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| Hello! (Are you a musician landed here looking for wedding music? Click here for some wedding sheet music download and free MIDI files.) On the other hand, are you organizing your own wedding and need wedding music? Since you are here I'm sure you have already thought about adding a Here you can find some ideas for musical entertainment: a list of works suitable for the wedding ceremony and reception, also photos of some weddings and music to listen to. You'll see that this entertainment can fit any wedding, especially if yours is in a small venue or with a small group of guests or you don't want to spend a lot with many players. Propose to your girlfriendEven before your wedding, you can have music to propose to your girlfriend, surprise her with her favourite tune, maybe in an unusual location like this one in the photo, London's Trafalgar Square and see her reaction! "Monica played for me in the middle of Trafalgar Square when I proposed to my girlfriend in October. She was very professional and played beautifully. I would highly recommend her." Andrew Norton  Here
at The Gun
in London, the historical pub with a romantic view of the
river Thames, where Horatio Nelson used to go and meet Lady Emma
Hamilton."Monica, Many thanks for yesterday. You really helped make yesterday a special day for Ria and I." Kind Regards Ket wonderful to hear a solo viola |  A wedding reception in Oxford Town Hall  | ||||
Watch this videoBach, Choral Jesu, joy of man's desiring Click here to book your wedding music or call: (UK) 07985 025129. | |||||
Which wedding music instruments? Something different? Wedding reception music ideas Many times, when a couple organizes its wedding, they don't know where to find musicians. For religious weddings, the church would usually have its organist. You can either have him play for you or choose to have somebody else. In either case, you'd have to ask your church as to what to do. You may have to pay their organist even if you hire other musicians or a friend of yours plays for you. Other very common options for wedding music (there are many agencies providing musicians for weddings), both ceremony and reception, can be a harp (solo or with another instrument), or a string quartet, that is usually composed of four string players (2 violins, viola and cello, with some variations). The down side of these is that a harp is not easily transportable, if you want for example to have music in two different parts (two floors) of the same building or two different places. As to a quartet, four players are more expensive than one and if you go with an agency they will, rightly, charge their share. So, having considered the issues that couples face, if you are looking for some wedding music in Oxford or not very far from it, you may want to consider a soloist playing an easily movable instrument, so what about... Something different?So, you'd like to have something different, unusual? Then a solo viola (or with piano/organ) is the answer (most people would say "violin" when they see it). The viola has a warm, mellow tone and once you hear it you’ll love it. At your ceremony and reception you can have a variety of works, from classical, to folk, opera arias and I could even play your favourite one. Also being the viola a portable instrument, it can be easily moved around the venue so, even if it's large, everybody can have his or her own personal music performance (see photo below) and you won't see unsightly music stand and sheet music flying around (especially outdoor with some breeze), everything is played from memory. Click here to book your wedding music or call: (UK) 07985 025129.  Wedding ceremony music ideasBe yours either a religious or civil wedding, it's important to create an atmosphere of something Grand taking place, before the actual ceremony starts. The following are some works designed to welcome your guests as they arrive and take their seats, before the ceremony starts, entertain them with some quite solemn music, also calm enough to help many people relax their nerves. Here is some music which is very often requested and played at a wedding ceremony, you can choose your favourite ones. You can listen to some wedding music clips, click each name (more in the next few days). I warmly recommend you to use your headphones for better results! Please, remember that in civil ceremonies you are not allowed to have religious music of any sort (marked with *). The music works listed below are traditionally the most popular wedding music, commonly requested, although several times I've been asked for other music (for example Sally Gardens, The land of my fathers), by someone who wanted something more personal, for example the tune that the groom was playing when they first met. Just ask for your special tune, I'll play it for you! As the guests arrive These pieces are to entertain your friends and family as they gather in the church or ceremony hall, so here's a selection of calm, solemn melodies
The Bridal procession
Signing of the Register
Recession
These are suggestions, you can choose to have the same pieces performed at different times during the ceremony. Convinced? Then click here to book your wedding music or call: (UK) 07985 025129. or read more... Watch more videos of some of the above tunes Bach, from Cello suite n.1 BWV 1007: Prélude, Courante from Cello suite n.3 BWV 1009: Sarabande, Bernstein, Maria from West Side Story Mascagni, Intermezzo from “Cavalleria rusticana” Wedding
reception music ideas
For your wedding reception the choice of music is much broader and freer. Have a look and see how this ideas for music entertainment could fit your special event too, from famous classical music to folk. Warch this video or click the name to listen to a sample.
Bach, Courante n.1 Classical MusicBach,
Cello Suites n.1 & 3 (Prélude 1,
Allemande
1, Courante
1, Sarabande 1, Menuet
1, Gigue 1; Prélude 3,
Allemande
3, Courante 3, Sarabande
3, Bourrée 3, Gigue 3), Air on the G
string, Choral “Jesus,
joy of Man's desiring”, BWV147 Bernstein,
Maria from West Side Story Handel, Largo,
from Xerse Mascagni, Intermezzo from “Cavalleria rusticana” Massenet, Meditation
from "Thais"
Mozart,
“Voi che sapete” from Marriage of Figaro, “Là ci
darem la mano” from Don Giovanni Pachelbel, Canon Paganini, Adagio cantabile Puccini,
“E lucean le stelle” from Tosca, “Ch’ella mi creda”
from The girl from the west Stamitz,
Viola Concerto Telemann,
Viola Concerto (Largo, Allegro, Adagio,
Presto)
Vivaldi, Adagio from the Winter and always new music added to the list... Folk musicTo add variety, you can mix different genres and styles of music. Here is a list of folk music I play: English, Scottish, Irish, American, songs and dances (waltzes, jigs, etc.), including some of the most famous ones. The greenwood tree, The south wind, Fanny Power, Michael Turner’s waltz, Iron legs, Sportsman’s hornpipe, The road to Lisdoonvarna, Greensleeves, Ye banks and braes, Skye boat song, My Bonnie, My love is like a red red rose, Ashokan farewell, Inneshere, Old Danny boy, Carrickfergus, Philadelphia soldier's joy, Bonaparte’s retreat, Miss Rowan Davies, Dark island, Sally Gardens, The land of my fathers (Welsh National anthem).Watch my videos of some of the above tunes Carrickfergus, Sally Gardens, The greenwood tree, The south wind, Fanny Power, Michael Turner’s waltz, Miss Rowan Davies Another video for youThe folk tunes Sportsman’s hornpipe and The road to Lisdoonvarna
and always new tunes added to
the list... Have you ever thought about celebrating a big wedding anniversary? You could use the above ideas for a party for a 50th wedding anniversary music (or 10th, 25th...?), for example. How much?So you're wondering, how much is my wedding music going to cost? First of all, maybe it’s necessary to remind, since some people tend to forget it, that professionals musicians are professionals exactly like accountants, dentists, solicitors etc. and in order to maintain a high quality standard they need to be paid professional rates. Therefore, when you pay for a music performance, like any professional service, you don’t pay just for that one or two hours the musician(s) perform there, you need to take into account the preparation of that service, that is the time spent to practice and learn the pieces of music and expenses (if you ever tried to learn to play an instrument you’ll understand what it takes, if you’ve never done it I’d encourage you to start learning one now, just to see what it means). Of
course, you can always find someone
willing to do it for nearly no money but ask yourself why? If it’s a
friend of
yours who wants to do it as a present for you, fine, it’s a different
matter,
otherwise the answer is simple: like anything else, they're not doing
it professionally and you
get what you pay for. Would
you book your wedding
dress, venue,
catering, hairdressing, photographer and everything else for your
wedding from someone who's not a professional in his or her business,
based on
the price
only, choosing the cheapest you can get? Even if
you are on a tight
budget, there has to be a balance between the price and the quality. Then the price for a wedding ceremony and reception music depends on many factors, like the number of performers and duration of the event. Generally speaking, the more players there are, the less they get paid individually (within limits) and vice versa. This is because within a group the responsibility on each player is less heavy than the responsibility a duo or a soloist have. It’s easy to understand, if you are a solo player and something doesn’t go quite right, there is nobody around to blame. The difficulties of the music pieces are all on the shoulders of one or two players. Besides this, not all musicians feel happy about playing solo, so this reduces the number of solo/duo performers available. As to duration, if you want music for the ceremony only the minimum is generally one hour, including the arrival of guests and some time after the celebration itself, everybody leaving the church or hall, congratulating the couple etc, when you can have some music played. However, from my experience, most couples like to have classical music for the ceremony and for a drink reception after it and all this could last about two or, more often, three hours. So, to recapitulate, duo or solo
performers are more expensive individually, Anyway,
whatever your budget and the style you
choose, I’d recommend you to always book professional players,
people
who have experience and will really help you to organise the music for
your wedding
with the
most suitable pieces. After all, this is a day you’ll remember for all your life and the music will really contribute to make it more memorable. Free MP3 files of wedding musicFor more ideas about your wedding music, listen to the following samples, click the picture or the title and you'll go to a subsciption website where you can register and then download 25 free MP3 files.
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Thanks for your visit, contact me for more information, to send a comment or to book your music entertainment. For a live chat call: (UK) 07985 025129. Wedding linksHere are some links that may be useful to help organize your wedding Wedding Dresses Oxfordshire by Lily Bridal Also, if you need ideas for your wedding invitations, gifts, home decoration, party, click the picture and check this website You can also listen to
some other MIDI files
of
wedding music and if you are a player you can find wedding
sheet music
collections
too. For some ideas about where to celebrate your wedding in and around Oxford, go from Wedding music to Wedding venues Go from Wedding music to Classical music entertainmentGo from Wedding music to Home page
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