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Author: marci
Date: 2002-09-05 18:34
One of my good friends has asked me to play a piece during her wedding, when they are lighting the unity candle. It should probably be somewhere around 2-3 minutes long and can have piano accompaniment. I was thinking maybe one of Finzi's 5 Bagatelles... Does anyone have any ideas about something that wouldn't be too terribly cheesy? Thanks!
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2002-09-05 20:18
Probably not appropriate during the candle part, but a good bride entry piece is the Promendade from Pictures at an Exhibition.
My buddy's wife wanted to use it in their wedding 10 years ago and had it on tape ready to go (no live musicians), but we had it on the same tape with 3 minutes of Mvt. 2 of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for the wedding party entry. The wedding party entered way too quickly with about a minute to go in the piece, the priest was signaling her to get the heck up to the altar, and she stood there in the back waiting for her music to come on... eventually she ambled up while Mozart started fading out and hit the altar during the first few notes of the Promenade. Didn't quite work out as planned.
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Author: ken
Date: 2002-09-05 21:41
Carl Orff's short mvt., "Cour d'amours: In Trutina" from his opera, "Carmina Burana" immediately comes to mind. It's a truly beautiful and haunting vocal/melody; a worthy ornament to any traditional wedding ceremony. v/r
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Author: Wendy
Date: 2002-09-05 22:13
My son is getting married in 5 weeks and my teacher will be playing "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story during the lighting of the unity candle. He will be playing it on flute with accompaniment, but I think it would work with clarinet, too.
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Author: Katie
Date: 2002-09-05 22:24
I played a portion of the 2nd mvt of the Mozart concerto for my friend's wedding, for the bridal party procession. It worked well with organ accompaniment, and was very beautiful in an old stone church.
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Author: Wendy
Date: 2002-09-06 02:02
Well Diz, in my church it works like this: Before the service, when the two mothers are escorted down the aisle, before they sit down they go to the altar area where there are 3 candles, two long tapers & one big, fancy candle. Each mother lights one of the tapers. Then later during the ceremony the bride & groom go up and each takes a taper and together they light the big candle with them. Just a little symbolic thing signifying two becoming one. Anyway, makes a great place to play some music while they are doing it
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2002-09-06 04:24
Mentioned before in a similar thread was the "Pie Jesu" from the Faure Requiem. It is about the legnth you need, and very quiet and tender. This is a vocal piece (soprano solo) and would need to be transposed (as would the "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side which IS the "wedding" scene in that show.)
I also suggested before the Carpenter's "We've only just Begun" which has been done to death at weddings for 30 years, but likely no one has heard it as a clarinet solo before.
Another popular/ Broadway piece for weddings is "Sunrise Sunset" from Fiddler, also from Fiddler is the "Sabath Prayer." All of these also need transposition.
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Author: Brian
Date: 2002-09-06 11:44
I've heard "We've Only Just Begun" on clarinet at a friends wedding years ago...absolutely beautiful!
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Author: Blake
Date: 2002-09-06 15:29
you didnt mention if it was a religious ceremony or not.. but ive done Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring numerous times during offertory or unity candle lighting. there's an moderately easy book of 16 clarinet solos with piano/organ accomp with church anthems such as this. Also includes several of the Handel Messiah solo's etc. I keep it handy when ever I play at church gigs in case something happens and they need to s-t-r-e-t-c-h Blake
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Author: William
Date: 2002-09-06 15:59
A couple of my woodwind quintets favorite candle lighters are: "Reverie", by Debussy and "Morning", from the "Peer Gynt Suite" by Edvard Grieg. Both recognizable and beautiful melodies and appropriate for religious or secular ceremonies. BTW, good exit music is the "Serenade" from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart--however one happy couple requested "Zip-Pa-De Do-Da" (Disney) for theirs. Whatever!!!!!!
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Author: Jerry McD
Date: 2002-09-06 21:23
I have played Malotte's 'The Lord's Prayer' several times at weddings. If you transpose the high voice version (it is easy enough to do at sight if necessary) it works really well. It may be a touch long but it is a crowd favorite.
Jerry McD.
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Author: Jean
Date: 2002-09-07 21:00
Speaking of the Finzi...the third movement, Carol would be nice. In one of the Stoltzman songbooks there are some nice things from operas....
I sang "When You Wish Upon a Star" at my own wedding...and we exited to a bagpiper playing "Scotland the Brave" At least one of us was Scottish. I can't believe how many people with no Scottish heritage want bagpipers at their weddings, funerals, etc.
Jean
The most recent Clarinet magazine has a atory about two clarinetists who were married and their former teacher writing a specil piece as a gift
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Author: Josh
Date: 2002-09-07 21:28
Last year, after playing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, I remember numerous people saying they wanted it played during their wedding. I would have to agree.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-09-09 15:32
When my wife was 12 years old, she heard Sweelinck's "Aria della Granducca," which she decided would be her wedding processional, so we did that. Very stately, and much better than Here Comes the Bride. For the recessional, we had a swirling dance by Forquerey.
We had a soprano friend sing a wonderful aria from "Weichet Nur," one of Bach's wedding cantatas. Even better, she sang Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze" while my wife and I played the two obbligato recorder parts.
My wife's mother sang "Oh Perfect Love" - a bit quavery at age 75, but very affecting.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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