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Repertoire

Ceremony Music:
We have an extensive classical and rock/pops repertoire, and can accommodate most requests!

The suggestions below are some of the most popular wedding pieces requested which have worked well in the past.
(All recordings below are with string quartet. Sound credit: JT Studios)

Prelude: 
We can play any traditional or non-traditional favorites that aren't actually in the ceremony, but will be recognized. You can specify specific songs you want your guests to hear as they are being seated, or leave it up to musicians' choice. 

Grandparents/Parents: 
Largo from Winter, or Air on the G string
Bridesmaids/Groomsmen: 
Canon, or Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Bride's Entrance:
Bridal Chorus, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, or the Trumpet Voluntary
Unity Candle, Sand Ceremony, etc:
One Hand One Heart (from West Side Story), or Air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV4iPOSERmM
Recessional:
Wedding March, La Rejouissance, or Rondeau
The playlist below includes other popular classical and rock/pops favorites in our library, but is not comprehensive. 
Classical Selections:

Albinoni 
Adagio

J.S. Bach 
Sleepers Awake
Concerto for Two Violins
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
My Heart Ever Faithful
Prelude (from English Suite no. 3)
Siciliano (from Flute Sonata No.2)
Toccata and fugue in D minor
Gavotte (from Suite No. 3 in D)
Bourree (from Suite No. 3 in D)
Gigue (from Suite No. 3 in D)
Aria
Wachet Auf
Badinerie (from 2nd Orchestral Suite)
Gavotte and Musette (from English Suite No. 5 for Violin and Viola)
Air from Suite No. 3 (Air on the G String)
Andante in C
Arioso
Bourree No 1 and 2 (Orchestral Suite No.2)
Brandenburg Concertos
Sheep May Safely Graze

Barber 
Adagio for Strings

Beethoven
'Moonlight' Sonata
Fur Elise
Minuet in G
Ode to Joy

Bernstein
One Hand, One Heart (from ‘West Side Story’)
Tonight, Tonight (from ‘West Side Story’)

Bizet
'Carmen' Entr'acte from Act 3
Menuetto (from 'L'Arlesienne')
'Carmen' Suite
Habanera (from 'Carmen')
Prelude (from 'Carmen')
Duet (from 'The Pearl Fishers')

Borodin 
Nocturne (from String Quartet No.2)

Brahms
Lullaby (Waltz no. 15)

Chopin
Prelude in B minor (Op. 28)

Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark's March)

Corelli
Adagio from Concerto Grosso
Christmas Concerto
La Folia

Debussy
Clair De Lune
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Delibes 
Flower Duet (from 'Lakme')
Waltz No. 1 (from 'Coppelia')
Danse Hongroise (from 'Coppelia')

Dvorak
Humoresque
Largo (from 'A New World Symphony')

Elgar
Chanson de Nuit
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
Salut D'Amour

Faure 
Berceuse (from the 'Dolly Suite')
Pavane

Franck
Panis Angelicus

Gardel / la Pera
Por Una Cabeza

Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from 'Orfeo ed Euridice')
Melody (from 'Orfeo ed Euridice')

Gounod / Bach
Ave Maria

Grieg
Morning (from 'Peer Gynt')
Wedding Day At Troldhaugen
Holberg Suite

Handel
Sarabande (from Keyboard Suite No. 11)
'O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion' (from 'Messiah')
La Rejouissance (from 'The Royal Fireworks')
'For Unto Us A Child is Born' (from 'Messiah')
'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion' (from 'Messiah')
Aria (from 'Xerxes')
Water Music
Music from the Royal Fireworks
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Hallelujah Chorus (from 'Messiah')
Pastoral Symphony (from 'Messiah')
'Comfort Ye' (from 'Messiah')
Largo (from 'Xerxes')
Holst
St. Paul's Suite

Kreisler
Liebesfreud
Liebeslied
Schon Rosmarie

Martini
Plaisir D'Amour

Mascagni
Intermezzo (from 'Cavalleria Rusticana')

Massenet
Meditation (from 'Thais')

Mendelssohn
Wedding March (from 'Midsummer Nights Dream')

Mozart
Divertimentos
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Overture to 'the Marriage of Figaro'
Rondo Alla Turca⊕
Ave Verum Corpus (K 618)
Wedding March (from 'The Marriage of Figaro')
Piano Sonata in A (K 331)
Alleluja (from 'Exultate Jubilate')

Offenbach
Barcarolle (from 'Tales of Hoffmann')
Can -Can / Galop

Pachelbel
Canon in D

Paganini
Theme from Caprice No. 24

Prokofiev
Troika (from 'Lieutenant Kije')

Puccini
Humming Chorus (from 'Madam Butterfly')
O Mio Babbino Caro
Nessun Dorma

Purcell
Trumpet Tune / Trumpet Voluntary
Dido's Lament (from 'Dido and Aeneas')

Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto #2 (Theme from 3rd mvt)
Piano Concerto #3 (Theme from 1st mvt)

Ravel
Bolero

Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances (Suite no. 3)

Rodriguez
La Cumparsita

Rossini
Overture to 'The Barber of Seville'
Overture to 'Italian Girl In Algiers'

Saint Saens
The Swan

Satie 
Gymnopedie No. 1

Schubert
Ave Maria
Traumerei (Dreaming)

Strauss
Blue Danube Waltz
Emperor Waltz

Stravinsky
Selections from Pulcinella Suite

Tchaikovsky
Selections from the "Nutcracker'
Andante Cantabile
Dance of the Cygnets (from 'Swan Lake')
Melody
Waltz (from Serenade for Strings)
Waltz (from 'A Sleeping Beauty')
Polonaise (from 'Eugene Onegin')

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves

Verdi
La Donna E Mobile
Anvil Chorus (from 'Il Trovatore')
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (from 'Nabucco')
Grand March (from 'Aida')
Gypsy Chorus (from 'Il Trovatore')
Prelude to Act 1 (from 'La Traviata')

Vivaldi
'Gloria In Excelsis Deo' (from 'Gloria')
'Laudamus Te' (from 'Gloria')
'Domine Deus' (from 'Gloria')
Selections from the Four Seasons

Wagner
Bridal Chorus (from 'Lohengrin')

Waldteufel
The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs) 

Rock/Pops library to date:

Applause - Lady Gaga
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Game of Thrones
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
Royals - Lorde
Clocks - Coldplay
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Paradise - Coldplay
Down - JayZ
Gangnam Style - Psy
With or Without You - U2
I Will Wait - Mumford and Sons
Some Nights - Fun
All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
Climax - Usher
Ho Hey - Lumineers
Say Something - A Great Big World
Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye
Cool Kids - Echosmith
Chandelier - Sia
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Cheerleader - OMI
Ghost Town - Adam Lambert
Lean On - Major Lazer/DJ Snake
Photograph - Ed Sheeran
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Bad Blood - Taylor Swift
Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Cool For the Summer - Demi Lovato
Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
Dynamite - Taio Cruz
Dark Horse - Katy Perry
My Love Follows You Where You Go - Alison
       Krauss and Union Station
Santeria - Sublime
Same Old Love - Selena Gomez
Hello - Adele
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
Letdown - Radiohead
Starlight - Muse
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Titanium - David Guetta
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
No Day But Today (Finale B) - RENT
Time is Running Out - Muse
Marry You - Bruno Mars

What the World Needs Now - Bacharach
Close to You - Bacharach
The Longest Time - Billy Joel
Unchained Melody - North/Zaret
Knowing Me Knowing You - ABBA
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Stand by Me - Ben E King
Summer Nights - From Grease
At Last - Warren/Gordon
La Vie en Rose - Guglielmi/Piaf
Africa - Toto
Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
California Girls - Beach Boys
Kokomo - Beach Boys
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
I Can See Clearly Now - Nash/Cliff
I'll Be There - Jackson 5
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox
Smooth - Santana
Dec, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Four Seasons
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Isn't It Romantic - Richard Rodgers
Purple Rain - Prince
Kiss - Prince
Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club

Beatles:
All You Need is Love
Golden Slumbers
Here There and Everywhere
Hey Jude
Imagine
Let It Be
Penny Lane
Yesterday
When I'm Sixty-Four
Eleanor Rigby
And I Love Her
In My Life

Soundtracks:
Nobody Does it Better - Spy Who Loved Me
Raiders March - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Magnificent Seven Theme
James Bond Theme
Gremlin Rag - Gremlins
Hedwig's Theme - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hushabye Mountain - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Prayer - Quest for Camelot
All Time High - Octopussy
The Throne Room/End Title - Star Wars
Dexter's Tune - Awakenings
A Time for Us, Love Theme - Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid
Sunrise Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
Sabbath Prayer - Fiddler on the Roof
Summertime - Porgy and Bess
Edelweiss - Sound of Music
One Hand One Heart - West Side Story
All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
Seasons of Love - RENT
Finale B (No Day But Today) - RENT

Con Te Partiro

Tangos:
Oblivion (Tango) - Piazzolla
Por Una Cabeza (Tango) - Scent of a Woman/True Lies
Tango in D - Albeniz

Joplin Rags

Jewish:
Hava Nagila
Dodi Li
Simon Tov
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Hinei Mah Tov
Simon Tov Mazel Tov
Chussen Kalle Mazel Tov
Ma Navu
Y'did Nefesh
Jerusalem of Gold
Od Yeshoma
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