Four Seasons String Quartet for Weddings
Add a touch of elegance to your wedding ceremony or reception with live string music
The beauty, which our music adds to a ceremony / pre-dinner drinks / reception will be remembered by your guests for a long time to come. There is no substitute for the sound of live string music.
Below are the most commonly chosen pieces for the 3 main components of a wedding.
Please click either link for our comprehensive Popular & Jazz or Classical repertoire lists.
Processional:
Pachelbel: Canon (Q,T,D,)
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Here comes the bride) (Q,T,D)
Handel: Air from Water Music (Q,T,D)
Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Q,T,D)
Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakme (Q,T)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri-Twilight) (Q,T,D)
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) (Q,T,D)
I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis) (Q,T,D)
Please consider one piece. If you have a large bridal party you may wish to choose a separate song for the arrival of the bride. Please note that there will be a short pause between the two songs.
Signing:
Bach: Air (Q,T,D,S)
Schubert: Ave Maria (Q,T,D,S)
Vivaldi: Largo from Winter (Four Seasons) (Q,T,D,)
Bach: Double Concerto in D minor second movement Largo. (Q,T)
Faure: Pavane (Q,T,D)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) (Q,T,D,)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) (Q,T,D)
Forrest Gump (Main Theme) (Q,T,D)
Please consider two pieces as the signing of the documents can take a while with photos being taken.
Recessional:
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Q,T)
Mendelsshon: Wedding March (Q,T,D)
Vivaldi: Spring from Four Seasons (Q,T,D)
Handel: Firework Suite La Rejouissance (Q,T,D)
Handel: Alla Hornpipe-Water Music Suite (Q,T,D)
Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve) (Q,T,D)
All you need is Love (Beatles) (Q,T,D)
Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra) (Q,T,D)
Please consider one piece.
Codes in parenthesis indicate ensemble types available to play this piece.
Q – Quartet, T – Trio, D – Duo, S – Solo
For More details please see the Ensemble page
For those who would like some inspiration in choosing repertoire, we have provided a wide variety of videos on our YouTube channel. Here you can view us performing samples of many popular pieces most commonly chosen by couples.
On the day
To give you an idea of how it works, we arrive 20-30 minutes before the booking time to set up and talk to the celebrant or wedding co-ordinator to ensure everything goes smoothly.
String Quartets for weddings work best if we begin playing as your guests start arriving so they have beautiful music as they gather; this creates a nice atmosphere. For a full Catholic mass we recommend a 90 minute booking to allow time for pre-ceremony music, offertory, communion as well as for the bride to be traditionally late.
Being the professional String Quartet for weddings, we will watch the proceedings and time our music according to your needs regardless of the length of your chosen music. Each song can be shortened or lengthened and will be concluded at the right time for the ceremony to flow smoothly.
