Harburg & Arlen
La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
Someone To Watch Over Me - George Gershwin
Take Five - Paul Desmond


Popular and Contemporary

--We can always accommodate special requests!
All I Want Is You - U2
All of Me - John Legend
All You Need Is Love - Beatles
Beautiful Day - U2
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
Bridal March - Jonathan Cain
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Clocks - Coldplay
Dear John Theme - Lurie, Deborah
Don't Stop Believin’ - Journey
Everything - Michael Buble
Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams
Falling Slowly (from Once) - Hansard / Irglova
Fields of Gold - Sting
Firework - Katy Perry
Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Green Eyes - Coldplay
Groovy Kind of Love - Wine / Sager
Halo - Beyonce

Hallelujah (from Shrek) - Leonard Cohen
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison
Here, There and Everywhere - Lennon / McCartney
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
How Beautiful - Paris
How Long Will I Love You - The Waterboys / Ellie Goulding
I Choose You - Sara Bareilles

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Get To Love You - Ruelle
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Imagine - John Lennon
In My Life - Lennon / McCartney
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Love Story - Taylor Swift
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
Lucky - Jason Mraz / Colbie Caillat
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Marry Me - Train
Marry You - Bruno Mars
May it Be - Enya
Maybe I’m Amazed - Paul McCartney
Never Stop - Safety Suit
On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons
Only Time - Enya
Perhaps Love - John Denver
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Photograph - Ed Sheeran
The Prayer - Sager / Renis
River Flows In You - Yiruma
Royals - Lorde
See You Again - Wiz Khalifa / Charlie Puth
Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon

Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
So Happy Together - The Turtles
Someone Like You - Adele
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Hawaiian) - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Wedding Song (“There is Love”) - Stookey
The Wedding Song - Kenny G
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Wild Horses - Jagger / Richards
With A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
With or Without You - U2
Yellow - Berryman, Buckland, et al
You Are The Best Thing - Ray Montagne
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
Young Americans - David Bowie
Your Song - Elton John
Yours - Russell Dickerson

Folk and Fiddle
Alison’s Waltz - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Ash Grove - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
Flowers of Edinburgh - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Haste to the Wedding - The Corrs 
Home Away from Home - Galway and Coulter

Kesh Jig - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Lannigan’s Ball - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Lovers Waltz - Ungar / Mason
MacPherson’s Lament (A Scottish Air) - arr. Marshall / Phillips
Mari’s Wedding - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Off She Goes - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Si Bheag Si Mhor - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski
Swallowtail Jig - arr. Phillips / Dabczynski

Movies and Broadway
All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera) - Webber

Beauty and the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) - Menken
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from Lion King) - John
Concerning Hobbits (from Lord of the Rings) - Shore
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful (from Cinderella) - Rodgers
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (from Cinderella) - David / Livingston / Hoffman
Falling Slowly (from 
Once) - Hansard / Irglova
Hallelujah (from Shrek) - Cohen
Highlights from Sound of Music - Rodgers
     The Sound of Music
     Edelweiss
     My Favorite Things
     Climb Every Mountain
I Dreamed a Dream (from Les Miserables) - Schonberg
I See the Light (from Tangled) - Menken
Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha) - Leigh
Music of the Night (from Phantom of the Opera) - Webber
One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story) - Bernstein
Somewhere (from West Side Story) - Bernstein
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (from Wizard of Oz) - Arlen
Sunrise, Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof) - Bock
Ten Minutes Ago (from Cinderella) - Rodgers

Til There Was You (from Music Man) - Wilson
Tonight (from West Side Story) - Bernstein
Throne Room/Finale (from Star Wars) - Williams
Turning Page (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) - O'Neal

Latin
Csardas - McLean
Rhumba - McLean
Serenata - McLean
Tango - McLean


Holiday
Angels We Have Heard on High - French carol
Away in a Manger - Martin Luther
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - Traditional French
Chanukah - Traditional
Deck the Halls - Welsh carol
Forest Green - English melody
Frosty the Snowman - Rollins
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Traditional
Good King Wenceslas - English carol
Greensleeves - English melody
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Martin
He is Born, The Holy Child - French carol
Here Comes Santa Claus - Autry
Here We Come A-Caroling
Holly Jolly Christmas - Marks
I Saw Three Ships - Traditional English
Jingle Bells - Traditional English
Jingle Bell Rock - Beal/Boothe
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Anonymous
Joy to the World - Handel
Let It Snow - Cahn/Styne
Listen, Lordlings, Unto Me
Lo, How A Rose Ere Blooming - Praetorius
Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikowsky
   
Overture, March, Dance of the Sugar
   
Plum Fairy, Trepak, Arabian Dance,
    Waltz of the Flowers
O Christmas Tree - Traditional
O Come, All Ye Faithful - Wade
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Shepherds, Leave Your Sheep  
On This Day Everywhere - Traditional
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - Marks
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Marks
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Gillespie / Coots    
Silent Night - Gruber
Silver Bells - Livingston / Evans
S’Vivon - Traditional
The Coventry Carol - English melody
The First Nowell - English carol
The Hanukkah Song - Traditional
The Holly and the Ivy - Traditional
Ukrainian Bell Carol (Carol of the Bells) - Traditional                  
Wassail Song - Traditional English carol
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Traditional English
White Christmas - Berlin
Winter Wonderland - Smith

Miscellaneous
Chicken Dance - Rendall
Happy Birthday - Traditional
MSU Fight Song - Lankey
U of M Fight Song (The Victors) - Elbel
Pomp and Circumstance
- Elgar
The Star-Spangled Banner - Smith


New selections are always being added!
If you're looking for something you don't see on this list, please ask!


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