I'm walking into "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. All our music is going to be by The Beatles and performed by a string ensemble. We're having an outdoor ceremony, and I wanted something sweet and fun to walk in to.
FFIL is a composer and wrote an original ceremony to music for woodwind quintet for us...such an honor! Sorry, that probably doesn't help much in terms of a suggestion :/
We haven't decided on everything yet, but there's going to be a *lot* of music in our ceremony! I've played in string quartets since I was 10 - so my friends who play in an awesome professional quartet are going to play the ceremony. Since Mr.GV and I both play a lot of contemporary classical music, I'd like to keep it 20th century and later, but I still want the music to sound "pretty" to all the non-new-music-lovers who are there. (If it were up to him, we would use the weirdest, most obscure stuff, so I'm going to make these decisions. )I think I'll probably walk down the aisle to the first movement of Ravel's string quartet (whatever piece we end up with, they'll start it a few minutes before the ceremony so they can play the whole thing), and I'm going to try to find a movement of Bartok or Ives and also something traditionally Jewish (like R'tzei) for during the ceremony and the recessional.
Bridal party is Air by Bach, I'm Canon by Pachelbel and we're also incorporating "Grow Old With Me" by John Lennon in there as a segue from the "readings" portion of the ceremony to the "weddingy" portion. We're also using Water Fountain by David Foster for the unity candle portion (piano) and we're walking about to Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach. We have two violinist and a pianist to help. FI is a music guy, so he's taking care of all of the arrangements.
I am super excited about mine!!! I am walking down the aisle to my brother playing an accoustic version of #41(my favorite song). If you've ever heard the live version of dave matthews with tim reynolds, it's gonna sound like that. It's a little slower and softer than the album version because it's accoustic. yea!!!
When I asked my brother, he immediately started playing it and I swear, tears welled up in my eyes!!!
I never wanted to walk down to the wedding march, I absolutely can't stand that song!
I walked to Jesu Joy of Man desiring since I have always loved that song.
But if I were doing it again I would probably use:
Mothersbaugh's Cannon from the Royal Tenebaum's soundtrack. We used it as our "walking music" to go up to the alter and in a couple of other places in our ceremony but afterwards I loved it so much I kind of wished I had walked in to it. I just seems so happy without being over the top.
Hey sweeny2Be, thats the song that my FH had played on a viola for our proposal.....unsure if it will be the one i walk down th aisle to yet.....beautiful....
The bridal party is walking to Ordinary Miracle by Sarah McLachlan, and I am walking to It Is You (I Have Loved) by Dana Glover from Shrek. Our recessional is Wouldn't It Be Nice by the Beach Boys. We will certainly shock people because nobody here does nontraditional things, but we really wanted something different.
These are all great ideas ladies! Any others?
posted by SoontoBEEMrs 5 months agoI'm walking into "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. All our music is going to be by The Beatles and performed by a string ensemble. We're having an outdoor ceremony, and I wanted something sweet and fun to walk in to.
posted by Snookies0831 5 months agoMine was Eva Cassidy's 'Songbird'
posted by pinky 5 months agoFFIL is a composer and wrote an original ceremony to music for woodwind quintet for us...such an honor! Sorry, that probably doesn't help much in terms of a suggestion :/
posted by Squishy622 5 months agoThe entire processional will be done to the song Debbie, composed by Michael Nyman.
posted by NiftyBa 5 months agoI'm walking down the aisle to a Song for You by Gram Parsons. I love the words to that song and the way the guitar sounds.
posted by meena482 5 months agoGirls Processional Enya, On My Way Home
Bride & Ring Bearer Processional Enya, Marble Halls
Recessional, you guessed it, Enya, Only If... a very upbeat happy song
posted by HiLife 5 months agoWe haven't decided on everything yet, but there's going to be a *lot* of music in our ceremony! I've played in string quartets since I was 10 - so my friends who play in an awesome professional quartet are going to play the ceremony. Since Mr.GV and I both play a lot of contemporary classical music, I'd like to keep it 20th century and later, but I still want the music to sound "pretty" to all the non-new-music-lovers who are there. (If it were up to him, we would use the weirdest, most obscure stuff, so I'm going to make these decisions.
)I think I'll probably walk down the aisle to the first movement of Ravel's string quartet (whatever piece we end up with, they'll start it a few minutes before the ceremony so they can play the whole thing), and I'm going to try to find a movement of Bartok or Ives and also something traditionally Jewish (like R'tzei) for during the ceremony and the recessional.
posted by GorgesViola 4 months agoI've known for years that I wanted to walk down the aisle to Enya's Watermark. Haven't figured out anything else yet.
posted by designgirl13 4 months agoBridal party is Air by Bach, I'm Canon by Pachelbel and we're also incorporating "Grow Old With Me" by John Lennon in there as a segue from the "readings" portion of the ceremony to the "weddingy" portion. We're also using Water Fountain by David Foster for the unity candle portion (piano) and we're walking about to Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach. We have two violinist and a pianist to help. FI is a music guy, so he's taking care of all of the arrangements.
posted by jma19 4 months agoMy Bridesmaids and Groomsmen are walking to Forever by Jaheim
And I'm walking to Babyfaces version of You are so beautiful
posted by tamaralachelle 4 months agoI have so many ideas of what I want to walk down the aisle to, but the current front runner is "Who Am I to Say" by Hope. It's such a beautiful song!
posted by LNickle 4 months agoI am super excited about mine!!! I am walking down the aisle to my brother playing an accoustic version of #41(my favorite song). If you've ever heard the live version of dave matthews with tim reynolds, it's gonna sound like that. It's a little slower and softer than the album version because it's accoustic. yea!!!
When I asked my brother, he immediately started playing it and I swear, tears welled up in my eyes!!!
I never wanted to walk down to the wedding march, I absolutely can't stand that song!
posted by kourtann 4 months agoI already walked, and it was to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Yeah, the title is weird, but the song is lovely. :)
posted by triciaj 4 months agoMy girls are walking to "Better Together", by Jack Johnson, and for me, I'm walking to "Oh my love", by John Lennon,
posted by JillBeee 4 months agoI'm walking to "Con te partiro" via string quartet. I just love the translated lyrics.
posted by reilabird 4 months agoI walked to Jesu Joy of Man desiring since I have always loved that song.
But if I were doing it again I would probably use:
Mothersbaugh's Cannon from the Royal Tenebaum's soundtrack. We used it as our "walking music" to go up to the alter and in a couple of other places in our ceremony but afterwards I loved it so much I kind of wished I had walked in to it. I just seems so happy without being over the top.
posted by Bridediy 4 months agoThe BM's are going in to a piano piece by Brickman called "Believe" it's actually a holiday song but you can't tell in the slightest.
I'm walking in to "Bless The Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts, the piano version is amazing.
posted by Sweeney2Be 4 months agoHey sweeny2Be, thats the song that my FH had played on a viola for our proposal.....unsure if it will be the one i walk down th aisle to yet.....beautiful....
posted by GetMarried4Less 4 months agoThe bridal party is walking to Ordinary Miracle by Sarah McLachlan, and I am walking to It Is You (I Have Loved) by Dana Glover from Shrek. Our recessional is Wouldn't It Be Nice by the Beach Boys. We will certainly shock people because nobody here does nontraditional things, but we really wanted something different.
posted by S 4 months ago