Some of the pieces chosen for this play list are the ones most frequently included during our services, or the newest additions to our literature. Our literature is especially versatile and pliable to fit the needs of your occasion.
Below, our play list is separated into different categories of Wedding Ceremony Music, and Dinner & Reception Music. The Dinner & Reception Music is further divided using time periods and genres. Starting from the earliest and ending with the most recent.
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PRE-SERVICE AND WEDDING CEREMONY MUSIC
J.S. Bach: Air - Arioso - Gavotte I & II -
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring -
Sheep May Safely Graze - Wachet auf
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria
Beethoven: Ode to Joy
Brahms: Theme from the 1st Symphony
Campra: Rigaudon
Corelli: Allegro - Courante
Charptentier: Prelude from Te Deum
Clark: Trumpet Voluntary
Dowland: Clear or Cloudy - Flow My Tears
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Handel: Aria - Entrance of the Queen of Sheba -
La Rejoiussance - Passacaglia -
Selections from Water Music Suite
Malotte: The Lord’s Prayer
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Mouret: Rondeau
Mozart: Alleluia - March
Pachelbel: Canon
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Sager/Foster: The Prayer
Schubert: Ave Maria
Traditional: Amazing Grace
Vivaldi: Selections from each of The Four Seasons
Wagner: Wedding March
TRADITIONAL JEWISH WEDDING MUSIC
Hana’ava Babanot (The Fairest 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)
Od Y’shama (The Voice of Gladness Shall Be Heard Again)
Mazel Tov (Good Luck to the Bride and Groom)
Simon 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)
Waves of the Danube “The Anniversary Waltz”
Rabbi Elimelech Medley
Klezmer Medley
RECEPTION & DINNER MUSIC
BAROQUE:
J.S. Bach: Concerto in A minor -
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor -
Gavotte en Rondeau - Invention No. 1 -
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and 3
Fiocco: Allegro
Gluck: Minuet
Rameau: Two Gavottes
CLASSICAL:
Boccherini: Minuet
Haydn: Serenade
Mozart: Arias from The Magic Flute
Divertimento No. 1 and 3 -
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
ROMANTIC:
Albeniz: Tango
Bizet : Entracte - Habanera
Brahms: Waltz
Debussy: Arabesque #2 - Clair De Lune -
Golliwog’s Cake-walk -
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin -
Reverie - Romance - The Swan
Delibes: The Flower Song
Dvorak: Humoresque
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Puccini: O mio babbino caro
Rachmaninov: Rapsodie - Vocalise
Schubert: Serenade
Schumann: Traumerei
Tchaikovsky: Waltz
CONTEMPORARY & FOLK:
Fisher: Deep River
Gershwin: Embraceable You - I Got Rhythm -
Someone to Watch Over Me -
Swannee - The Man I Love
Joplin: Bethena - New Rag - Stoptime Rag
Lennon/McCartney: When I'm 64
Porter: Begin the Beguine - Night and Day
Sanders: Adios Muchachos
Sousa: The Thunderer
Traditional Fiddle: Cripple Creek -
Irish Fiddle Tune - The Devil’s Dream -
Celtic Fiddle Tune
Valdes: Danzon Almendra
Velazques: Besame Mucho
Webber: All I Ask of You
Wrubel: South Song
CHRISTMAS MUSIC Many Traditional and Light Jazz Arrangements
If you are seeking other music of particular or personal importance that is not included on this play list, you are welcome to make a special request. If you provide the sheet music or piano score, I can arrange this request for you free of charge for all performances booked 3 months in advance of your event date. You can use this link to search my affiliate store:
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