Music Selections

wedding music

 ALONG WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL PITTSBURGH MUSICIANS, WE OFFER A  WIDE SELECTION OF WEDDING, CLASSICAL, POPULAR, SACRED AND ETHNIC  MUSIC  TO SUIT YOUR EVENT.  YOUR MUSICAL REQUESTS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND WILL BE FULFILLED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES AND AVAILABILITY OF MUSIC IN PRINT.

Below are examples of our repertoire that may be performed by a string quartet.  Most of the music on this list may be performed by a trio of violin, viola and a cello. Much of the music can be performed by a solo violin player. 

  STANDARD WEDDING SELECTIONS

Canon in D  – Pachelbel
Alleluja – “Exultate Jubilate” –  Mozart
Wachet Auf  – J.S. Bach
Sheep may Safely Graze – J.S. Bach
Ode to Joy –  Beethoven
Arioso – J.S. Bach
Panis Angelicus – Franck
Trumpet Tune  – Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Wedding March – Wagner
Entrance of the Queen  of Sheba – Handel
Rondeau – Mouret
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S.Bach
Ave Maria – Schubert
Air on the G string – J.S. Bach
Wedding March – Mendelssohn
Suite from The Fairy Queen – Purcell
Te Deum – Charpentier
My Heart Ever Faithful – J.S. Bach
The Prayer from Quest for Camelot – Foster

   MOST  POPULAR  CLASSICAL  SELECTIONS

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Branderburg concerti (I – VI) – J.S. Bach
Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart
Overture to Water Music Suite – Handel
Sleeping Beauty Waltz – Tchaikovsky
Prelude to Carmen – Bizet
Sinfonia from “Abdelazer” – Purcell
Humoresque – Dvorak
Come Back to Sorrento – Curtis
Funiculi-Funicula – Denza
Rondo alla Turca – Mozart
Serenade – Haydn
Theme from First Symphony – Brahms
Standchen – Schubert
Moment musicale – Schubert
Fugue in G minor – J.S. Bach
Bourree – J.S. Bach
Royal Fireworks Music – Handel
– Overture / – Bourree / – La Paix / – La Rejouissance / – Minuet
Meditation from Thais – Massenet
“Water Music” – Handel
-Hornpipe/Air/Andante/Allegro
Pie Jesu from “Requiem” – Faure
Nocturne from “Midsummer’s Night Dream”- Mendelssohn
Prayer from “Hansel and Gretel” – Humperdinck
Pathetique Sonate – mvt. II – Beethoven
O Perfect Love – Barnby

   BAROQUE – CLASSICAL  – ROMANTIC – MODERN  SELECTIONS

Selected String Quartets – Mozart
Menuett – Boccherini
Selected String Quartets – Haydn
Sarabande from the first French Suite – Bach
Loure from Third Cello Suite – Bach
Minuet from Quartet in Eb major – Ditterdorf
Adagio from Quartet in G major – Haydn
Minuet from Quartet in d minor – Haydn
Intermezzo – Mozart
Song Without Words – Mendelssohn
From the Album for the Young – Schumann
Song, To Sunshine – Schumann
To a Wild Rose – MacDowell
Apres un reve – Faure
La Toupie – Bizet
Heliotrope Bouque – Joplin
Andaluza, Danza Espanola No.5 – Granados
Entr’acte from Carmen, Act III – Bizet
Scherzo – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Mendelssohn
Andante from “Surprise” Symphony #94 – Haydn
Entr’acte from “Rosamunde” – Schubert
On Wings of Song – Mendelssohn
Au Fond du Temple – Bizet
Barcarolle – Offenbach
Pizzicato Polka – Delibes
Tango – Albeniz
None But The Lonely Heart – Tchaikovsky
Simple Aveu – Thome
Plaisir d’Amour – Martini
Emperor’s Hymn  – Quartet in C,op.76 – Haydn
The Girl  with the Flaxen Hair – Debussy
Golliwog’s Cake-walk – Debussy
Clair de Lune – Debussy
Romance – Debussy
Arabesque #2 – Debussy
Adagio for Strings – Barber
Chanson de nuit – Elgar
Serenade – Delius
Pavane – Faure
Salut d’amour – Elgar
Panis Angelicus – Frank
Air – Holst
Pieds-en l’air – Warlock
Overture/Bourretr/Gavotte – Bach
Danses des petits cygnes – Tchaikovsky
Theme from Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky
Andante from Quartet in  a min. – Schubert
Sicilienne – Faure
Spring Song – Mendelssohn
Regrets – Mendelssohn
Berceuse – Faure
Etude in C# minor – Scriabin
An die Musik – Schubert
Sicilienne – Paradies
Adagio in F – Haydn
Marche Militaire – Schubert
Traumerei (Dreaming) – Schumann
Mazurka – Chopin
Santa Lucia – Cottrau
“Nimrod “ from Enigma Variations – Elgar

   POP HITS  SELECTIONS

If I Fell  – Beatles
Hey Hude  – Beatles
Lady Madonna  – Beatles
Hello Goodbye  – Beatles
The Fool On The Hill  – Beatles
Got To Get You Into My Life – Beatles
And I Love Her –  Beatles
A Hard Day’s Night – Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows –  Beatles
Paperback Writer –  Beatles
When I Am Sixty Four – Beatles
Yesterday – Beatles
Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
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All I Ask Of You – “Phantom Of The Opera”
A Time For Us – Rota
Amazing Grace – Traditional
Beauty and The Beast
Beyond The Sea – Trenet/Lasry
Bless The Broken Road – Hummon
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Presley
The Chicken Dance – Rendal
Dream A Little Dream Of Me – Cass
Fly Me To the Moon – Howard
For Once In My Life – Wonder
I’d Like To Teach The World to Sing – Backer/Davis
I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Cory
Let It Be – Lennon/McCartney
Love Is Blue – Popp
Love Me Tender – Presley
Love Theme from “The Godfather”
Memory – “Cats”
My Way – Revaux
On The Street Where You Live – Loewe
Over The Rainbow – Arlen
Pennsylvanis Polka – Lee
Que Sera, Sera – Livingstion
Ramblin’ Rose – Sherman
“Somewhere” from West Side Story – Bernstein
Somewhere, My Love – Jarre
Sunrise, Sunset – “Fiddler On The Roof”
The Music Of The Night – “Phantom Of The Opera”
The Sound Of Music – Rodgers
The Sound Of Silence – Simon
Through The Years – Panzer
Theme from “Titanic”
To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before – Hammond
“Tonight” from West Side Story – Bernstein
Top Of The World – Carpenters
Try To Remember – Schmidt
You Raise Me Up- Graham/Lovland
Volare – Modugno
The Way You Look Tonight – Kern
The Way We Were – Hamlisch
What A Wonderful World – Armstrong
What The World Needs Now Is Love – Bacharach
When You’re Smiling – Fisher/Goodwin
When You Wish Upon a Star – Harline
Where Do I Begin(Love Theme) – Sigman/Lai
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Pomp and Circumstance March #1 – Elgar
Yankee Doodle Dandy/You’re a Cohan
Grand Old Flag Medley
Medley of Popular American
Children’s songs
Happy Birthday to you – Traditional
Bluesette – Thielemans
In A Sentimental Mood – Ellington
Lullaby Of Birdland – Shearing
Caravan – Ellington
Desifinado ( Slightly Out of Tune) – Hendricks
Grounded – Stafford
Crazy in October – Stafford
Liberty Bell – Sousa

   JEWISH WEDDING SELECTIONS

Hana’ ava Babanot  (The Fairest of Maidens)
Erev Ba (Evening Comes)
Y’ did Nefesh (Beloved of My Soul)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)
Dodi Li (My Beloved is Mine, and I am His)
S’ u Sh’ orim ( Look Up to the Gates)
El Kabir (Almighty G-d)
Medley: Od Y’ shama & Mazel Tov ( The Voice of Gladness Shall Be Heard Again/ Good Luck to the Bride and Groom)
Siman Tov ( Congratulations – Good Luck!)
Nigun (Tune)
Tum Balalaika (Play Balalaika)
V’ ha’ er E’ ne’ nu (Enlighten Our Eyes to Your Torah)
Hava Nagila (Let’s Rejoice)
Rabbi Elimelech Medley

  FOLK/ETHNIC   SELECTIONS

The Skye Boat Song – Scottish Folk Song
Mairie’s Wedding – Scottish Folk Song
She’s Like The Swallow – Newfoundland
Greensleeves- English Traditional
The Dashing White Sergeant – English Country Dance
Amazing Grace – Traditional
Blow The Wind Southerly – English Folk Song
Country Dance – Arne
In a Manger He is Lying – Polish Carol
Klezzified – Eastern European Dance
Hora Mare – Eastern European Dance
Londonderry Air/Danny Boy – Irish
Ashokan Farewell – Ungar
Lord’s Prayer – Malotte
Pennsylvania Polka – Manners
Simple Gifts – An Appalachian Melody

CHRISTMAS  SELECTIONS

Joy to the World
Silent Night
Deck the Halls
Lo, How a Rose
What Child is This
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Sussex Carol
Now is Born the Divine Christ Child
Patapan
We Three Kings
A Virgin Most Pure
O  Little Town of Bethlehem
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Hark! The Herald Angles Sing
O come, O come Emanuel
Two Burgundian Carol Tunes
The First Noel
Fantasie Joyeuse
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

 

 

Suite on Christmas Carols:

  • 1 – Riu, Riu, Chiu
  • 2 – Suo Gan
  • 3 – Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung
  • 4 – Crib Song
  • 5 – We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Holiday Jazz:

  • 1 – We Wish you a Merry Tango
  • 2- Auld Lang Syne
  • 3 – The Rest of the Gentlemen
  • 4 – Yeah, Joy
  • 5- The Halls Bedecked
  • 6 – Tannenbaum, Oh!
  • 7- The Coventry Carol
  • 8 – We Three Kings In 3 Be We
  • 9 – Cool King Wenceslas
  • 10 – Fiddlin’ on the Housetop

For a complete list of music for trios and duos please call 412-427-1499. The complete repertoire lists will be sent upon completion of the contract between the musicians and the other party.