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Strings 'n' Things:
Repertoire



We have a wide repertoire for you to choose from - from early music to pops - but if you have a special request, with advance warning we will locate and arrange the music for you. (Arranging and writing parts may incur a small additional fee).

Our extensive repertoire includes:

  •   Baroque & Classical
  •   Popular "classics"
  •   Classic "pops"
  •   Easy listening
  •   Music from the shows
  •   "Palm Court"
  •   Klezmer
  •   Gypsy
  •   Celtic
  •   Folk & Traditional
Processional & Recessional Signing the Register

If you are planning your wedding, listed below is some of the most popular music used in wedding ceremonies.

Should you be unfamiliar with some of this music, please for a list of links to midi files for many of the melodies, or download if from the link at the bottom of the page. (It is important to realise that these tracks have been created from a synthesiser and computer and in no way represent the sound of a string quartet or trio. We provide them only to enable you to hear the actual tunes).

Please also note that this is only a very small selection of our extensive repertoire and we are available at all times to assist you with your choice of music for your special day!


  Commonly requested Processional & Recessional Music:

Handel: La Rejouissance

Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Pachelbel: Canon

Vivaldi: “Spring” (from “The Four Seasons”)

Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary

Purcell: Trumpet Tune

Wagner: Bridal March

Mendelssohn: Wedding March

Beethoven: Ode to Joy


  Register signing suggestions:

Shostakovich: Romance from “The Gadfly”

Meditation from “Thaïs”

Schumann: Traümerai

Schubert: Ave Maria

Schubert: Serenade

Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring

Bach: Air ("on the G string”)

Handel: Largo

Handel: Judas Maccabeus

Elgar: Chanson de Matin

Elgar: Salut d’Amour

Haydn: Serenade

Boccherini: Minuet

Beethoven: Für Elise

Beethoven: Minuet from Septet

Beethoven: Minuet in G

Amazing Grace

Morning has Broken

O Perfect Love



Download a PDF list of midi links

(You will need Acrobat Reader for this file. Download the programme from here)






These pages were updated 17 January 2006

© Copyright Blanche Charles, 2005, 2006