Weddings
1. Prelude
2. Processional
3. Ceremony
4. Recessional

 

Ceremony music can be performed during many portions of your wedding service, if desired.

Some appropriate places for music during the ceremony are during the lighting of the Unity Candle, Rose Presentation, between readings, during Communion or the Offertory, or as a meditation. Often the Lord’s Prayer is sung.

Note that we keep most of the music traditionally used in a Catholic mass in our repertoire. We also have many Jewish wedding music selections.

A list of ceremony music suggestions is provided below. In addition to these, most of the selections on the Prelude page are also appropriate during the Ceremony. To view our complete repertoire please click on one of these links: Trio Repertoire / Quartet Repertoire.
Frederick Strings Candle Lighting

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* These selections can also be performed with a trumpet.
** These selections can also be performed with a vocalist.
All selections can be performed by both the quartet and trio unless otherwise noted.

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Ceremony Music Suggestions:

Air on the G String*
(Bach)*

All I Ask Of You from Phantom of the Opera
(Andrew Lloyd Weber)
 (no sound bite available)
Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate
(Mozart)

Amazing Grace**
(traditional religious)

And On This Day**
(good choice during the Unity Candle lighting) (Tina English)

Ave Maria*,**
(Schubert)

Ave Maria*,**
(Schubert)
sung with baritone

Ave Maria*
(Bach, Gounot)

Be Thou My Vision**
(Irish Melody)

Bist du bei mir (Be Thou With Me) (Bach)*, **
this clip was not recorded by our musicians but is included so you can hear how nice this piece sounds when performed
with a trumpet

Celtic Alleluia
(heard commonly in a Roman Catholic service)

How Beautiful** (Twila Paris)
(very nice during the Unity Candle)

How Beautiful (Twila Paris), with vocalist **
this clip was not recorded by our musicians but is included so you can hear how this piece sounds when sung. In this clip, the singer is accompanied by piano using an arrangement that is nearly identical to our version. This piece can be performed during the Unity Candle or Communion or any portion
of a religious ceremony.

Irish Wedding Song **
This clip is was not recorded by our musicians and sounds a bit “countrified”, but it is lovely when performed by our musicians with or without a vocalist. This is a very appropriate selection to perform while the Unity Candle is lit.

Lord's Prayer (Malotte)*, **
sung with baritone vocalist in this clip,
but also beautiful as an instrumental piece

O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
this clip was not recorded by our musicians, but is included since it is one of our favorites and sounds wonderful with
the trio or quartet.

On Eagle's Wings (Michael Joncas)**
We don't have a clip of this piece, but it is one of our favorites.
 (no sound bite available)
Responsorial Psalm Example "The Lord is Compassionate";
(can be used in Roman Catholic service)

Simple Gifts
(Shaker Hymn)

Sleepers Awake*
(Bach)

The Prayer
(Bocelli)
 (no sound bite available)
The Wedding Song
(There is Love)

Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)**
(sung with a baritone)

Unity Candle Song (Raymond Haan)**
this clip was not recorded by our musicians, but is inlcuded so you can hear how it sounds when sung. This piece is also very nice when performed just by our trio or quartet. In this version, the vocalist is accompanied by an organ using a very similar arrangement to ours.

You Are Mine (David Haas)**
this clip was not recorded by our musicians, but is inlcuded so you can hear how it sounds when sung. This piece is also very nice when performed just by our trio or quartet. In this version, the vocalists are accompanied by a pianist using a very similar arrangement to ours.

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E-mail: FredStrings@att.net

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