a wedding of romantic classics
Four Strings provided a string quartet for the 29 September 2012 wedding of Natalie Booth and Joshua Morgan, held at the First Presbyterian Church in Plano, TX.
The ceremony music included the opening strains of the Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 as a bridal processional, and the well-suited first movement of the Grieg Holberg Suite as recessional. To match this mood, the prelude music was drawn primarily from the Romantic era, though featuring several rarely-heard composers and works.
Prelude
Adagio (von Hyrt)
Ave Maria (Brosig)
Ave Verum (Saint-Saens)
Intermezzo sinfonica from Cavelleria rusticana (Mascagni)
Larghetto Cantabile (Chaine)
Romanesque 1 (Nottebohm)
Le Secret d’Amour (Klein)
Air from Suite 1 in F “Water Music” (Handel)
Ceremony
Seating of Honored Guests and
Bridal Party: Air from Orchestral Suite 3 in D (Bach)
Bridal Processional: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G: I – Vivace ma non troppo (Brahms)
Recessional: Holberg Suite: I – Praeludium (Grieg)
Postlude: Wedding March No. 1 (Gounod)
Four Strings String Quartet
Violin 1: Clare Adkins Cason
Violin 2: Veronika Vassileva
Viola: Meghan Birmingham
Violoncello: David Cason
with special guest Dr. Mary Humm (piano)