Serenata Strings - Weddings and Repertoire

This is our general repertoire list.   Please ask us for our individualized repertoire lists for our other various ensembles (i.e. string quartet, string trio, guitar and violin duo, string duo, solo violin, solo guitar and solo harp). 
Displayed are some favorites for prelude music, the ceremony, processional, lighting of the unity candle, prayer and recessional. 

Prelude

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Bach - Sheep may Safely Graze
Bach - My Heart Ever Faithful
Bach - Aria
Bach - Badinerie (from Suite No. 2 in b minor)
Bach - Bist du bei mir
Bach - Bouree (from the 3rd Suite for solo cello)
Bach - Double Violin Concerto in d minor
Bach - Gigue (from Suite No.3 in D major)
Bach - March in D major (from Anna Magdalene)
Bach - Rondeau (from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor)
Bach - Sarabande from French Suite
Bach - Wachet auf
Beethoven - Fur Elise
Beethoven - Minuet
Campra - Rigaudon
Dvorak - Humoresque
Handel - Royal Fireworks
a. Overture
b. Bourree
c. La Paix
d. La Rejouissance
e. Minuet
Handel - Water Music in D major
a. Overture
b. Hornpipe
c. Andante con moto
d. Allegro
e. Lentement
f. Bouree
g. Minuet
h. Gigue
i. Coro
Handel - Water Music in F major
a. Overture
b. Adagio
c. Allegro moderato
d. Air
e. Allegro
f. Bouree
g. Hornpipe
h. Finale
Handel - Aria (from Xerxes)
Handel - Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)
Haydn - Serenade
Massenet - Meditation (from Thais)
Mendelssohn - Canzonetta
Mozart - Alleluja (from Exultate Jubilate)
Mozart - March (from Marriage of Figaro)
Mouret - Rondeau (from Premiere Suite)
Purcell - Rondeau (from Incidental Music to Abdelazer)
Purcell - Suite from The Fairy Queen
a. Honrpipe
b. Air
c. Rondeau
d. Chorus: They Shall Be As Happy
Purcell - Trumpet Tune 
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Ceremony/Processional

Bach - Air on G String
Bach - Arioso
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Charpentier - Te Deum
a. Prelude
b. Tu Devicto
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Dvorak - Romantic Piece
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - La Rejouissance (from Royal Fireworks)
Franck - Panis angelicus
Mascagni - Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Mouret - Rondeau (from Premiere Suite)
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Purcell - Rondeau (from Incidental Music to Abdelazer)
Schubert - Ave Maria
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Bride's Entrance

Charpentier - Prelude (from Te Deum)
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - La Rejouissance (from Royal Fireworks)
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Vivaldi - Spring - Movement 1
Wagner - Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)

Lighting Of The Unity Candle

Bach - Air on G String
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria
Dvorak - Romantic Piece
Franck - Panis angelicus
Mascagni - Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Massenet - Meditation (from Thais)
Rubinstein - Melody in F
Schubert - Ave Maria

Prayer

Malotte - The Lord's Prayer

Recessional

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Handel - Hornpipe (from Water Music)
Handel - Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)
Handel - La Rejouissance (from Royal Fireworks)
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Vivaldi - Autumn - Movement 1
Vivaldi - Spring - Movement 1

Other Favorites
Classical Selections

Albeniz - Tango
Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances
a. Joc Cu Bata
b. Maruntel
c. Braul
Beethoven - Adagio sostenuto (from Moonlight Piano Sonata)
Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
a. Farandole
b. Minuet
Bocherrini - Minuetto for String Quartet (from String Quintet)
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5
Brahms - St. Anthony Chorale and Sicilienne (from Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56)
Brahms - Theme (from First Symphony)
Copland - Hoe Down (from Rodeo)
Debussy  - Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Debussy  - Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque for piano)
Debussy  - La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Debussy - Reverie
Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
Elgar - Salut d'Amour, Op. 12
Faure - Berceuse (from Dolly Suite, Op. 56)
Faure - Pie Jesu (from Requeim)
Gluck - Minuet
Gossec - Gavotte
Grieg - Gavotte (from Holberg Suite)
Grieg - Norwegian Dance No. 2
Handel - Sarabande (from Suite No. 4)
Ivanovic - Danube Waves
Kreisler - Liebesfreud
Kreisler - Liebeslied
Kreisler - Schon Rosmarin
Liszt - Liebestraum
Loeillet - Allegro
Mendelssohn - Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Mendelssohn - On Wings of Song
Mendelssohn - Andante (Songs without Words)
Mozart - Ave verum corpus
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - Menuetto and Trio, K. 298
Mozart - Rondo, K. 80
Mozart - Menuetto, K. 465
Mozart - Presto, K. 160
Mozart - Allegro and Presto, K. 157
Mozart - Presto, K. 156  
Mozart - Alla Turca (from Piano Sonata in A major)
Purcell - When I Am Laid In Earth
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Music to soundtrack Somewhere in Time)
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade Theme
Ryden - Three Parlor Songs
1. Will you love me in December
2. Mighty Lak'a Rose
3. Kiss me again
Saint-Saens - The Swan (from the Carnival of the Animals)
Satie - Gymnopedie No.1
Schubert  - Andante (from Sonatine)
Schubert  - Moment Musicale
Schubert  - Rosamunde
Schubert - Serenade (from Schwanengesang, No. 4)
Schubert  - The Trout (from the Trout Quintet)
Schumann - Traumeri
Schumann - Lied An den Sonnenschein  Op. 36
Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite
a. Overture
b. Gavotta
c. Serenata
Sullivan - Three Little Maids from School (from the Mikado)
Tchaikowsky - None But The Lonely Heart (from Six Songs, Op.6, No. 6)
Traditional - Greensleeves
Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 11

Waltzes

Brahms - Waltz in A-flat
Delibes - Valse Lente (from Coppelia)
Gounod - Waltz (from Faust)
Grieg - Waltz (from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 No. 2)
Lehar - Merry Widow Waltz (from The Merry Widow)
Strauss, Jr. - Artist's Life
Strauss, Jr. -  Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss, Jr. - Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Jr. - The Emperor Waltz
Strauss, Jr. - Voices of Spring
Strauss, Jr. - Vienna Life
Strauss, Jr. - You and you
Tchaikowsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Tchaikowsky - Waltz (from Album for the Young, Op. 38)
Tchaikowsky - Waltz (from Eugene Onegin)
Tchaikowsky - Waltz of the Flowers (from the Nutcracker)
Waldteufel - Estudiantina (Suite ode Valses, Op. 191)
Waldteufel - Skater's Waltz

Operatic Favorites

Bizet - Aragonaise (from Carmen)
Bizet - Entr'acte (from Carmen)
Bizet - Habanera (from Carmen)
Bizet - Prelude (from Carmen)
Bizet - Seguidilla (from Carmen)
Bizet - Toreador's Song (from Carmen)
Delibes - The Flower Song (from Lakme)
Gounod - Chanson Du Roi (from Faust)
Gounod - Vin O Biere (from Faust)
Gounod - Waltz and Chorus (from Faust)
Mascagni - Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Offenbach - Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffman)
Offenbach - Galop Infernal - Can Can (from Orpheus)
Puccini - O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Puccini - Che gelida manina (from La Boheme)
Puccini - Quando M'en Vo Soletta per la Via (from La Boheme) 
Strauss - The Laughing Song (from Die Fledermaus)
Verdi -  (from La forza del Destino)
Verdi - Ballata (from Rigoletto)
Verdi - Drinking Song (from La Traviata)
   
Rags

Joplin - The Chrysanthemum
Joplin - The Easy Winners
Joplin - Elite Syncopations
Joplin - The Entertainer
Joplin - The Favorite
Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
Joplin - Pine Apple Rag
Joplin - Ragtime Dance
Joplin - Scott Joplin's New Rag

Popular Selections

Anonymous - Wedding Song (There Is Love)
Arlen - Over The Rainbow
Arlen - Stormy Weather
Ascher & Williams - The Rainbow Connection
Asher & Wilson - God Only Knows
Barnby - O Perfect Love
Barry - Somewhere In Time
Barry, Spector & Greenwich - Chapel Of Love 
Bernstein - I Feel Pretty (from West Side Story)
Bernstein - Maria (from West Side Story)
Bernstein - One Hand, One Heart
Bernstein - Somewhere
Bernstein - Tonight
Black - Moonlight In Vermont
Bock - Sunrise, Sunset (from Fiddler On The Roof)
Brooks - You Light Up My Life
D'Hardelot - Because
Carmichael - Star Dust
di Capua  - O Sole Mio
Diamond - Suddenly
Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Ellington - Satin Doll
Ellington - Take the "A" Train
Enya & Ryan - Only Time
Field - Big Spender
Fisher & Preston - You Are So Beautiful
Foster - Love Theme from  St. Elmo's Fire
Foster - You're The Inspiration
Foster, David - The Prayer
Gabler & Kaempfert - L-O-V-E
Gandel - Tango: Por Una Cabeza (from Scent of a Woman and True Lies)
Garner - Misty
Gershwin - Embraceable You
Gershwin - I Got Rhythm
Gershwin - The Man I Love
Gershwin - Someone To Watch Over Me
Gershwin - Swanee
Gordon - Unforgettable
Gordon & Warren - At Last
Graham - You Raise Me Up
Hamlisch - Through The Eyes Of Love (Theme from Ice Castles)
Hammerstein II & Rodgers - Wedding Processional (from The Sound Of Music)
Harris, Ron & Carol - In This Very Room
Heyman & Young - When I Fall In Love
Horner, James - My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic)
Horner, Mann & Weil - Somewhere Out There
Horner, James - The Ludlows (Twilight and Mist) from Legends of the Fall
Hupfield - As Time Goes By
Iglesias, Barry and Taylor - Hero
Isaac - Tango Trocadero
Jones - It Had To Be You
Kander - Theme from New York, New York
Kern, Jerome - The Way You Look Tonight
King - You've Got A Friend 
Lloyd Weber - The Music Of The Night
Lloyd Weber - Memory
Lloyd Weber - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Lloyd Weber - All I Ask of You
Masser - The Greatest Love of All
Matthews, Dave - Ants Marching
Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
Norman - A Page Is Turned
Paris - How Beautiful
Parton - I Will Always Love You
Porter - Begin The Beguine
Porter - Night And Day
Porter - I Get A Kick Out Of You
Porter - All Of You
Porter - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Porter - I've Got You Under My Skin
Porter - I Love You
Porter - What Is This Thing Called Love?
Richie, Lionel - Truly
Rodgers & Hart - My Funny Valentine
Rota - Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Sartori - Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)
Steiner - Tara Theme (from Gone With The Wind)
Streisand - Evergreen  
Thiele & Weiss - What A Wonderful World
Williams, John - Imperial March from Star Wars
Zaret - Unchained Melody

Hymns

All Creatures Of Our God and King
All Glory, Laud And Honor
All Hail The Power
Amazing Grace
Be Glad, You Nations!
Be Thou My Vision
Blessed Assurance
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Come unto Jesus
Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Eternal Light, Shine In My Heart
Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
He Leadeth Me
Holy, Holy, Holy
How Great Thou Art!
I Love To Tell The Story
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
In The Sweet By And By
Life Without End - At Last!
Like A River Glorious
Love - A Perfect Bond Of Union
Marriage - God's Arrangement
My Jesus I Love Thee
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
O Worship The King
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Praise Ye The Lord, The Almighty
This Is My Father's World
When We All Get To Heaven

Spirituals

Deep River
Give Me that Old-Time Religion
Go Tell It on the Mountain
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Were You There?

Shaker Hymn

Simple Gifts

American Fiddle Tune

Arkansas Traveler
Bill Cheatham
Blackberry Blossom
Chicken Reel
Devil's Dream
Dusty Miller
Fisher's Hornpipe
Old Joe Clark
Soldier's Joy

Irish Music

Coleraine
Drowsy Maggie
Flowers of Edinburgh
Garry Owen
The Irish Washerwoman
Kesh Jig
Londonderry Air
Shallowtail Jig
The Wearing of the Green
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Jewish Music for String Quartet

Hana'ava Babanot (The Fairest of Maidens)
Erev Ba (Evening Comes)
Y'did Nefesh (Beloved of My Soul)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (An 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 Watch)
Hava Nagila (Let's Rejoice)
Waves of the Danube "The Anniversary Waltz"
Rabbi Elimelech Medley
Choshat Ha'ekaliptus (The Eucalyptus Grove)

Christmas Music for String Quartet

Angels We Have Heard on High
Away In The Manger
Deck The Halls
The First Nowell
Go Tell It On The Mountain
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
The Newborn Baby
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Wassail Song
We Three Kings of Orient Are
What Child Is This?
While Shepherds Watched          

Filipino Songs

Dahil Sa Iyo
Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal
Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw
Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
Narito
Pangako Sa 'Yo