Ocean String Quartet
“There is a pleasure by the deep sea... and music in its roar.”- Lord Byron
SELECTING YOUR MUSIC
Music, like the ocean, can transport us on a journey, and lift us to new places and experiences. We’re able to feel peaceful, excited or joyful. Through music we can express emotions in a unique way and with the special person we love.
Music also creates an atmosphere that provides lasting memories of a very special event. Many thus view music for their events as a way to show how they feel about not only themselves but those they celebrate their event with---
their family and friends.
The Ocean String Quartet would like to support you in your selection of music
by providing a brief outline of the music many people choose to compliment their wedding ceremonies and/or receptions.
CEREMONY MUSIC SELECTION
PRELUDE
The time before the wedding ceremony sets the general mood of what is to follow. We suggest that the music selected be tranquil and reflective so as to build the anticipation of the wedding party’s entrance. Prelude music is generally played anywhere from 15-20 minutes before the ceremony and is a great backdrop for the guests to arrive to.
SUGGESTED MUSIC: Air on the G String – Bach, Largo from “The Four Seasons”-Vivaldi, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach
PROCESSIONAL
This is the moment that the music will officially announce the beginning of the wedding ceremony. Depending on the size of the bridal party and who are considered part of it (e.g.: mothers of the bride and groom, bridesmaids, flower girls and ring bearer) this may include several pieces of music, one for the bridal party and one for the bridal entrance. There is also an option of one selection whereby the Quartet can increase its expression when signaled that the bride is coming. Either option is beautifully effective.
SUGGESTED MUSIC FOR BRIDE/BRIDAL PARTY: Pachelbel’s Canon, Wagner’s Wedding March, Te Deum, Water Music Finale, Allelujah/Exultate Jubilante
SUGGESTED MUSIC FOR MOTHERS: Trumpet Volontary, Suite from the Fair Queen: Hornpipe, Water Music: Rondeau- Handel
INTERLUDE
There may be ceremony interludes that you may want to consider having musical accompaniment. The following situations could be: Between readings, during a candle lighting or sand ceremony or after the exchange of rings or vows.
SUGGESTED MUSIC: Selection from: Air on the G String – Bach, Meditation from “Thais” – Massenet, Gymnopedie – Satie, Clair de Lune- Debussey,
Nimrod –Elgar, You Raise Me Up- or a Custom Arrangement.
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RECEPTION MUSIC SELECTION
POSTLUDE/ RECESSIONAL
Even if there is no formal recessional a joyous musical piece is needed to conclude the ceremony. It’s also nice to have music for the guests to transition to from the ceremony area to a receiving line and/or a reception area.
The music generally chosen for this is upbeat and at a faster tempo to celebrate the triumph of the ceremony.
SUGGESTED MUSIC: Mendolssohn’s Wedding March, Handel’s Water Music Finale Alleluja from Exaltate Jubilante or Entrance to the Queen of Sheba.
COCKTAIL HOUR/ RECEPTION
The music selection for this hour has a more festive feel. Beverages and
hors d’oeurves are served and everyone is in a conversational mood. The music should reflect this change in atmosphere with selections of more romantic and/or modern pop music. Although if a classical approach is still desired we can play classical or neo-classical arrangements that have an upbeat feel to them. If a sit down dinner or buffet is planned, musical accompaniment from a string quartet is a romantic backdrop to the dining experience of the reception. For couples who wish to have just a few dances a chamber group may be the perfect touch. If not, a change in musical groups is not at all unusual and can provide a big energy boost for your reception!
SUGGESTED MUSIC: Upbeat Classical: (e.g.Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Palladio), Tangos, Swing Music and/or Modern Rock (e.g.: Beatles)
Finally, to guide you on the styles of the different periods of music that Quartets play please note the following guide that may help you understand the different styles we can play. This will in turn reflect the type of mood you want your wedding music to have.
STYLE PERIODS OF MUSIC
Looking back 400-500 years, the broad periods of music are as follows:
RENAISSANCE: Monteverdi and Palestrina
BAROQUE: Bach, Vivaldi, Handel
CLASSICAL: Mozart, Haydn
ROMANTIC: Brahms, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky
IMPRESSIONISM: Debussy, Ravel
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL: Copland, Bernstein, Barber
MODERN POPS: Cole Porter, Beatles, Led Zeppelin
Ocean String Quartet Sample Play List*
SAMPLE: “Smith” Wedding – Saturday May 2, 2010
Ceremony Location: Oceanside Gardens
Officiant’s Name: Jonathan Willae
Procession Pointer/Wedding Planner: J. Lopez
Quartet Instrument Cases Area: The Hidden Courtyard
Quartet Arrival:3:30pm Prelude:4:00pm Ceremony: 4:30 Cocktail Hour: 5-6pm
Prelude
6. Jesu – Joy of Man’s Desiring
32. Water Music –Handel
16. Sheep May Safely Graze-
10. Largo- Winter- Vivaldi
Wedding Ceremony
Estimated Walk Time: 3 minutes
Mothers: 2. Trumpet Voluntary
Bridal Party Processional : 7. Pachelbel’s Canon
Bride: 3. Wagner’s Wedding March
Wedding Interlude- Sand Ceremony
Queue: “…our prayer for you today is that your lives together would take longer than the time it would take to separate the individual grains of sand.”
107. You Raise Me Up
End of Ceremony:
“By the authority vested in me I pronounce you husband and wife. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, who invite you to join them in celebration of this happy occasion at_________.”
MUSIC RECOMMENCES
Recessional:
5. Entrance to the Queen of Sheba
* Play List Agreement: OSQ agrees to the above order of music for the ceremony and/or cocktail hour. Please Note: Cues will be a rough guide for the Quartet. The parties agrees that if unusual circumstances arise (due to the weather, the wedding party, script changes, minister and/or guests) the Quartet is at liberty to change cue entries, recycle, edit or choose additional music that will support the success of the special event with an uninterrupted flow of music.
Artist’s Initials Employer’s Initials:
Ocean String Quartet
Musical Repertoire
The Prelude/ Ceremony
The Wedding Album Volume I
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Trumpet Tune
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Trumpet Voluntary
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Wedding March/ Wagner
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Rondeau
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Entrance to the Queen of Sheba
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Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
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Canon by Pachelbel
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Air - Bach
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Aria From Xerxes
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Largo from “Winter”
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Liebestraum
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Wedding March/ Mendelssohn
The Wedding Album
Volume II
13 Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate - Mozart
14 Traumeri - Schumann
15 Wachet Auf - Bach
16 Sheep may Safely Graze -Bach
17 Ode to Joy - Beethoven
18 Arioso - Bach
19 Panis angelicus - Franck
20 Andante - Mozart, from Piano Concerto #21.
21 Sleeping Beauty Waltz-Tchaikovsky
The Wedding Album
Volume III
22 Te Deum -Charpentier, Prelude and Tu Devicto.
23 Bist du bei Mir -Bach
24 If With All Your Hearts - Mendelssohn, from Elijah.
25 My Heart Ever Faithful - Bach
26 Mediation - Massenet, from Thais.
27 Suite from the Fair Queen: Hornpipe, Air, Rondeau, Chorus. - Purcell
Classical/Baroque etc.
28. Bradenburg #2- Bach
29. Bradenburg #3 – Bach
30. Brandenburg #5 – Bach
31 Royal Fireworks – Handel
32 Water Music – arrang. Handel
33. Water Music - Handel
34 Quartet #48 – Haydn
35 Quartet #68 – Haydn
36 Palladio – Jenkins
The Romantic Collection
49 Anitra’s Dance – Gynt
50 Blue Danube – Strauss
51 Evening Prayer
53 Humming Chorus – Madame Butterfly – Puccini
54 Intermezzo from Cavaleri Rusticano- Arr. J Nurse
55 Jerusalem
56 Pavanne – Ravel
57 Pavanne – Faure
58 Rhosymedre
59 Salut D’Amour
62 Traumerie
Romantic Classics (M. Naughtin)
63 Adagio from the “Pathetique” Sonata- Beethoven
64 Adagio for Strings- Barber
65 Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme- Puccini
66 Clair de Lune- Debussy
67 Entr’acte to Act III of ‘Carmen’- Bizet
68 ‘Flower Song’ from ‘Carmen’- Bizet
69 Golliwog’s Cake-walk- Debussy
70 Three Gymnopedies- Satie
71 Largo from the “New World” Symphony- Dvorak
72 Meditation from Thais- Massenet
73 Menuet from “Le Tombeau de Couperin”- Ravel
74 Morning Mood from ‘Peer Gynt’- Grieg
75 Pavane- Faure
76 Pavane por une infant defunte- Ravel
77 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini : 18th Variation- Rachmoninov
78 Romance- Shostakovich
79 “Vilia” from “The Merry Widow”- Lehar
80 Vocalise- Rachmaninov
81 The Girl with the Flaxen Hair- Debussy
Contemporary
82 Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)
83 All You Need is Love – The Beatles
84 Have I Told You Lately- Rod Stewart
85 If I Fell- The Beatles
86 She- from the movie Notting Hill
87 Somewhere in Time
88 Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof
89. You Raise Me Up
90 A Whiter Shade of Pale
THE COCKTAIL HOUR
Classical / Romantic / Opera
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
2 Palladio – Jenkins
2 Hungarian Dance #5
3 Slavonic Dance #8
4 Three Slavonic Dances
5 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini : 18th Variation- Rachmoninov
6 Romance- Shostakovich
Classic Opera Album- Rabinowitz
7 Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme- Puccini
8 Entr’acte to Act III of ‘Carmen’- Bizet
9 ‘Flower Song’ from ‘Carmen’- Bizet
10. Carmen – Bizet
11 Ballata – Rigoletto
12 Chanson du Roi – Faust
13 Intermezzo – Cavalleria Rusticano
14 Intermezzo from Cavaleri Rusticano- Arr. J Nurse??
15 Ah, Fuggi il Traditor – Don Giovanni
16 Deh Vieni, Non Tardar –
17 The Marriage of Figaro -Mozart
18 Libiamo – La Traviata – Verdi
19 Quando M’en Vo Soletta per la Via –La Boheme - Puccini
20 Vin O Biere – Faust
21 Flower Duet-Lakme- Delibes
22 Nessun Dorma – La Traviatta
23 Intermezzo from “Sylvia”
Tango / Exotic Music
24 Adios Muchacho
25 Besame Mucho
26 Escovado
27 Espana
28 Por Una Cabeza
29 Tango del Maurice
The Latin Album (M. Naughtin)
30 Bachianas Brazileiras #5- Villa Lobos
31 Blue Tango- Anderson
32 Danzas Argentinas #2- Ginastera
33 Habanera from Carmen- Bizet
34 Jalousie Tango- Gade
35 La Bamba- Traditional
36 Manha de Carnaval from Black Orpheus – Bonfa
37 Noites Cariocas- Bandolim
38 Por Una Cabeza Tango – Gardel
39 Tango in D- Albeniz
40 Tanguedia III- Piazzolla
41 Tico-Tico Samba- Abreu
42 El Choclo Tango – Villoldo
43 Lamento Quicha- Gianneo
Swimg/Jazz Collection
44 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington Arrangment
45 The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
46 What a Wonderful World
Duke Ellington for Strings Album
47 Caravan
48 Creole Love Call
49 Day Dream
50 Do Nothin’ Till You hear from Me
51 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
52 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
53 I Got it Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
54 I’m Just a Lucky So and So
55 In a Sentimental Mood
56 It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
57 Mood Indigo
58 Satin Doll
59 Solitude
60 Sophisticated Lady
61 Prelude to a Kiss
62 Take the “A” Train
Cole Porter Volume.I
63. All of You
64. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
65. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
66. I Love You
67. What Is this Thing Called Love?
68. It’s All Right With Me
Cole Porter Volume II
69 Night and Day
70 You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to
71 I Concentrate on You
72 Begin the Beguine
73 I Get a Kick Out of You
Jammin’ Jazz Album
74 It’s Only a Paper Moon
75 It Had to be You
76 Blue Moon
77 Take Five
78 Black Orpheus
Modern Pops/Broadway/Other
79.All I Ask of You- Phantom of the Opera
80 All You Need is Love – The Beatles
81 Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)
82 From This Moment On- Shania Twain
83 If I Fell- The Beatles
84 Fantasy on: “I Dreamed a Dream”- Les Miserables
85 Have I Told You Lately- Rod Stewart
86 Michelle – The Beatles
87 Music of the Night- Phantom of the Opera
88 La Vie en Rose
89 One Hand One Heart- West Side Story *
Leonard Bernstein
90 Only Time- Enya
91 Pomp and Circumstance – E. Grieg
92 Scarborough Fair
93 She- from the movie Notting Hill
94 Somewhere in Time
95 Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
96 Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof
97 Unforgettable- Nat King Cole
98 Viva La Vida- Coldplay
99 You Raise Me Up
100 A Whiter Shade of Pale