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Hello and welcome to the bee :-)
And congratulations on your engagement!!!
I also do not like "Here Comes the Bride", and I am also somewhat of a traditionalist and we are having a somewhat formal wedding. We chose Hymne by Vangelis. We are having a harpist and a flutist play for the ceremony. I am sure it would work with an organ too. Here is a link to the song.
Thanks!!
I just replied to your post on a similar blog. I found Hymne to be very touching. I was trying to see if it can be adapted to organ--I'm sure it's possible?
:D
What about "Trumpet Voluntary" by Jeremiah Clarke? It's the song Princess Diana walked down the aisle to, but I don't think it's that common for "normal folk" to use it; plus it's been like 30 years since her wedding, so I don't think a lot of people will remember.
Anyway, I found an organ version on youtube, and I think it sounds nice.
And oh yeah, I really hate the overuse of "Here Comes the Bride." I definitely won't be using it either when I get married.
It's pretty simple to find the Princess Bride themes and their sheet music online! They were in the running for my aisle song.
I once saw HCTB compared to a funeral dirge and since then I've never been able to envision it as part of my wedding.
A few classical selections that I like and may work:
By Pachelbel:
Canon in D Major
By Vivaldi:
Spring
Largo
By Bach:
Sheep May Safely Graze
Andante in A Minor
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire
Air on the G String
@homegirl2180:If you really want to tell FMIL why you hate HCTB, tell her it comes from an opera about a man marrying a swan and you think bestiality is gross and don't want to think about it on your wedding day! That's how I got out of it for ours.
Pachelbal's Canon in D is the second most popular song, I think.
We haven't decided what ours will be yet.
Love all the suggestions!
I also love Canon in D, but I heard it as a Celtic version and need to have it that way or not at all. Just doesn't sound as good imo on an organ anymore.
I also really like Haste to the Wedding, which is Scottish. lol I'm sensing a theme here...
@ellabee: Thank you for the reasoning!! LMAO My mother caved this morning without that explanation but I bet it will work on my father and fiance. muahahhahha *evil hands*
@Stagestar2000: I haven't heard that one--will look it up. Hope it can be done on organ (most things can, idk if they necessarily should, haha).
YOU LADIES ROCK!
This site has some great suggestions for organ music, as well as suggested accompanyments :)
http://weddingmusicunveiled.com/28-top-choices-for-wedding-processional-music
I'm not sure how this would sound on an organ, but I also hated all of the traditional wedding songs, and went with Eidelweiss (yes, from the Sound of Music!). I've always loved the song, I love it even more because it's unique and I ended up receiving tons of compliments from guests afterward.
You would be surprised how many pop/rock songs sound very beautiful and how they can fit a formal event when they wer modified to be purely instrumental (and slowed down). I'm sure some have been adapted for organs. If you have a favorite song or if the two of you have a a special song that won't be used for the first dance, see if you can find an instrumental version and if it can be done for the organ.
I will have an outdoor wedding with a string quartet playing Canon in D when i walk down the aisle. It's my absolute biggest wedding dream!
@A Paper Proposal: Eidelweiss is awesome!
Lots of support for Canon in D so let me adjust my question a bit. How are you tackling the timing? It is quite a lengthy piece and it just seems wrong to shorten it...
Also, and you ladies are supportive enough to really help me get "into my own" about everything, I think I'm going to cut out the organist. lol. Don't know if it's me and its an electric organ anyways so bleh. :) It was free with my venue fee, so I wonder if they'll credit me for not using their organist. The venue is wired for surround sound...no one has to know if I make a play list and plug in a ipod (again, our little secret!!).
Now I'm feeling Irish, have you ladies who love Canon in D heard the Irish instrumental version? If not--YOU MUST! :) I'm thinking of that as a processional and then Haste to the Wedding by the Corrs. Technically, the wedding is over but I'll just call it Haste to the Reception in my head! And it just sounds soo happy.
@babybumblebee: I'm walking in to Trumpet Voluntary as well and am so excited about it! I think it's an incredibly beautiful piece of music and has quite a regal feel to it. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Can't wait!
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Hello ladybees,
I don't like "Here Comes the Bride" by Wagner. I've also looked a lot of other "common" alternatives in the classical music realm.
My venue fee comes with a paid organist--so that is my instrument of choice.
Any suggestions? I am having a formal wedding and do like to honor tradition, but not be bound by it when it doesn't suit (case in point above).
I'm looking for classical, formal (I'm a princess :D), played by an organ, but not played TOO DEATH.
My MOB and Fi don't seem to get why I don't loove the HCTB song--but I think they just do because it has been ingrained in us to associate it with weddings, not because it is necessarily the most beautiful song.
Thanks loves!
P.S. I put a photo of my engagement ring up in the gallery for you to see! :)
--homegirl2180