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Re: Help! Need wedding music
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2007, 09:26:07 PM »
Does anyone know of some good ones that would be appropriate to have played on the old pipe organ in the church?  The guy who is going to play is a family friend, but his tastes run toward the somewhat dreary, I think.

The only thing we've come up with so far is the "Ode to Joy" bit from Beethoven to walk out of the church to.
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Re: Help! Need wedding music
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2007, 11:37:46 PM »
Well, there is the old standby, Canon in D.


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Re: Help! Need wedding music
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2007, 03:35:20 AM »
A lovely processional or recessional for the organ is the Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell.  Class!  Almost any baroque music is lovely for organs and suitable for before and after the ceremony: I love Bach especially.  Some of the fugues are particularly nice for recessionals (they're a bit long for before).  For during (during Communion, etc.), ask for pieces that are more contemplative as you don't want to break the mood of the ceremony itself.  (Any experienced church organist will be able to trot out any number of appropriate pieces. Just give them an idea of the mood you want, and ask them to play the pieces for you to make sure you don't hate them.)

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Re: Help! Need wedding music
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2007, 03:46:11 AM »
Our first dance was "When you lie next to me" by Kellie Coffey. A few of the lyrics:

"When you lie next to me
Breathin’ the air I breathe
We don’t have to speak
And just be
Our love’s a precious thing
Don’t wanna waste a day
Or one more minute
Without you in it
Life if so sweet
When you lie next to me"

It meant a lot to us since we were in an LDR for almost 3 years. We just want to be together and I think the song really portrayed the emotion of our wedding day. It's gorgeous! 
Wed at last on April 20th!


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