C'ville String Quartet
Music for Weddings, Receptions, & Special Events
Planning Your Music
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WEDDING CEREMONY
Searching and selecting music for your wedding can be fun and it can also be overwhealming. Many
people may not know how long should pieces be, the order of the music which should flow well within
the structure of the wedding ceremony. It is for this reason that we are going to break the process into
small steps to make your life easier. Hopefully, you will be able to enjoy putting your own music
program together. You should know that we could arrange everything for you but we think your input
about the music will make your wedding more personal and unique.
This is the structure of the wedding. You will need to select music for each of these sections of the
wedding.
Prelude
Processional/Ceremony
Recessional
Postlude
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Wedding Sections Mood # Songs For Whom
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Prelude Upbeat, relaxing, pensive, inspiring, # 7-12 -Sitting of family and guests
religious, contemporary
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Processional/ Ceremony
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Grandparents Solemn, upbeat, pensive # 1 -Processional of the family Kingdom (grandparents, mothers, bridesmaids, ring bearer).
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Mothers
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Bridesmaids # 1
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Bride # 1 -Entrance of the queen (bride)
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*Lighting of Candles Spiritual, relaxing, pensive # 1
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Recessional Joyful, solemn, upbeat #1 -Exit of the king and queen
(the Newly Weds)
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Postlude Joyful #1-2 -Gathering or exit of the family
kingdom and lords (family and friends)
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Samples:
Program 1 - Traditional
Prelude
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 by Bach
Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell
Meditation From Thais by Massenet
Rondeau by Mourot
Passacaile by Handel
Air by Bach
Queen of Sheba by Handel Arioso by Bach
The Four Seasons (Spring and Winter) by Vivaldi
Ceremony
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
Canon in D by Pachelbel
The Bridal Chorus by Wagner
Ave Maria by Schubert
Recessional
The Wedding March
Postlude
La Réjouissance by Handel
Hornpipe by Handel
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Program 2 - Religious
Prelude
Claire de Lune by Debussy
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 by Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Ode to Joy by Beethoven
Ave Maria by Bach
The Lord Prayer
Lacia Chio Pia (From Opera Rinaldo)
Sheep May Safely Grace by Handel
Ceremony
Winter (from the Four Seasons) by Vivaldi
Largo (Himn to a Tree) by Handel
Arioso by Bach
Recessional
Spring (From The Four Seasons) by Vivaldi
Postlude
Queen of Sheba
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Program 3 - Contemporary
Prelude
Wonderful Tonight
The Music Of the Night(from Phantom of the Opera)
Unforgettable by Irving Gordon
Somewhere Out There by James Horner
This Must Be The Place by David Birne
Brown Eued Girl by Van Morrison
Don't Stop Believin'
Bittersweet Symphony
All You Need is Love by The Beattles
Ceremony
Moon River by Henry Mancini
Cinema Paradiso by E. Morricone
Recessional
All My Love by the Beattles
Postlude
Sweet Child O'Mine by Guns and Roses
Hey, soul Sister by P. Monahan