Collage Music Wedding Music Repertoire

Collage Music - Standard Repertoire for Flute/String Quartet or String Quartet. Updated 25 August 2010

Recommended Traditional Classical Processionals:

For parents and/or attendants:
• Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Bach - very flowing and lyrical
• Air from Watermusic - Handel - stately but not bombastic; beautiful harmonies.
• Wachet Auf - Bach - also flowing and lyrical, but with a little more “pep” than Jesu
• Canon in D - Pachelbel - can’t go wrong with this one.

For bride:
• Trumpet voluntary - Clarke - a very stately march
• Jesu, joy of man’s desiring - Bach - a lovely, understated entrance if used for bride.
• Canon in D - Pachelbel - the “new traditional” entrance piece
• Bridal Chorus - Wagner - the ultimate in tradition

Recommended Traditional Ceremony Interludes (for the unity candle, sand ceremony, etc)
All of these can be played as short (30-40 seconds), medium (a minute or so), or long versions (2 minutes or more).

• Air on the G String - Bach - an everlasting favorite
• One Hand, One Heart - Bernstein - a very romantic love song
• Ave Maria - Schubert - a traditional choice for a religious ceremony, esp Catholic. Perfect for communion. In our version, the cello has the melody.
• Arioso - Bach - similar to Bach’s Air above, but a bit more melodically flowing and not as common
• Aria from Xerxes - Handel - one of Handel’s most beautiful melodies ever.

Recommended Classical Recessionals

• Hornpipe from Watermusic - Handel - both celebratory and lyrical at once, this one is becoming a new tradition.
• Spring from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi - a favorite for outdoor weddings. Light and sparkly.
• Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn - the ultimate in tradition for exit music.
• La Rejouissance (from Royal Fireworks Music) - Handel - a quick, light, jaunty one that we love to play.
• Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel - very sparkly and bright!
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Allegro - Bach - celebratory and bouncy; one of our favorites
• Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate - Mozart - a very jubilant number with a 2-step kind of feel

Complete Repertoire List for Flute/String Quartet or String Quartet

BY TITLE

A Winter's Willow - Vaughn Williams
Air from Watermusic - Handel
Air on the G String - Bach
All I Ask of You - Andrew Lloyd Webber
All You Need Is Love - the Beatles
Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate - Mozart
Andante from Piano Concerto no 21 ("Elvira Madigan" theme) - Mozart
Aria from Xerxes - Handel
Arioso (Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156) - Bach
As Time Goes By - Hupfeld
Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar
Ave Maria - Bach-Gounod
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Badinerie from Orchestra Suite II - Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: Allegro, Andante, Allegro Assai - Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in D major: Overture, Air (on the G String), Bouree I & II, Gigue - Bach
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - Wagner
By Your Side - Sade (for processional only; not a full version)
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Con Te Partiro - Sartori
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
"Double" Concerto for two Violins: Allegro - Bach (all strings quartet only)
Embraceable You - Gershwin
Entr'acte to Act III of Carmen - Bizet
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Festival Rondeau from Abdelazer - Purcell
Gentle Annie - Stephen Foster
God Only Knows - the Beach Boys
Gymnopedie No. 1- Satie
The Girl from Ipanema - Jobim
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - Debussy
Habanera from Carmen - Bizet
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel
Hard Times, Come Again No More - Stephen Foster/John Howard
Hornpipe from Watermusic - Handel
In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
Indiana Jones, Raiders March (theme) - John Williams
It Had To Be You - Jones/Kahn
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring - Bach
La Vie en Rose - Piaf
La Rejouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks - Handel
Largo from Winter, of The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Let The Bright Seraphim - Handel
Liebestraum ("Love Song") - Liszt
Londonderry Air/Danny Boy - Traditional
Love Duet from La Boheme - Puccini
(Our) Love is Here To Stay - Gershwin
March from The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Meditation from Thais - Massenet
Minuet from Orpheus - Gluck
Minuet from Quintet Op. 13 No. 5 - Boccherini
Misty - Erroll Garner
The Music of the Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations - Elgar
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
One Hand, One Heart - Bernstein
Orchestra Suite III in D: Air, Gavottes, Bouree and Gigue - Bach
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Pavane - Faure
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte - Ravel
Por Una Cabeza - Gardel
Presto from Quartet IX - Haydn
Quartet in D K 155: Allegro - Mozart
Quartet in C K 157: Allegro spiritoso, Adagio - Mozart
Quartet in G (“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”) K 525: Allegro, Romanza, Minuet/Trio - Mozart
Quartet in D K 285 (Flute Quartet): Allegro, Adagio, Rondeau Allegretto - Mozart - flute/string quartet only
Quartet in G K 285a (Flute Quartet): Andante, Tempo di Menuetto - Mozart - flute/string quartet only
Quartet in C K 285b/Anh. 171 (Flute Quartet): Allegro, Andantino - Mozart - flute/string quartet only
Quartet in A K 298 (Flute Quartet): Andante, Menuetto, Rondieaoux - Mozart - flute/string quartet only
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile) - Rachmaninoff
Rigaudon - Campra
Rondeau ("Masterpiece Theatre" theme) - Mouret
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin
Spring from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Star Wars, Main Theme - John Williams
Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof - Bock
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns ‘n’ Roses
These Days - Jackson Browne/Nico
Trumpet Voluntary (“The Prince Of Denmark’s March”) - Clarke
Trumpet Tune - Clarke
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Wachet Auf (“Sleepers, Awake”) - Bach
Water Music: Alla Hornpipe, Air, Bouree, Hornpipe - Handel
Waltz from Eugene Onegin - Tchaikovsky
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
(The) Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Mendelssohn
When I'm 64 - The Beatles
Wouldn’t It Be Nice - the Beach Boys
You Make My Dreams (Come True) - Hall & Oates
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
Will You Love Me In December - Ernest Ball

BY COMPOSER

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
Air on the G String
Arioso (Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156)
Ave Maria, arr. Charles Gounod
Badinerie from Orchestra Suite II
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: Allegro, Andante, Allegro Assai
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in D major: Overture, Air (on the G String), Bouree I & II, Gigue
"Double" Concerto for two Violins: Allegro (all strings quartet only)
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
Orchestra Suite III in D: Air, Gavottes, Bouree and Gigue
Sheep May Safely Graze
Wachet Auf (“Sleepers, Awake”)
BALL, ERNEST
Will You Love Me In December
BEACH BOYS (band)
God Only Knows
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
BEATLES (band)
All You Need Is Love
When I'm 64
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Ode to Joy
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD
One Hand, One Heart
BIZET, GEORGES
Entr’Acte to Act III of Carmen
Habanera from Carmen
BOCCHERINI, LUIGI
Minuet from Quintet Op. 13 No. 5
BOCK, JERRY
Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof
BROWNE, JACKSON
These Days (as performed by Nico)
CAMPRA, ANDRE
Rigaudon
CLARKE, JEREMIAH (the following are often attributed to Henry Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary (“The Prince Of Denmark’s March”)
Trumpet Tune
COLDPLAY (band)
Viva La Vida
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
ELGAR, EDWARD
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
ELLINGTON, EDWARD “DUKE”
In a Sentimental Mood
FAURE, GABRIEL
Pavane
FOSTER, STEPHEN
Gentle Annie
Hard Times, Come Again No More arr. John Howard
FRANCK, CESAR
Panis Angelicus
GARDEL, CARLOS
Por Una Cabeza
GARNER, ERROL
Misty
GERSHWIN, GEORGE / IRA
Embraceable You - Gershwin
(Our) Love is Here To Stay
Someone To Watch Over Me
GLUCK, CHRISTOPH W
Minuet from Orpheus - Gluck
GROBAN, JOSH (recording artist)
You Raise Me Up
GUNS ‘N’ ROSES (band)
Sweet Child of Mine
HALL & OATES (band)
You Make My Dreams (Come True)
HANDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH
Aria from Xerxes
Air from Watermusic
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Hallelujah Chorus
Hornpipe from Watermusic
La Rejouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Let The Bright Seraphim
Water Music Suite: Alla Hornpipe, Air, Bouree, Hornpipe
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH
Presto from Quartet IX
HORNER, JAMES
Love Theme from Krull (movie)
HUPFELD, HERMAN
As Time Goes By
JACKSON, MICHAEL
The Way You Make Me Feel
JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS
The Girl from Ipanema
JONES, ISHAM/KAHN, GUS
It Had To Be You
JOURNEY (band)
Don’t Stop Believing
LISZT, FRANZ
Liebestraum ("Love Song")
LLOYD WEBBER, ANDREW
All I Ask of You
The Music of the Night
MASSENET, JULES
Meditation from Thais
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MOURET, JEAN-JACQUES
Rondeau ("Masterpiece Theatre" theme)
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate
Andante from Piano Concerto no 21 ("Elvira Madigan" theme)
Ave Verum Corpus
Quartet in D K 155: Allegro
Quartet in C K 157: Allegro spiritoso, Adagio
Quartet in G (“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”) K 525: Allegro, Romanza, Minuet/Trio
Quartet in D K 285 (Flute Quartet): Allegro, Adagio, Rondeau Allegretto (flute/strings quartet only)
Quartet in G K 285a (Flute Quartet): Andante, Tempo di Menuetto (flute/strings quartet only)
Quartet in C K 285b/Anh. 171 (Flute Quartet): Allegro, Andantino (flute/strings quartet only)
Quartet in A K 298 (Flute Quartet): Andante, Menuetto, Rondieaoux (flute/strings quartet only)
March from The Marriage of Figaro
PACHELBEL, JOHANN
Canon in D
PIAF, EDITH
La Vie en Rose
PUCCINI, GIAOCOMO
Love Duet from La Boheme
O Mio Babbino Caro
PURCELL, HENRY (see also Clarke, Jeremiah)
Festival Rondeau from Abdelazer
RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile)
RAVEL, MAURICE
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
SADE
By Your Side (for processional only; not a complete version)
SARTORI, FRANCESCO
Con Te Partiro
SATIE, ERIK
Gymnopedie No. 1
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Ave Maria
TCHAIKOVSKY, PYOTR ILYICH
Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
TRADITIONAL IRISH
Londonderry Air/Danny Boy
UNGAR, JAY
Ashokan Farewell
VAUGHN WILLIAMS, RALPH
A Winter's Willow
VIVALDI, ANTONIO
Largo from Winter
Spring from the Four Seasons
WAGNER, RICHARD
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Raiders March (Indiana Jones theme)
Star Wars, main theme