I'll see you in hell, Pachelbel...

[Not Afraid]

The link didn't work for me, but I have to applaud you for searching for good, non-cliche music.

Oops, it works now.

We used Eric Satie's Trois Gymnopédies and The Swan from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. I've forgotten what our recession was.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've forgotten what our recession was.

Mine was 1991.

[Stan4dSteph]

So what's your list?

I remember that my sister used Mouret's "Rondeau" also known as "That music from Masterpiece Theater."

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

So what's your list?

For the prelude, we've asked my friend Aimee (one of my bridesmaids who has a hellofa set of pipes) to sing "One Hand, One Heart," which is a little overdone, but we're avid Sondheim fans and we can't come up with anything by him that's more appropriate. Though Tom has great fun suggesting inappropriate options. ("A Little Priest," anyone? "Everybody's Got the Right"? "Agony"?)

As of now, we're looking at a piano arrangement of "Rosymedre" by Ralph Vaughn Williams, and a piano arrangement of "Maturity" from Cinema Paradiso as my processional.

We haven't decided on a recessional, but we originally wanted to use our song ("Harmour Love," by Stevie Wonder-- though he only appears as a backup singer on the track) as we start out every trip with the song and thought it'd be cute to have it for our trip down the aisle. The chuch put a kibosh on all recorded music, though, and "Harmour Love" isn't such a piano song.

So it'll be our first dance. I'm dancing with my pop to Paul Simon's "Father and Daughter." We're still needing an appropriate recessional, and perhaps some further prelude.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

we originally wanted to use our song [but] the chuch put a kibosh on all recorded music, and "Harmour Love" isn't such a piano song.

I'd be putting a kibosh on that church and going elsewhere !!

Fancy telling someone they can't have recorded music at their own wedding if they choose to.

I'd love to hear a truly valid reason for it.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

<snip> The Swan from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals<snip>

I had the chance to play that suite in HS. I hadn't thought of that in years.

Thanks