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Wedding Music in   Reading   

A selection of wedding music bands and ensembles in  Reading  on this wedding music web site

See our  Reading  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Here is some our wedding music options in different parts of the UK. View wedding music in   Reading  select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding music options available in your area.

 
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If you are interested in one of our wedding music, send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options 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.      

 

Composers through history - wedding music

Some music has been written specifically for weddings, but most wedding music has been taken from works created for other purposes, Here are some examples of composers:  Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755; age 67); Johan Adam Krygell (1835-1915; age 80); Antonio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896; age 60); Léo Delibes (1836-1891; age 54); Albert Biehl (1836-1899; age ca. 63); Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911; age 74); Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762; age 74); Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758; age 70); Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726; age 37); Joseph-Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755; age 65); Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768; age 78); Steve Reich (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981; age 45); Charles-Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871; age ca. 34); Georges Bizet (1838-1875; age 36); Max Bruch (1838-1920; age 82); Edward Gold (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Mario Perusso (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Jos Kunst (1936-1996; age 60); Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749; age 59); Jacques-Christophe Naudot (1690-1762; age ca. 72); Henry Eccles (1690-1742; age ca. 52); Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770; age 77); Johennes Donjon (1839-ca. 1909; age ca. 70); Modest Mussorgski (1839-1881; age 42); Eduard Frantsovitch Napravnik (1839-1916; age 77); François Clément Théodore Dubois (1837-1924; age 86); Milii Balakirev (1837-1910; age 73); Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766; age 74); Leonardo Leo (1694-1744; age 50); Louis-Claude d'Aquin (1694-1772; age 77); Jan Bach (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Marta Lambertini (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Robert Moran (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Valentin Silvestrov (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Georges Bizet (1838-1875; age 36); Max Bruch (1838-1920; age 82); Johennes Donjon (1839-ca. 1909; age ca. 70); Modest Mussorgski (1839-1881; age 42); Eduard Frantsovitch Napravnik (1839-1916; age 77); Jean Chatillon (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Pierre Chédeville (1694-1725; age ca. 31);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Music  Reading   

Wedding Music groups and similar ensembles have been mentioned in novels and plays. Here are some quotations:-

‘E’en little things can yield a perfect pleasure, e’en little things can be supremely dear’—so run the lines of a Tuscan song beautifully set to music by Hugo Wolf. And of nothing is that so true as the ‘little things’ of chamber music. One finds in that field no necessary correlation between size and quality. Homer Ulrich (1906—

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Reading   

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

The Teddy Bears' Picnic - J Bratton; Suite from Oklahoma & The Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein; Pennies from Heaven - A Johnson; Anything Goes - Cole Porter; Let's Do It - Cole Porter; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Clair de Lu - Debussy; Humoreske – Dvorak; String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern; My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers; Suite from South Pacific & The King & I - Rogers & Hammerstein; Makin' Whoopee – Donaldson; When I Fall In Love; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love; Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Summertime – Gershwin; It Ain't Necessarily So – Gershwin; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Beer Barrel Polka; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' – Gershwin; Theme Song from Molly Maguires – Mancini; When I'm 64 – McCartney; They Didn't Believe Me; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn;