PRELUDE
This is the 15-20 minutes of music played while guests are gathering for the ceremony. It can be almost any kind of background or simple music you like. Here's what couples are choosing this year... 1,000 years (piano/cello cover) 1,000 Faces by Randy Montana At last (String quartet tribute to Etta James) A Time For Us "Ave Maria" (F. Schubert) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Dwight Yokam) "Clair de Lune" (C. Debussy) First Day of My Life (Bright Eyes) "Gymnopedie" (A.E.L. Satie) Hallelujah (String quartet or classical version — Leonard Cohen) I Do (Colbie Caillat) I Melt With You (Nouvelle Vague) I'm Yours (Jason Mraz) "La primavera" and "L'inverno" from the Four Seasons (A.Vivaldi) Love Me Do (Beatles) My Girl (Otis Reading) Nice to meet you anyway by Gavin Degraw Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) Prelude in C" (J.S. Bach) Today I met the boy I’m gonna marry What a wonderful world Wouldn't It Be Nice... (Beach Boys) You and me (String Quartet Tribute to Dave Matthews Band) Young and beautiful (Lana Del Ray cover) Your song (String quartet tribute to Elton John) PROCESSION 1,000 Faces 1,000 years (instrumental) 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls) A Bittersweet Symphony (instrumental) A Love Like This Air by Bach, Black Bird and I Will, both by the Beatles Canon in D by Pachelbel Glasgow Love Theme from Love Actually Marry Me, Train Somewhere Over The Rainbow Ave Maria A thousand years instrumental BRIDE 9th Symphony by Beethoven 1,000 Years (instrumental version by The Piano Guys) Allegro Maestoso by G.F. Handel The Bridal Chorus (composed by Richard Wagner), AKA Here comes the bride or Wedding March Canon in D by Pachelbel Dream a little dream of me by Mama Cass A dream is a wish your heart makes (instrumental) Rondeau by J.J. Mouret) A very special love A wedding song RECESSION Clarity by Brooklyn Duo Closer to Find by Indigo Girls Don’t Stop Believing (Vitamin String Quartet) First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes Hornpipe by G.F. Handel Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba “I’m on top of the world” by the Imagine Dragons Mendelssohn’s Wedding March (traditional) New York, New York Now That We’ve Found Love by Heavy D & the Boyz Ode to Joy by Beethoven Signed, Sealed Delivered by Stevie Wonder This Will Be An Everlasting Love (Natalie Cole) |