This past weekend we played for a wedding at The Westin Riverfront in Avon.
As we arrived, we were thrilled that the musician tent had been moved to the terrace patio, giving us a better location for all our non-verbal communication, and also enhancing our line of vision.
As we traveled to the venue, some of our musicians drove through rain and we were worried about the weather, however it held out. We had cloudy skies, a couple of clashes of thunder, and even a rainbow at one point, but thankfully, no rain!
We performed for this wedding as a quartet, consisting of 2 violins, a viola, and a cello. We started off our prelude with Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze" and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", followed by "The Wedding" from Legends of the Fall, Bach's "Air", Tartini's "Cantabile", Bach's "Arisos", Elvis' "Can't Help Falling in Love", Delibes' "Flower Song", and Handel's "Largo".
As the processional began, the family members, flower girls, and maid of honor entered to Mouret's "Rondeau", and the bride entered to Pachebel's "Canon".
During the ceremony the pastor shared a meditation and prayer, and then we performed the traditional "Edelweiss" in memory of the bride's mother.
For the recessional, we played a piece that we've only played once before. While both the bride and groom knew beforehand what the recessional piece would be, their guests were very surprised as they realized that we were playing the theme from "Star Wars" as the bride and groom exited down the aisle.
Following the recessional we continued to play for the cocktail hour, mixing in several contemporary pieces in which included Denver's "Annie's Song", The Beatle's "Here Comes the Sun", The Cure's "Just Like Heaven", Enya's "Only Time", Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro", "Largo" from Vivalid's Winter, Groban's "You Raise Me Up", Handel's "La Rejouissance", Coldplay's "Viva La Vida", Handel's "Entrance of the Queen of Shba", Webber's "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera, Santori's "Time to Say Goodbye", Buckley/Cohen's "Hallelujah", Ivers/Keane's "Bygone Days", and finally Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell".
We find that we really enjoy playing for the cocktail hour after a ceremony as we love to have the interaction with the guests as they enjoy the music. One gentleman approached us and told us that "The Wedding" from Legends of the Fall was one of his favorite songs. He then asked us if we could possibly just loop playing that song for the rest of the evening. Another gentleman was chatting near us as we began to play "Viva La Vida". His eyes grew wide and he turned to us with a big smile and said, "Hey, this is Coldplay!".
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