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Choices for a Ceremony

For a better idea of the Belle Arte String Quartet repertoire for your ceremony, please choose from the following list by musical genre:

 

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Sample Program

1:30 Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Mozart: Romance, from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"

Boccherini: Minuet

Dittersdorf: Andante, from String Quartet in E-flat

Pachelbel: Canon in D

1:55 Haydn: Andante Cantabile (Serenade), from Quartet 68 Op. 3, # 5. Played while parents are seated.

2:00 Vivaldi: Spring, from the Four Seasons. Wedding Party Processional.

Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary, Bridal Processional

Handel: Hornpipe from the Water Music. Recessional

Bach: Brandenburg #2. General Exodus music.

 

Suggestions for Pre-Wedding

  • Bach: Air, G; Ave Maria; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Sheep May Safely Graze; We All Believe in One God
  • Boccherini: Minuetto, from the String Quintet in E Major
  • Corelli: Pastorale from Concerto VIII, Op. 6, No. 8
  • Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakme
  • Dittersdorf: Andante and Minuet, from Quartet in E-Flat
  • Elgar: Salut d'Amour
  • Franck: Panis Angelicus
  • Grieg: I Love Thee
  • G. F. Handel: Aria #13; Air #5 from Water Music; Air in F; Let the Bright Seraphim; Where'er You Walk Semele
  • Haydn: Andante Cantabile (Serenade), from Quartet No. 68 (op. 3, No. 5)
  • Massenet: Meditation from Thais
  • Mendelssohn, F. Adagio, from Organ Sonata No. 2, Op. 65
  • Mozart: Quartets K. 156 and 157; Andante from Divertimento, K. 136; Rondo, from Quartet No. VI, K. 159; Adagio
  • Raff: Cavatina
  • Schubert: Serenade
  • Schuman, R. Thou Ring on my Finger
  • Traditional: Simple Gifts
  • Vivaldi: Selections from the Four Seasons; Sonata "Al Santo Sepolcro"
  • A. Lloyd Weber: Sunrise, Sunset, from Fiddler on the Roof
  • Wolf, H.: Prayer

Suggestions for Processionals

  • Bach: Andante from Concerto for Two Violins
  • Brahms: Theme from Symphony #1
  • Campra: Rigaudon
  • Clark: Trumpet Voluntary*
  • Mendelssohn: "Wedding March" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Moussorgsky: Promenade, from Petite Suite
  • Mozart: March from The Marriage of Figaro
  • Pachelbel: Canon in D
  • Purcell: Trumpet Tune in D*
  • Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary*
  • Verdi: Grand March from Aida*
  • Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

Suggested Hymns or Vocal Accompaniments

  • Bach Ave Maria in C
  • Bernstein: One Hand, One Heart, in E-flat
  • Calder: Eternal God
  • Gillard & Wood: The Servant Song, in F
  • Grieg: I Love Thee, in C
  • Malon: Take My Life and Let It Be, in G
  • Mozart: Allelujah from "Exsultate, Jubilate," in F
  • Runjan: Great Is Thy Faithfulness
  • Schubert: Ave Maria in C
  • Schumann: Thou Ring on My Finger, in E-flat
  • Traditional: Simple Gifts, in D

Suggestions for Recessionals and General Exodus

  • Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3, First or Last Movement
  • Beethoven: Ode to Joy, from the 9th Symphony
  • Brahms: Theme from Symphony #1
  • Handel: Hornpipe, from the Water Music; La Rejouissance
  • Haydn: St. Anthony Chorale
  • Kreisler: Liebesfreud
  • Mouret: Trumpet Fanfare* (Theme from Masterpiece Theatre)
  • Mozart: Alleluja, from Exsultate, Jubilate; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  • Vivaldi: Selected Movements from the Four Seasons

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* May also be played with the addition of a trumpet

NOTE: Other pieces not listed may be substituted for any selection on this sheet, if available in print for a string quartet. Should a quartet arrangement need to be made, an extra fee and one month's notice are needed. Special music for Jewish ceremonies, such as Mazel Tov, is also available.

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