DUO – Music for violin and cello

Those preceded violinsmall by are most frequently requested.
(Click on those highlighted in blue for demo.)

SEATING of guests:

A variety of appropriate Baroque & classical music including:

PROCESSIONAL: for parents, officiant, groomsmen, groom, bridesmaids, and bride

CEREMONY: sand, unity candle, rose exchange, or other

Some brides like the following nonclassical pieces:

  • violinsmall All I Ask of You or Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
  • One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story by Bernstein
  • Only Time by Enya

RECESSIONAL: exit music for bridal party, parents, & guests

Finale from The Water Music by Handel

Light Classical:

  • Allegro (Fioco)
  • Arioso (Bach)
  • Bagatelle (Beethoven)
  • “Flower Duet” from Lakme by Delibes
  • Four Seasons by Vivaldi
  • Londonderry Air – Traditional
  • Minuet from A Little Night Music
  • “O Mio Babbino Caro” by Puccini
  • Romance from A Little Night Music
  • “Salute D’Amour” by Elgar (*take out rest of words on this line)
  • Selections for violin & cello by Handel
  • Selections for violin & cello by other Baroque composers
  • Simple Gifts: a Shaker tune
  • “To a Wild Rose” by McDowell
  • Traumerei by Schumann

Pop and/or contemporary:

Beatles Tunes

  • All You Need Is Love
  • And I Love Her
  • Blackbird
  • Eleanor Rigby
  • NEW! – I Will
  • Michelle
  • NEW! – Penny Lane
  • NEW! – Something
  • When I’m 64
  • NEW! – Windy

Contemporary

  • All My Love by Zeppelin, arr. by Richard Maximoff for Hampton String Quartet
  • NEW! Don’t Stop Believin
  • Every Breath You Take by Sting, arr. by Reed for Hampton String Quartet
  • NEW! – Faithfully – Foreigner
  • Fields of Gold by Sting
  • NEW! – Love of My Life – Jim Brickman
  • NEW! – Love Story by Taylor Swift
  • Moon Dance
  • NEW! -Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
  • NEW! – Power of Love – Celine Dion
  • Stairway to Heaven
  • This Will Be by Natalie Cole, arr. by Benson
  • Violet Hill by Coldplay, arr. by Benson
  • Viva la Vida by Coldplay, arr. by Benson
  • NEW! – When I Look at You – Miley Cyrus
  • Whole Lotta Love by Zeppelin, arr. by Richard Henrickson for Hampton String Quartet
  • With or Without You by U2, arr. by Benson
  • Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
  • NEW! – You Belong to Me – Taylor Swift

POPS

  • A Whole New World from Aladdin
  • Beauty & the Beast from Beauty & the Beast
  • Blue Tango
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight by Elton John
  • Candle on the Water
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
  • Charade
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Colour My World
  • Come In From the Rain by Melissa Manchester
  • Con Te Partiro (made popular by the 3 Tenors)
  • Country Club Rag by Scott Joplin
  • Dream a Little Dream of Me
  • First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
  • Forgotten Dreams
  • From This Moment On by Shania Twain
  • Grow Old With Me
  • I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
  • Ice Castles
  • If (Bread)
  • Irish tunes
  • I Only Have Eyes for You
  • It Had to be You
  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  • (The) Lion Sleeps Tonight
  • The Look of Love (Casino Royale)
  • Love is Here to Stay
  • Memory (Cats)
  • Moon River
  • Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
  • Nobody Does it Better
  • One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story by Bernstein
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Selections from Phantom of the Opera
  • Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
  • Perhaps Love
  • Pineapple Rag
  • Pink Panther
  • (The) Rose by Bette Midler
  • Simple Gifts: a Shaker tune
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Somewhere in Time from the movie Somewhere in Time
  • Starry, Starry Night
  • String of Pearls
  • Summertime from Porgy and Bess
  • Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof
  • Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera
  • Tonight from West Side Story
  • Unchained Melody
  • Unforgettable
  • (The) Way You Look Tonight
  • What a Difference a Day Makes
  • What a Wonderful World
  • (A) Wink and a Smile (from Sleepless in Seattle)
  • When You Wish Upon a Star
  • Windmills of Your Mind

…and even more!

JEWISH MUSIC

Suggestions based on frequently requested pieces.
(Click on those highlighted in blue for demo.)

SEATING of guests

  • Bashana
  • Jerusalem of Gold
  • V’Sharmu
  • Shalom, Shabbat, Shalom

PROCESSIONAL:  for parents, rabbi, groomsmen, groom, bridesmaids, & bride

RECESSIONAL:  exit music for bridal party, parents, & guests

RECEPTION

  • Ashreinu
  • Jerusalem of Gold
  • L’Chi Lach
  • Hava Nagila/Tsena Tsena
  • Ose Shalom/Hevenu Shalom Aleychem
  • Oif’n Pripetshok
  • Selections from Fiddler on the Roof, including “Sunrise, Sunset”

SACRED MUSIC

Suggestions based on frequently requested pieces.
(Click on those highlighted in blue for demo.)

  • Amazing Grace
  • As We Light This Candle
  • Ave Maria
  • Ave Verum
  • Beautiful Savior
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Panis Angelicus
  • Prayer of St. Francis
  • On Eagle’s Wings
  • Sheep May Safely Graze