For ceremony music, we have the choices of two guitars or violin/cello. We have decided to go for violin/cello (string duo), because I am a (pretended) classic music fan. For some reason I don't really like guitars at all. Plus string duo and classic music just sound much more appropriate for a 600 year-old Renaissance Palace.
We got a promised play list through our wedding planner Kike: Pachelbel: Canon D, Bach: Air, Haydn: Serenade, Schubert: Serenade, Boccherini: Menuet, Mozart: Andante. I am familiar with all the pieces, they are very typical for wedding ceremony, but I was surprised that they don't have Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream) by Mendelssohn or Bridal Chorus by Wagner. I requested them to add these two and Beethoven's Ode of Joy to the playlist. Beethoven's Ode of Joy was one of my favourite during my childhood, so I thought it's important to add that.
Traditionally, bride walks down the aisle with Bridal Chorus and the newly wedded couple leave together with Wedding March. I think Bridal Chorus (here comes the bride) is a beautiful piece of music, but it's a little too cliche (plus the story behind it doesn't have a happy ending http://www.oracleband.net/Articles/wedding-march.htm). I am torn between following the tradition or picking a piece of music that I truly love. Speaking of truly loved music, Pachelbel's Canon D is my adulthood favourite and it has nothing to do with the novel/movie Twilight. We picked my favourite to be our first dance music. Bear and I both really like Bach's Air as well, so I am thinking if I am not to use Bridal Chorus, I might choose Air as the bridal entrance music.
All the decisions seem to be harder when you have too much time to think about it.
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