Author: Dutchy
Date: 2008-08-13 22:13
Oh, yes. Sweet and romantic, your most dulcet reed, please, ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif) Emanating from up in a balcony, or from behind a screen, wafting ethereally over the congregation. Transpose it up into the phat mid-register if necessary, get away from those melancholy lower notes and dog-whistle third octave.
VERY workable IMO.
Wagner--O Star of Eve from Tannhauser. This has the added bonus of making an ideal first number, like while the first members of the wedding party are standing clustered together in the back of the hall/church, just on the brink of processing, because the song has a lengthy intro before it gets to the recognizable "hook". And then you break into "O starrrrr of eeeeve..." as the first flower girl or whatever starts coming down the aisle... [snif] I need to get out my hanky, just visualizing it.
Handel--Largo from Xerxes; Arioso.
Mendelssohn--On Wings of Song.
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms.
Faure's Dolly and Masques and Bergamasques have some pretty tunes, but nothing sweetly romantic that I can visualize with a wedding.
Before you get the Debussy-loving bride seeing the name "Wagner" and going reflexively, "Oh my god not WAGNER", play it for her.
ETA: Just because the Wedding March from Lohengrin is traditional doesn't mean it has to be a march, or even strongly rhythmic. Most brides saunter up the aisle, not march; the processional is all about the guests gaping and whispering, and a leisurely saunter allows them to do so. My daughter walked up the aisle to a remix CD of various game/fantasy theme music, her hubby being a mad gamer.
Post Edited (2008-08-13 22:24)
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