February 26, 2011 - Beaver Creek Chapel

Today we had the opportunity to play for a wedding at the Beaver Creek Chapel.

It was great to see all of the guests and family for this wedding who came from all over the world.

We began our prelude music with contemporary pieces, eventually working our way into the classical genre just before the ceremony.

We began with The Beatles' 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', followed by John Denver's 'Annies Song', Cohen's 'Hallelujah', Ungar's 'Ashokan Farewell', and Titanic movie's love theme, 'My Heart Will Go On'.

We then eased into the classical genre with Puccini's 'O Mio Babino Caro', followed by Beethoven's 'Pathetique', Handel's 'Allegro' and 'Andante' from the Water Music, 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and finished up with Bach's 'Arioso'.

The wedding party entered to Bach's ' Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' and the mothers then lit the unity candles.

We were very excited to play the bride's processional piece 'I had a Farm in Africa', which was a custom arrangement from the movie, 'Out of Africa'.

After a beautiful ceremony, the couple exited down the aisle to one of our favorite celebratory recessionals, 'La Rejouissance' by Handel. As guests exited and awaited their their shuttles to the reception, we played Clarke's 'Trumpet Voluntary', Santori's 'Con Te Partiro', Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', the Beatles' 'Here Comes the Sun', and ended with the bride's special request, 'New York, New York'.

July 16, 2010 The Westin Riverfront

This afternoon we played for a wedding at The Westin Riverfront in Avon, Colorado.
My favorite thing about this venue is the gorgeous backdrop of Beaver Creek mountain and the river. The Westin's staff is also always phenomenal to work with.

I have to say, lately, I've been seeing a lot of bridesmaids with "balls" of flowers. They can be worn almost like a bracelet and are so very cool looking. A couple of weeks ago we saw them with hot pink peonies, and today, they used red roses and were incredible.

Enough with the flowers and on to the music.
Today's wedding was a mix of classical and contemporary music and we pulled out several pieces that we really enjoy, but haven't played for a while.
We started out with a beautiful piece we've been using quite a bit lately. Bygone Day's by Ivers and Keane. It's got a Irish or Celtic lilt that really helps set the mood. We then played Vivaldi's "Winter", Webber's "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera, John Denver's "Annie's Song", Delibe's "Flower Duet", Handel's "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba," Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro", Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell", and finally Handel's "Largo".

The bridal party entered to Bach's "Arioso", a piece which blends very nicely into wedding favorite Pachebel's "Canon".

As the ceremony ended, the bridal party exited to The Beatle's "Here Comes The Sun", followed by Coldplay's "Viva La Vida", Cohen/Buckley's "Hallelujah", and Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love".