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Wedding Music in   Reigate   

Wedding music in  Reigate  on this web site of wedding music groups

See our  Reigate  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Reigate  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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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:  Roque De Pedro (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Derek Strahan (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738; age ca. 56); Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764; age ca. 81); Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729; age 46); Christoph Graupner (1683-1760; age 77); Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (1684-1762; age 78); Danny Elfman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Jan Achterkamp (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Tekla Badarcewska-Baranowska (1834-1861; age ca. 27); Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886; age 51); Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921; age 86); Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684-1756; age ca. 72); Francesco Durante (1684-1755; age 71); Terry Riley (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Aulis Sallinen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gerardo Gandini (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Philippe Boesmans (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Enrique Belloc (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Peter Benoit (1835-1901; age 65); Felix Draeseke (1835-1913; age 77); Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880; age 44); Eduard Strauss (1835-1916; age 81); Arthur Levering (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757; age 71); Louis-Antoine Dornel (1685-1765; age ca. 80); Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759; age 74); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750; age 65); Nicola Porpora (1686-1768; age 81); Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739; age 53); Willem de Fesch (1687-1757; age ca. 70); Peter Child (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Christos Hatzis (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); François Clément Théodore Dubois (1837-1924; age 86); Milii Balakirev (1837-1910; age 73); César Antonowich Cui (1835-1918; age 83); Aribert Reimann (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan Carlos Zorzi (1936-1999; age ca. 63); Alicia Terzian (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan José Falcon Sanabria (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Vic Nees (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750; age 63);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  Reigate   

An example of what has been written about wedding music groups-

[Of quartets:] You listen to four sensible persons conversing, you profit from their discourse, and you get to know the peculiar properties of their several instruments. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749—1832) Quoted in Barzun (ed), Pleasures ofMusü; 1964

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Reigate   

Wedding - With one of our Wedding Music bands you can be sure that your special day will be made even more special with music during the wedding ceremony, drinks reception or wedding breakfast.

You can hear samples of our wedding music online

Corporate & Parties - Our talented and adaptable Wedding Music bands have extensive repertoires enabling them to play appropriate music for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding music bands   

WEDDING MUSIC - TYPICAL REPERTOIRE

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;