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compiled the following list of commonly requested selections simply to
provide a starting point to assist you in planning your own
program. Feel free to inquire about your favorite
selections...the only limiting factor being the availability of sheet
music and playability on the harp. |
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Prelude
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Soft background
music performed while guests are being seated. If you do not have
particular requests for this music, select a category of harp music you
would like performed (for example, light classical music or
popular love songs) . |
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Processional
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Begins when the officiant and the groom
approach the altar. The bridesmaids (along with the groomsmen who may
join them) continue to walk to this selection. Traditionally, this is a
majestic piece played at a pace that is easy to walk to. For
non-traditional weddings or smaller wedding parties, this selection
need not have a majestic sound, but should retain an easy walking
tempo. This piece ends when the entire wedding party reaches the altar.
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Bride's Entrance
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Traditionally,
the bride enters to fanfare music that announces her arrival (most
often, Here Comes the Bride). Again, for non-traditional weddings or
small weddings, other music may be chosen to suit the bride's taste, as
long as it sounds good played at an easy walking pace. This piece ends
when the bride reaches the altar. When there are no other bridesmaids,
other than the maid or matron of honor, the bride sometimes elects to
enter to the same piece of music as the maid or matron of honor . |
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Recessional
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A triumphant, almost quickly
paced piece played as the newlyweds walk up the aisle as husband and
wife, followed by the wedding party |
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Postlude
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Lively selections played as
guests file out. As with pre-ceremony music, specific requests
and preferred categories are welcome. |
| Wedding
Ceremony Suggestions |
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Traditional
Processional
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Bridal March,
Lohengrin........................................................ |
Richard Wagner |
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Alternative
Processionals
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Canon in
D................................................................................
Largo (Winter, Opus 8, No. 4 The Four Seasons)..........
Largo from the Opera "Xerxes".........................................
Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)..........
Trumpet Tune
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Wedding
Cantata................................................................... |
Pachelbel
Antonio Vivaldi
G.F. Handel
Jeremiah Clark
Jeremiah Clark
J.S.Bach |
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Traditional
Recessional
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Wedding
March...................................................................... |
Felix Mendelssohn |
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Alternative
Recessionals
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Alegretto (Spring, Opus 8, No.
1 The Four Seasons)...
Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring................................................
Ode To Joy
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Antonio Vivaldi
J.S. Bach
Beethoven |
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Additional
Ceremony suggestions
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Ave
Maria.................................................................................
O Perfect Love Hymn
Tune.................................................
Two
Candles...........................................................................
The Wedding
Song................................................................
Wedding
Prayer..................................................................... |
Franz
Schubert
Joseph Barnby
Sonny Salsbury
P. Stookey
Dunlap |
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Popular/Love Song
Suggestions
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All I
Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)..........................
Always On My
Mind..............................................................
Ballerina
Girl...........................................................................
Beauty and the
Beast...........................................................
Endless
Love..........................................................................
I Don't Know How To Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic Theme)...............................
One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story)..........................
Prayer (performed by Celion Dion & Andrea Bocelli)...
Save the Best for
Last.........................................................
Somewhere............................................................................
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.................................
Theme from Terms of Endearment..................................
The Way We
Were................................................................
Through the Eyes of Love (Ice Castles Theme).............
Tonight I Celebrate My
Love...............................................
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life.......................
When I Fall in
Love.................................................................
Where Is
Love......................................................................... |
Andrew
Lloyd Weber
Wayne Thompson
Lionel Ritchie
Alan Menken
Lionel Ritchie
Andrew Lloyd Weber
James Horner
Leonard Bernstein
Sager & Foster
Waldman & Lind
Leonard Bernstein
Heyman & Young
Michael Gore
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch
Masser & Goffin
Michel Legrand
Heyman & Young
Lionel Bart |
Demo
Music Files
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