Raleigh Woodwind Quartet

Weddings

Let our ensemble add a touch elegance to your wedding. We perform in traditional concert-black attire (tuxes for men). For indoor weddings our ensemble sound fills the congregation with a similar acoustical effect to an organ. For outdoor weddings our sound easily projects over the seating area. We arrive an hour before the wedding to set-up, warm-up and begin playing when guests start arriving. We will then segue into the processional music when then ceremony is about to begin. After the wedding party recessional we continue playing until the guests have left the seating area.

Sample Program

The following is a sample program with optional pieces listed for sections of the processional. This is only a suggestion from our experience. Feel free to use whatever pieces and order that work best for your wedding. The Prelude music is beautiful classical pieces that are easy to listen to and sets the atmosphere for a peaceful, intimate ceremony. The Processional music is very familiar pieces that work well to gather the attention of the guests for the presentation of the bridal party. The Postlude music is a mix of rejoicing sounding pieces and love songs and lends the mood for celebration.

Prelude

Andante from String Quartet in A Minor, Op.29 by Schubert

Allegro from The Water Music by Handel

Panis Angelicus from Messe Solonnelle by César Franck

Ode to Joy from Symphony #9 by Beethoven

Air on a G String by J.S. Bach

Hornpipe from The Water Music by Handel

Andante by Mozart

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

My Heart Ever Faithful by J.S. Bach

Seating of the Mothers

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach

or, Romanza from Eine Kleine Nachtmusic by Mozart

Processional for the Bridesmaids

Canon in D by Pachelbel

or, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach

or, Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke

Processional for the Bride

Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke

or, Canon in D by Pachelbel

or, Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares by Jean Joseph Mouret

Recessional for the Wedding Party

Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares by Jean Joseph Mouret

or, Wedding March by Mendelssohn

or, Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell

or, Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke

Recessional for the Guests/Postlude

La Rejouissance from The Fireworks Music by Handel

Embraceable You by Gershwin

Gavotte from Suite #3 in D Major by J.S. Bach

At Last by Harry Warren

Gigue from Suite #3 in D Major by J.S. Bach

Londonderry Air, traditional Irish tune

Berceuse from Dolly Suite, Op.56 by Fauré

Love Walked Right In by Gershwin

Other Music

In addition to many of the classical pieces listed above, we have a growing collection of modern romantic songs that include:

Someone To Watch Over Me by Gershwin
Tonight by Bernstein
I Could Have Danced All Night by Lowe
All I Ask Of You (from Phantom of the Opera) by Webber
The Bells Are Ringing For Me And My Gal by Meyer
Our Love Is Here To Stay by Gershwin

We have many other pieces in our music library and can find or arrange anything we do not currently have. If you would like a special piece, perhaps for the recessional of the wedding party or for prayer during the ceremony, we will be happy to find or arrange it if we do not already have it in our library.