Viola QUARTET - Music for 2 violins, viola, & cello
- Seating of Guests Music
- Processional
- Ceremony music
- Recessional
- Reception music - Light Classical
- Reception music - Classical
- Reception music - Pop/Contemporary
All song selections may be performed at anytime during ceremony or reception
Those preceded by 
are most frequently requested.
(Click on those highlighted in blue for demo.)
SEATING of guests:
A variety of appropriate Baroque & Classical music including:
- "Air" from The Water Music by Handel
- Air on G (Bach)
- Allegro by Handel (Trio sample)
- Bist Du Bei Mir
- Boccherini's Minuet
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement (Bach)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 3rd movement (Bach)
- From The Four Seasons by Vivaldi: Spring, Autumn
- From The Four Seasons: Spring by Vivaldi (Duo sample)
- From The Water Music by Handel: Air, Bourree & Hornpipe
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
- Minuets (Bach)
- Rondeau (Mouret)
- Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
PROCESSIONAL: for parents, officiant, groomsmen, groom, bridesmaids, and bride
- Air from The Water Music by Handel
- Air from The Water Music by Handel (Duo sample)
- Boccherini's Minuet
- Bridal Chorus by Wagner
- Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin by Wagner (Duo sample)
- Canon in D by Pachelbel
- Canon in D by Pachelbel (Trio sample)
- Canon in D by Pachelbel (Duo sample)
- Ode to Joy by Beethoven
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
- Largo from Xerxes by Handel
- Menuetto from Alcina by Handel (Duo sample)
- Rondeau (Mouret)
- Te Deum
- Trumpet Tune by Purcell
- Trumpet Tune by Purcell (Duo Sample)
- Trumpet Voluntary by J. Clarke
- Trumpet Voluntary by J. Clarke (Duo sample)
CEREMONY: sand, unity candle, rose exchange, or other
- "Air" from The Water Music by Handel
- Ave Verum by Mozart
- Boccherini's Minuet
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
- My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach)
- Romance from A Little Night Music (Duo sample)
- Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
- Winter from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
- Some brides like the following nonclassical pieces:
- "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera
- From This Moment On by Shania Twain
- "Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera
- "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story by Bernstein
- Only Time by Enya
- The Prayer
- Somewhere In Time (John Barry)
RECESSIONAL: exit music for bridal party, parents, & guests
- The Rejoicing from the The Fireworks Music by Handel
- The Rejoicing from the The Fireworks Music by Handel (Duo sample)
- A Little Night Music by Mozart-1st Movement (Allegro)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement (Bach)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 3rd movement (Bach)
- Courante by Handel
- "Finale" (Hornpipe) from the Water Music by Handel
- Psalm 19
- Queen of Sheba
- Spring from The Four Seasons
- Wedding March by Mendelssohn
- Wedding March by Mendelssohn (Duo sample)
Other Processional and Ceremony Choices:
- Andante by Dittersdorf
- Arioso (Bach)
- Bach Suite Gavottes 1 & 2
- Berceuse by Iljynsky
- Divertissement by Joubert
- A Little Night Music by Mozart, mvts. 1, 2, & 3
- Meditation from Thais by Massenet
- Prelude (Bach)
- Simple Gifts
- Bourree from Strings in Recital
- Two Rondeaux by Purcell
- Water Music Suite by Handel
RECEPTION:
Many popular & classical selections including:
Light Classical:
- Adagietto (Bizet)
- Allegro (Fioco)
- Arioso (Bach)
- Bagatelle (Beethoven)
- "Flower Duet" from Lakme by Delibes
- Gershwin Selections including "Prelude" and "Summertime"
- Londonderry Air - Traditional
- Nocturne from Borodin quartet
- "O Mio Babbino Caro" by Puccini
- "Salut D'amour" by Elgar
- Salut D'Amour (Trio sample)
- "To a Wild Rose" by McDowell
Classical:
- "Christmas Concerto" by Corelli
- Corelli trios
- Handel's Royal Fireworks Music
- Haydn Trios & Divertimenti
- Minuet from A Little Night Music (Duo sample)
- Suite in D by Corelli
- The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
- Morning" from Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg
- Telemann trios for 2 violins & cello
- Traumerei by Schumann
- Quartets by Mozart including Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Quartets from the Baroque Era
- Romance from A Little Night Music (Duo sample)
- Vivaldi selections from The Four Seasons
- Waltz selections
Pop and/or contemporary:
- NEW! Love Story by Taylor Swift
- NEW! All My Love by Zeppelin, arr. by Richard Maximoff for Hampton String Quartet
- NEW! Every Breath You Take by Sting, arr. by Reed for Hampton String Quartet
- NEW! This Will Be by Natalie Cole, arr. by Benson
- NEW! Violet Hill by Coldplay, arr. by Benson
- NEW! Viva la Vida by Coldplay, arr. by Benson
- NEW! Whole Lotta Love by Zeppelin, arr. by Richard Henrickson for Hampton String Quartet
- NEW! With or Without You by U2, arr. by Benson
- A Whole New World from Aladdin
- All You Need is Love - Beatles
- And I Love Her - Beatles
- Arabesque
- As Time Goes By
- At Last
- Beauty & the Beast from Beauty & the Beast
- Bittersweet Symphony
- Blackbird (Beatles)
- Many Beatles songs
- Blue Tango
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight by Elton John
- Candle on the Water
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
- Charade
- Cinema Paradiso
- Colour My World
- Come In From the Rain by Melissa Manchester
- Con Te Partiro (made popular by the 3 Tenors)
- Country Club Rag by Scott Joplin
- Dream a Little Dream of Me
- Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
- Fields of Gold by Sting
- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
- Forgotten Dreams
- From This Moment On by Shania Twain
- Grow Old With Me
- I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
- Ice Castles
- If (Bread)
- Irish tunes
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- It Had to be You
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- (The) Lion Sleeps Tonight
- The Look of Love (Casino Royale)
- Love is Here to Stay
- Memory (Cats)
- Michelle - Beatles
- Moon Dance
- Moon River
- Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
- Nobody Does it Better
- One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story by Bernstein
- Over the Rainbow
- Selections from Phantom of the Opera
- Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
- Perhaps Love
- Pineapple Rag
- Pink Panther
- (The) Rose by Bette Midler
- Simple Gifts: a Shaker tune
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Somewhere in Time from the movie Somewhere in Time
- Stairway to Heaven
- Starry, Starry Night
- String of Pearls
- Summertime from Porgy and Bess
- Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof
- Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera
- Tonight from West Side Story
- Unchained Melody
- Unforgettable
- (The) Way You Look Tonight
- What a Difference a Day Makes
- What a Wonderful World
- (A) Wink and a Smile (from Sleepless in Seattle)
- When I'm 64 - Beatles
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Windmills of Your Mind
- Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)