‘jesu’ for the bride
Four Strings provided a string quartet for the wedding of Angela Marshall and Javier Marticorena, held on Friday 20 April 2012, at Ashton Gardens in Corinth TX. As usual, the fine acoustics from the loft at Ashton made it a joy to perform.
Music for the ceremony was a variation on the traditional, but with a twist — rather than the well-known Wagner and Mendelssohn processional/recessional, we were asked to play Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring for the bride, in the Adagio tempo commonly heard on old, pre-baroque revival recordings. For the recessional, the Hallelujah Chorus (cheeky, that).
Prelude
Bist du bei mir (Stölzel)
The Grand Dance (Purcell)
Music from the Royal Fireworks (mvmts. 2-5) (Handel)
The Prayer (Sager/Foster)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Bach)
Ave Verum (Saint-Saëns)
Air from Suite 1 in F (Handel)
Ceremony
Seating of Mothers: Air from Orchestral Suite 3 (Bach)
Bridal Party Processional: Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Bridal Processional: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Recessional: Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah (Handel)
Postlude: Alla hornpipe from ‘Water Music’ Suite 2 in G (Handel)
Four Strings String Quartet
Violin 1: Clare Cason
Violin 2: Corinia Maxson
Viola: Damia Cleaver
Violoncello: David Cason