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Wedding Music in   The Midlands   

Find wedding music ensembles available in  The Midlands  on our live wedding music website

See our  The Midlands  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Below are a selection of our wedding music musicians across the UK. To locate wedding music in   The Midlands  find your county in the drop down box. This will take you to all of our wedding music ensembles that play in your locality.

 
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Interested in our wedding music? Just send an email for a rapid, no obligation quotation. If you'd like to discuss the musical possibilities and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.      

 

Wedding music and composers

Wedding music for civil and for church weddings is sometimes different, in that the music used in civil ceremonies must not have religeous connotations. Examples of composers are:  Luigi Verdi (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Scott Joplin (1868-1917; age 48); Vittorio Monti (1868-1922; age 54); José Vianna da Motta (1868-1948; age 80); Jan Willem Frans Brandts Buys (1868-1933; age 65); Max von Schillings (1868-1933; age 65); Juventino Rosas (1868-1894; age ca. 26); Valentin Silvestrov (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Jean Chatillon (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Jan Welmers (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Olallo Morales (1874-1957; age ca. 83); Gustav Holst (1874-1934; age 59); Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868-1952; age 84); Jean Hasse (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Rodney Sharman (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Philip Czaplowski (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Mark Kilstofte (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Julia Wolfe (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Julián Aguirre (1868-1924; age ca. 56); Charles Ives (1874-1954; age 79); Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951; age 76); Francesco Paolo Neglia (1874-1932; age ca. 58); Josef Suk (1874-1935; age ca. 61); Paul Pierné (1874-1952; age 77); John Blackwood McEwan (1868-1948; age 80); Abel-Marie Decaux (1869-1943; age ca. 74); Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930; age ca. 61); Julius Conus (1869-1942; age 72); Soghomon Soghomonian|Komitas (1869-1935; age ca. 66); Albert Roussel (1869-1937; age 68); Nicholas Simpson (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Rolf Riehm (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Philip Glass (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Zbigniew Bargielski (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); David Del Tredici (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Terrence Patrick Dougherty (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Tim Ewers (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Gregg Wager (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Igor Panov (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958; age ca. 89); Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949; age 80);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  The Midlands   

A sample of what has been written about wedding music groups-

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Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  The Midlands   

Weddings - Create the perfect ambience for the wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast with one of our Wedding Music groups

You can hear samples of our wedding music online

Corporate & Parties - Our highly versatile Wedding Music musicians also play for a wide spectrum of non wedding events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Here is some typical repertoire of our wedding music groups   

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING MUSIC

Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck; Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart;