December 2015, Luton Hoo
No music prior to ceremony
Ceremony 1300
Walking down the aisle – Pachelbel Canon
Signing of register – Marry Me by “Train” sent
Photo opportunity – Thinking out loud by “Ed Sheeran” *sent
Exit from Ceremony – It must be Love by Madness – sent
Library Room – Drinks 1330
1500 Wedding Breakfast (short prayer from guest first)
A thousand years by Christina Perri
Moon River
“Love me like you do” – Ellie Goulding
the way you look tonight
Somewhere only we know – Keane
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Black Heart – Stooshe – sent
Greatest day
Runaway – Corrs
Just the way you are – Bruno Mars
A Whole new world – Aladdin
All of me – John Legend
November 2015, Nuthurst Grange
1, Bridesmaids entrance: Canon D
2, bride entrance: butterfly waltz
3, signing the register: John legend all of me, ed sheeran thinking out loud, thousand years Christina perrin
4, walking out of the chapel: spring vivaldi
October 2015, Bedford
While the guests are arriving
Bruno Mars: Marry you
Christina Perry: Thousand Years
Aerosmith: Dont wana miss a thing
Rhinanna: Diamonds
Elvis: Cant help falling in love
Beyonce: Halo
Labrinth/Emelie Sande: Beneathe your beautiful
Adele/Dylan: Make you feel my love
Just before walking down the aisle
Coldplay: Fix you
Followed by the Wedding March
Signing the register
Joe Cocke and Jennifer Warnes :Up where we belong
Beatles: Let it be
Justin Timberlake: Mirrors
Walking out the ceremony:
Married Life: Up
Rhianna: Umberella
Beatles: All you need is love
Stand by me
Starship: Nothings gonna to stop us now
Reception Welcome Drinks
Phil Colins: Groovy kind of love
Keane: Somewhere only we know
Phantom of the opera: All I ask of you
Coldplay: Paradise
Take That: Rule the World/ Million Love songs
Ellie Golding: How long will I love you
Carpenters: Close to you
Sam Smith: Stay with me
John Legend: All of me
Birdy:Wings
Ed Sheeran: Photograph
Damien Rice: Cannon Ball
John Legend: Ordinary people
Clean Bandit: Rather be
Bon Jovi: Always
Elton: Can you feel the love tonight
Eagles: Hotel California
Stereophonics: Handbags and gladrags
Frank Sinatra: Got you under my skin
Lonestar: Amazed
Bryan Adams: Everything I do
September 2015, Shiplake (near Reading)
Music ideas for violin & piano
16:30 – 17:30 (during arrival drinks)
Any of the following tunes but particularly the ones with asterisks in whatever order you think is appropriate. Any you don’t play in this slot can be played in the later slots if you think they are suitable.
Butterfly Waltz*
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach *
Pavane Pour une Infant Defunte – Ravel*
The Four Seasons: Spring – Vivaldi*
Trois Gymnopedies – Satie
Ave Maria
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Primavera – Einaudi
In Dreams – LOTR: FotR *
Sounds of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel
Scarborough Fair Canticle – Simon and Garfunkel *
And I Love Her – Beatles
Here Comes the Sun – Beatles *
Someone like You – Adele*
You are My Sunshine
Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward
Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker
Fields of Gold – Sting *
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Reason to Believe – Rod Stewart
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz*
The Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Whiskey in the Jar –Thin Lizzie
18:00 – 19:00 (during dinner)
The next 4 are Alex’s favourites (Fiona and Chris’s son, he is 3) and there will be quite a few children of a similar age so if you are able to play any/all of them between 18.00 and 18.30 please could you say they are for Alex and all of the other children there (and in particular Jingle Bells which is his favourite song).
Old Macdonald had a Farm
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Wheels on the Bus
Jingle Bells
Other music for this slot, these are mostly Fiona’s favourites:
Greensleeves*
Somewhere Over the Rainbow *
Concerning Hobbits – Lord Of The Rings: FotR*
Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel *
The Way You Look Tonight – Fred Astaire*
Stand by Me – Ben E King *
Lakme Duet (Flower Duet) – Delibes *
O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini *
Always on my Mind – Willie Nelson*
Danny Boy *
19:45 – 21:45 (evening)
19.45 to 20.15 any of the following:
Just Give Me a Reason – Pink *
Foggy Dew – Micamac
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
For the Love of a Princess – Braveheart *
Kissing You – Des’ree *
20.15 – first dance
Fiona and Chris will have their first dance at 20.15 and will have their song played from a Spotify playlist (Chris, my husband, will arrange that)
20.20 – 21.20 – music for dancing to. Jigs and similar music and if your pianist can play it, the piano tunes in the list below. To include the following tunes if you can play them but would also like anything similar or anything you can suggest which people can dance to.
Irish Rover
The Irish Washerwoman
Carraroe Jig – Corrs
Joy of Life – Corrs
Runaway – Corrs
Toss the Feathers – Corrs
Instrumental 2 – Corrs
Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
Honky Tonk Train – Meade Lux Lewis
21.20 to 21.45 – there will be refreshments at this point so would like more music to listen to rather than to dance to, including if possible, the following tunes:
One Day Like This – Elbow *
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve*
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol *
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen *
Perfect Day – Lou Reed*
September 2015, Anstey Hall, Trumpington (Cambridge)
Canon in D (Pachelbel) for walking down the aisle and then Haste to the Wedding (Corrs style/Irish) for the leaving of the church
September 2015, Norwich Assembly House
Wedding Breakfast
- Cant help falling in love – Elvis
- Unforgettable – Frank Sinatra
- 3 Libras – Perfect Circle
- Close to you – Carpenters
- Part of your world – Little Mermaid
- Black – Pearl Jam
- The ice dance – Danny Elfman Edward Scissor Hands
- A thousand years – Christina Perri
- Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
- Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon
- Nothing else matters – Metallica
- Blowers Daughter – Damien Rice
- 2 become 1 – Spice Girls
- Stay with Me – Sam Smith
- Make you feel my love – Adele
- Outside – Staind
- Iris – Googoo dolls
- Tribute – Tenacious D
- Song Bird – Eva Cassidy
- Ohne Dich – Rammstein
- Hedwig’s Themes – Harry Potter
- Endless Love – Luther and Mariah
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- Someone like you – Adele
- Stricken – Disturbed
- Kissing You – Des’ree
- Dance of Death – Iron Maiden
- Its a beautiful day – Buble
- Tale as old as time – Beauty and the Beast
- Wherever you will go – The calling
- Can you feel the love tonight – Elton John
- Imagine – John Lennon
- How long will I love you – Ellie Goulding
- Just the way you are – Bruno Mars
- All of Me – John Legend
- Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffanys
- Wedding Plans – Howard Shore
- My Immortal – Evenescence
- When I fall in love – Nat King Cole
- Beethoven – Romance in F
- Faure Berceuse – Dolly Suit
- Mr Blue Sky – Elo
- Home – Michael Buble
September 2015, Monkton Barn Marlow
1400 – guests and us arrive.
– Vivaldi – Four seasons – spring
– summer
– autumn
– winter
1430 – ceremony starts, bride to walk down the aisle to.
– Beatles – here comes the sun
1515 – ceremony finishes
– Jack Johnson – better together
– Game of thrones theme
– Metallica – nothing else matters
– Frank sinatra
– come fly with me
– fly me to the moon
– new York new york
– John legend – all of me
– Ellie golding – Love u like I do
– Avicii – wake me up
– Bob marley – 3 little birds
– Jason mraz – I’m yours
1600 – finish for our dinner.
August 2015, Old Thorns Manor Hotel Liphook
Guests Assembling approx 2pm:
Make you feel my love – Adele
A thousand years – Christina Perri
All of me – John Legend
Bride entrance:
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Signing register:
I’m yours – Jason Mraz
Thinking out loud – Ed Sheeran
Recession:
Ode to joy – Beethoven
For the welcome drinks happy to leave it to you and your expertise of what will suit best, a mixture of classic ones and modern too and any requests you might get!
August 2015, Holdenby House, Northampton
Drinks reception violin – 1430-1545
Wedding breakfast piano – 1545-1830
Could we request that you play Pachelbel Canon when we arrive at the venue and Stand by me- Ben E King on the piano as the first song we enter or start for the wedding breakfast
August 2015, Dorton House, Aylesbury
Walk in to Pachelbel Canon D. During the ceremony or signing the register, Air on a G String would be nice, I think. We will go inside after the ceremony and guests will walk around to the chapel, so perhaps A Wonderful World?
August 2015, Turkey Mill, Maidstone
Aisle: Pachelbel Canon
Register: How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding), A Thousand Years (Christina Perri), All Of Me (John Legend),
Departure: One Day Like This (Elbow)
August 2015, Upwaltham Barns
While guests are entering ceremony barn and taking seats:
Bruno Mars- Marry You
Ed Sheeran- Thinking out loud
Christina Perri- A Thousand Years
Bridesmaid followed by Bride Entrance:
Pachelbel- Canon in D
Signing of Register:
Ellie Goulding- How long will I love you
Keane- Somewhere only we know
Exit of Bride and Groom:
Elbow- One day like this.
August 2015, Abthorpe Church
Yann Tiersen – Comptine d’un autre ete – l’apres-midi (walk down the aisle)
Ludovico Einaudi – I giorni and
Liszt – Liebestraum (signing of the register)
Walk out to Wedding March
July 2015, Cambridge Trinity Hall
Bride entrance – Ombra mai fu by Handel (I’ve found a violin version on YouTube just for your reference:
Exit – Lakmé, Flower duet by Delibes
Either pre-ceremony/signing of the register – Pavane pour une infante défunte by Ravel
July 2015, Woldingham School
1.00 ceremony
1.30 drinks
3.00 wedding breakfast
Violin – ceremony and drinks reception
Entrance music Pachelbel canon
Piano – Wedding Breakfast
July 2015, Barton Marina
Bridal entrance, Ellie goulding, how long will I love you
Registrar signing, Elton John, your song,
They way you are, Bruno Mars
Diamonds Rihanna
Exit, elton John, crocodile Rock.
Guest arrival
Last of summer wine
Can’t help falling in love
Somewhere over rainbow
Wind beneath my wings
Butterfly waltz
Island in the stream
I will always love you
Marry me
Mr brightside
Stereophonics the one
Any Lionel Ritchie/Commodores
Any elton John
July 2015, Beaconsfield
While guests are assembling (approx 15 mins):
Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
Just the way you are – Bruno Mars
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
How long will I love you – Ellie Goulding
Entrance Procession (midday) (2 mins):
Canon in D
Register Signing/photography (approx 6 mins):
All of me – John Legend
Thinking out loud – Ed Sheeran
Recession (approx 5 mins):
Stand by me – Ben E King
July 2015, Larmer Tree Gardens (Wiltshire)
| 2pm arrival of wedding guests*Clare de Lune-Debussy*Just the way you are-Bruno Mars*Beautiful Dreamer-Stephen Foster*When I fall in love-Nat King Cole*Isn’t she lovely-Stevie Wonder*At last-Etta James*Beethoven’s 5th secrets-Entrance at 2.30pm*Somewhere over the rainbow – piano and violinSecond entrance* A Thousand Years – piano and violinSigning of the register*How long will I love you- Ellie Goulding- piano and violin*Smile- Charlie Chaplin- piano*Canon in D- Pachelbel- piano and violinBrides exit around 3.00/3.15pm*Marry you- Bruno Marsand then if you could just play some pretty classical music, maybe some tunes from the musicals?, as the guests leave for the drinks on the lawn and we go off for a quick 5 minute drive then you can head over to the singing to set up ready for the afternoon reception until 5.30pm.Afternoon drinks reception 3.00/3.30pm-5.30pmDisney*Love is an open door-Frozen*Let it go-Frozen*Do you wanna build a snowman-Frozen*Colours of the wind-Pocahontas*Reflection-Mulan*Married life-UpMusicals*I’d do anything for you-Oliver*Chim chimney- Mary Poppins*Feed the birds- Mary Poppins*Wouldn’t it be loverly- My Fair Lady*I dreamed a dream-Les Mis *Master of the house-Les Mis*Hedwigs Theme-Harry PotterMixed*I’ve got you under my skin-Frank Sinatra*New York, New York-Frank Sinatra*For once in my life-Stevie Wonder*Signed, sealed, delivered-Stevie Wonder*It’s a beautiful day-Michael Buble*Everything-Michael Buble*Me and Mrs Jones-Michael Buble*Everlasting Love-Natalie Cole*Al you need is love-The Beatles*It must be love-Madness*Wonderful tonight-Eric Clapton*Have I told you lately-Van Morrison*Hallelujah-Leonard Cohan*Close to you-The Carpenters*November Rain-Guns N Roses*Better Together-Jack Johnson*Amazed-Lonestar*You are my sunshine*Johnny B Goode-Chuck Berry*What makes you beautiful-One Direction*Maggie May-Rod Stewart-A MUSTANY other Rod Stewart. |
June 2015, Greenwich (London)
1,000 Miles – Vanessa Carlton
Next to Me – Emile Sande
If I ain’t got you – Alicia Keys
Just the way you are – Bruno Mars
I would like to walk down the aisle to Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
Signing of Register: Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Bride and Groom Exit Music: A Sky Full of Stars – ColdPlay
During the reception and wedding breakfast we would like a variety of music – i.e modern stuff and classics.
June 2015, Sutton Coldfield
While guests are assembling:
Halo-Beyoncé
The way you look tonight- Tony Bennett
Make you feel my love-ADELE
Bella’s Lullaby-Carter Burwell, Dan Redfeld and Elizabeth Hedman
A thousand years-Christina Perri
Better together-Jack Johnson
I’m yours- Jason Mraz
Entrance:
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Register:
Marry you- Bruno Mars
We belong together- Mariah Carey
Just the way you are – Bruno Mars
Halo – Beyoncé
Exit:
All about us- He is we, Aron Gillespie
May 2015, Lympne Castle, Kent
Ceremony 1pm
All of me – John legend (entrance)
Spring – Vivaldi (signing of register)
Everything I own – bread (exit)
Drinks reception: High tempo classical music
May 2015, Radisson Blu, Canary Wharf Docklands
Bride entrance – Pachelbel Canon
Ellie Goulding – How Long Will I Love You
Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
Beyonce – Halo
Mariah Carey – Hero
Jodeci – All My Life
May 2015, Rivervale Barn
- 13:15 – 14:00 I’m happy for you to play violin and/or piano until the ceremony (whatever instrument the pieces are best on, I leave it to your expert opinion as to the mood and ambience created),
Guests enter: Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers); Only Time (Enya) – they sent the music
- 14:00 – 14:30 then Violin for the ceremony
Walk in: Pachelbel Canon
Register signing: Can’t Help Falling in Love with You – Elvis; Butterfly Waltz (Brian Crain)
Departure: Gabriel’s Oboe (Morricone)
- 14:30 -16:15 Piano please (though if there are a few violin pieces feel free to go where the mood takes you!)
April 2015, Lains Barn, Wantage
PRE-CEREMONY
| Nat King Cole | When I fall in love |
| Frank Sinatra | I’ve got you under my skin |
| Les Miserables | A Heart Full of Love |
| Massive Attack | Teardrop |
| Offfenbach | Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour |
| Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake, Act 2 – Odette Pas de Deux |
| Massenet | Manon – bedroom pas de deux |
| Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah |
| Elvis | Can’t help falling in love |
CEREMONY
Walking down the aisle:
“To build a home”
Signing of the register:
Prokofiev: Balcony Scene (Romeo and Juliet)
Purcell: Act 3 Monologue/Dido’s death – Dido and Aeneas
Such Great Heights (slow version)
Exit of bride and groom
Ben E King – Stand By Me
DRINKS RECEPTION
| Radiohead | Bodysnatchers |
| Disney – Frozen | Love is an Open Door |
| Etta James | At Last |
| Michael Jackson | Man in the Mirror |
| Stevie Wonder | For Once in My Life |
| Beethoven | Fur Elise |
| Coldplay | The Scientist |
| The Cure | Love Song |
| Elton John | Your Song |
| Daft Punk | Get Lucky |
| Beyonce | Crazy in Love |
| Lenny Kravitz | American Woman |
| Metallica | Nothing Else Matters |
| Guns n Roses | November Rain |
| Led Zepplin | Whole Lotta Love |
| Queen | Don’t stop me now |
| Sebastien Tellier | La Ritournelle |
| Beach boys | God Only Knows |
| Fleetwood Mac | Anything! |
April 2015, Poundon House OX27
Guests arriving
Classical piano music
1.00 Ceremony, Bridal procession
Pachelbels Canon
Register signing
Butterfly Waltz – Brian Crain
Smile
Recession
Here comes the sun (The Beatles/Nina Simone)
Drinks reception
Jazz classics – fairly upbeat (ideas below – not in specific order)
Signed sealed Delivered
Girl from Ipanema
Isn’t she lovely
Come fly with me
It must be love
What a beautiful world
All you need is love
I’ve got you under my skin
Fly me to the moon
Sitting on the dock of a bay
God only knows
My baby just cares for me
April 2015 – Swinfen Hall Hotel
Our tastes are eclectic: Elton John,Adele, Elle Golding, Take That,
Robbie Williams, Bruno Marrs, Paloma Faith, Ed Sherren etc and John Legend.
Perhaps Interpersed with music from the shows, ie Les Mis, Miss Saigon ,
Phantom of the Opera, Lion King, Cats, Chess etc. WE HATE 50’s,60’s and
70’s. Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble or other “crooners”.
Entry of Guests, “How long will I love you?” Ellie Golding + other similar ie Adele “Make me feel my feel”… Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind”, “Happy” Pharrell Williams, Bruno Mars “Just the way you are”
Entry of Bride and Groom, “I believe in You” Celine Dion
Signing of Register, “All of me” John Legend
Played on departure, “When You say nothing at all” Ronan Keating
Also just to confirm,
Our tastes are eclectic: Elton John, Adele, Elle Golding, Take That, Katy Perry “Roar”, “Uptown Funk” Mark Ronson, “Diamonds” Rihanna, Coldplay ie Paradise
Robbie Williams, Bruno Marrs, Paloma Faith, Whitney Houston, Ed Sherren (but NOT “Thinking out Loud” and John Legend.
Perhaps Interpersed with music from the shows, ie Les Mis, Miss Saigon ,
Phantom of the Opera, Lion King, Cats, Chess etc.
Please nothing from 50’s,60’s and
70’s. Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble or other “crooners”.
March 2015 – Hylands House
For the brides entrance- Pachelbel
Signing of the register- Tchaikovsky- Romeo and Juliet
Dvorak- New World Symphony
Vivaldi- Winter from Four Seasons
Exit- Vivaldi- Spring from Four Seasons
February 2015 – Woodstock
Unforgettable
Wonderful Tonight
Better Together
The more I see you
my baby just cares for me
Home – Michel Buble
Feeling good
Save the last dance
Ive got you under my skin
Chasing cars
Call me irresponsible
magic and Yellow – Coldplay
Happy
Thats Life
Ive got the world on a string
Moonlight serenade
Aint that a kick in the head
A thousand Years
At last
All of me
Thinking out loud
My Girl
It must be love
You cant hurry love
Youve got the love
Valerie
Feel my love
How long will I love you
Sunshine of my life
Isnt she lovely
When you say nothing at all
Stand by me
Have I told you lately That I love you
When a man loves a woman
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Signed sealed delivered
cant help falling in love with you
you give me something
i will always love you
skyful of stars
Marry you
mr brightside
I love all dean martin and Frank sinatra songs also!!!
February 2015 – Dunchurch Park, Rugby
– Set up in “the terrace area”, ready for 2pm for canapes/cocktails until approx 3:15pm.
– Set up in “The Great Hall”, ready for 3:45pm for guests to take their seats for the wedding breakfast.
– Speeches will be done 5:30pm
January 2015 – New Forest
Bridal entrance: Vivaldi four seasons, Winter, 2nd movt.
We’ve got another selection of pieces to be played both during the signing of the registers and before the ceremony while the guests are taking their seats. We are not sure exactly how much music is required but here is a selection that we liked – feel free to pick and choose, or add to the list with other pieces you know in a similar vein:
Bach sonata in A minor bwv 1003 1st and 3rd moves,
Faure berceuse from dolly suite
Beethoven Romance in F
Faure berceuse op16
Walk out: Spring (Four Seasons)
January 2015 – Cliveden, Bucks
CEREMONY piano
For the assembling of guest pre wedding-
falling in love
When I fall in love
Music box dancer
Unforgettable
Wonderful tonight
Entrance procession-
Wedding march
Register signing/photography-
Dido- Thank you
Jack Johnson- Better together
Recession-
ELO- Mr blue sky
DRINKS RECEPTION violin
Last night at the Proms-Jerusalem
Sailing
Desert island disc theme the sleepy lagoon
Nimrod
Fantastia on green sleeves
Knightsbride march
Jacks the lad
Tom Bowling
Sailing by-BBC four theme
Air On a G String
Four seasons Op 8 Spring Allergo
Nocturne No.2 in E- flat major Op 9
Ludovico Einaudi- Primavera
Passagio
Wedding Breakfast – piano
It’s a beautiful day
Home
The more I see you
How sweet it is
I’ve got you under my skin
Save the last dance for me
Coming home baby
Love
I’m your man
Feeling good
Moon dance
Fever
You’ll never find another love like mine
Pachelbel
Walking in a winter wonderland
Mack the knife
Sway
When I fall in love
Snow Patrol-Chasing cars
George Michael- my baby just cares for me
Eagles- Hotel California
Bob Marley – Is this love
Satisfy my soul
One love
Steve Wonder- I just called to say I love you
What a wonderful world
Jack Johnson- Better together
George Harrison-My sweet lord
UB40- Red red wine
Frank Sinatra- The girl from Ipanema
You make me feel so young
Moonlight Serenade
Perry Como- Catch a falling star
Robbie Williams- Mr Bojangles
Take That- How deep is your love
Sade- Your love is king
Andrea Bocelli – Besame mucho
Beatles- Here comes the sun
From me to you
Queen- A kind of magic
Coldplay- Magic
Viva la vida
Yellow
Al martino- Spanish eyes
Pharrell williams- Happy
Westlife- You raise me up
Ain’t that a kick in the head