the perfect day for an outdoor wedding
Four Strings provided a string quartet for the wedding of Aleia Nixon and Joe Gilbert, held outdoors on Saturday 21 April 2012 at the Dean Gilbert residence in Sherman, TX. Unlikely as it may seem for Texas, the weather was fully cooperative, with beautiful sun, comfortable temperatures, and no winds. All in all perhaps the most satisfactory outdoor wedding we have ever played.
Ceremony music was the traditional set.
Prelude
The Duke of Gloucester’s March (Clarke)
Bist du bei mir (Stölzel)
The Grand Dance (Purcell)
Suite 2 in D ‘Water Music’ (Handel)
Wedding from Seabiscuit (Newman)
Marche from An Occasional Oratorio (Handel)
Ceremony
Seating of Families: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Bridal Party: Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Bridal Processional: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner)
Recessional: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)
Postlude: Wedding March (Gounod)
Musicians
Four Strings String Quartet
Violin 1: Clare Cason
Violin 2: Corinia Maxson
Viola: Miriam Oddie
Violoncello: David Cason
Vocalists: Robin McGee, Erica Tullis
Guitar: Steven Morgan