Keeping the Traditions
Henry Purcell, by John Closterman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Four Strings provided a string quartet for the wedding ceremony of Ashley Lake and Michael Young, held on 14 April 2012 at the First United Methodist Church of Sherman, TX.
The ceremony music was the “classic traditional” set, still popular today for many brides. Music for the prelude included the debut performance of a new arrangement – The Grand Dance, a chaconne from Henry Purcell’s opera King Arthur, and a complete performance of Handel’s Water Music Suite 3 in G.
Prelude
The Grand Dance from King Arthur (Purcell)
‘Water Music’ Suite 3 in G (Handel)
Wedding from Seabiscuit (Newman)
Trumpet Tune and Trumpet March (Clarke)
Air from ‘Water Music’ Suite 1 in F (Handel)
Ceremony
Lighting of the Candles: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Seating of Families: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
The Wedding Processional: Canon in D (Pachelbel)
The Bridal Processional: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner) [Organ Solo]
Recessional: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn) [Organ Solo]
Postlude: Alla hornpipe from ‘Water Music’ Suite 2 in D (Handel)
Musicians
Four Strings String Quartet
Clare Cason – Violin
Corinia Maxson – Violin
Veronika Vassileva – Viola
David Cason – Violoncello
Organist: Dr. Stewart Mayers
