The Wedding Ceremony
If you have booked the Avoca String Quartet to play the music for your wedding ceremony, please follow the guidelines on our six step guide, and then fill in the selection form below, at least one month in advance of the wedding.
If it is not a catholic ceremony, but a Church of Ireland ceremony or any other denomination, or indeed a civil wedding ceremony, please click here for the appropriate information.
Sample Music Programmes with Audio
PROCESSIONAL
Air on a G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (J. S. Bach)
SINGLE CANDLE AND UNITY CANDLES
Background music will be played – no need to choose
OFFERTORY
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J. S. Bach)
SIGN OF PEACE
Rondeau (J.J. Mouret)
COMMUNION
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
Ave Maria (F. Schubert)
SIGNING OF THE REGISTER
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Hornpipe from Watermusic (G. F. Handel)
RECESSIONAL
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (G. F. Handel)
PROCESSIONAL
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (F. Mendelssohn)
SINGLE CANDLE AND UNITY CANDLES
Background music will be played – no need to choose
OFFERTORY
Ave Maria (F. Schubert)
SIGN OF PEACE
Gabriel’s Oboe (E. Morricone)
COMMUNION
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J. S. Bach)
Ave Maria (J. S. Bach/C. Gunod)
SIGNING OF THE REGISTER
Rondeau (J.J. Mouret)
Aria (Largo) from Xerxes (G. F. Handel)
RECESSIONAL
Bridal March from Lohengrin (R. Wagner)
PROCESSIONAL
Bridal March from Lohengrin (R. Wagner)
SINGLE CANDLE AND UNITY CANDLES
Background music will be played – no need to choose
OFFERTORY
Clair de Lune (C. Debussy)
SIGN OF PEACE
Gabriel’s Oboe (E. Morricone)
COMMUNION
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J. S. Bach)
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
SIGNING OF THE REGISTER
Aria (Largo) from Xerxes (G. F. Handel)
Spring from Four Seasons (A. Vivaldi)
RECESSIONAL
Hornpipe from Watermusic (G. F. Handel)
Selection Form
If you have booked The Avoca String Quartet for a wedding ceremony, please fill in the below form at least one month beforehand.
