Millennium String Quartet Wedding Music Selections:
Listed are some possibilities that would be appropriate selections for a church or ceremony. By looking on the Internet at wedding sites and listening to music through music services such as Rhapsody, you can get a feel for what seems to fit your occasion.
For a wedding ceremony, the processional march has a majestic feel. The Recessional music is bright and lively. Music for candle lighting is quiet and contemplative. This printed list only represents a fraction of the music that we have, so if you hear something you would like played, let us know, and we may already have the music. If not, we may be able to have the music arranged for a small fee, given enough notice. Should you choose to hire us, we will provide a form where you can select the pieces you would like us to play for the wedding.
This printed list does not represent all of the music that we have.
Please let us know if there is something in particular you want to hear, as we may have it or be able to arrange it.
MAJESTIC - Processional
| Trumpet Voluntary in D Major - Clarke | Bridal Chorus - Wagner |
| "Air" from the Water Music - Handel | Arioso - Bach |
| "Hornpipe" from the Water Music - Handel | Largo - Handel |
| Canon - Pachelbel | Trumpet Voluntary - Purcell |
| Ode To Joy - Beethoven | Trumpet Tune - Purcell |
| Rondeau - Mouret (Masterpiece Theatre) | Wedding March - Mendelssohn |
| Wedding Processional (from 'The Sound of Music') - Richard Rogers | Overture (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) - Handel |
BRIGHT AND LIVELY - Recessional
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Bach | Midsummer Nights Dream - Mendelsohn |
| Hornpipe from Water Music - Handel | Spring - Vivaldi |
| Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee - Beethoven | Autumn - Vivaldi |
| La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks Music - Handel | Allegro - Opus 54 #1 - Haydn |
| Roneau - Mouret (Masterpiece Theatre) | Allegro from Eine Kleine - Mozart |
| Allegro Maestoso from Water Music - Handel | Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel |
| Recessional - Naughtin | Minuet (from the Water Music Suite) - Handel |
CONTEMPLATIVE- Candle Lighting *
| Gabriel"s Trumpet - Morricone (from "The Mission") | Panis Angelicus - Franck |
| From This Moment - Shania Twain | You Raise Me Up - Loveland and Grahm |
| Amazing Grace | Be Thou My Vision |
| Ave Maria - Schubert | The Rose - Bette Midler (have vocal part to this) |
| Meditation - Masanet | Air - Bach |
| Ave Maria - Bach | Prelude from Op. 28 #15 - Chopin |
| Sabbath Prayer (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') - Bock | Wedding Song (There is Love) - Stookey |
* You may want to pick a selection that is more personal to you for the candle lighting.
Many songs that would be played for the candle lighting lend themselves well to being arranged for string quartet.
QUICK AND LIGHT CLASSICS
| Allegro from Brandenburg No. 3 - Bach | Spring - Vivaldi |
| Balleto - Respighi | Overture from Romeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky |
| Ein Kleine Nacht - Mozart | Gavotee - Prokofiev |
| Violin Concerto no.2 in E major, BMV 1042 Movement I - Bach | Rodeo - Copland |
OOZING WITH FEELING CLASSICS
| Nocturne - Borodin | Reverie - Debussy |
| Salut d’Amour - Elgar | Berceuse - Faure |
| Clair de Lune - Debussy | Hungarian Dance no. 5 - Brahms |
| Largo (from the New World Symphony) - Dvorak | Romance - Shostakovich |
OPERA FAVORITES
| Entr’acte from Carmen - Bizet | Ballata from Rigoletto - Verdi |
| Chanson Du Roi from Faust - Gounod | Libiamo from La Traviata - Verdi |
MODERATE AND LIGHT
| Serenata from Pulcinella - Stravinksy | Andante from String Quartet in F - Haydn |
| Romanza - Mozart | Andante from String Quartet in A minor - Schubert |
| Minuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Gluck | Vilia (from 'The Merry Widow') - Lehár |
HYMNS
| Amazing Grace | Be Thou My Vision |
| Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee | Hydrofol |
| Great Is Thy Faithfulness | My Jesus I Love Thee |
FUNERAL APPROPRIATE
| Select Hymns - traditional | Pavane pour une Infante Defunte - Ravel |
| Nimrod - Elgar | Largo from New World Symphony - Dvorak |
| Adagio for Strings - Barbar | Adagio Cantabile (from "Pathetique") - Beethoven |
WALTZES, RAGS AND MARCHES
| Radetzky March - Strauss | Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin |
| Valse Lente - Delibes | The Skater’s Waltz - Waldteufel |
| The Entertainer - Joplin | Schön Rosmarin - Kreisler |
| My Favorite Things ( from 'The Sound of Music') - Rogers | Saturday Night Waltz (from Rodeo) - Copland |
AMERICAN, IRISH AND SCOTTISH MUSIC
| Irish Sherry - Traditional and O"Carolan | Ashokan Farewell - Ungar |
| Simple Gifts Fugue - Traditional | Londonderry Air - Traditional |
| Orange Blossom Special - Rouse | Galway Rambler Medley - Traditional |
| Ashokan Farewell (from 'The Civil War') - Ungar | Rodeo - Copland |
JAZZ STANDARDS
| How High The Moon - Lewis | It Had To Be You - Jones |
| Prelude No. 2 - Gershwin | I got Rhythm - Gershwin |
| In the Mood - Garland | Embraceable You - Gershwin |
| New York, New York - Kander | Stormy Weather - Arlen |
CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY MUSIC
| Selections from the Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky | Pat-a-Pan - Traditional |
| I Saw Three Ships - Traditional | Wassail Song - Traditional |
| Christmas hymns - Traditional | Let it Snow - Cahn |
| Silver Bells - Livingston | Sleigh Ride - Anderson |
MOVIES, POP, MISCELLANEOUS
| Theme from Schindler’s List | Concering Hobbits from Lord of the Rings |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Paul Simon | Your Song - Elton John |
| Wouldn’t It Be Nice - Brian Wilson | Music of the Night from Phantom |
| All I Ask of You - Phantom | Yesterday - Beatles |
| Tango Cancion from True Lies | You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker |
| Looney Tunes Fugue - Traditional Bugs Bunny | La Bamba |
| If You Could Read My Mind - Lightfoot | As Time Goes By - Hupfield |