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Here Comes the Bride

Tom Service with a guide to music written for and performed at weddings.

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Fri 24 Mar 2023 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • The Dixie Cups

    PHIL SPECTOR/ELLIE GREENWICH/DALE FRASHUER: Zoom Karaoke: Chapel of Love

    • Zoom Entertainments Ltd.
    • -.

  • Beyoncé

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    Composer: Christopher Stewart. Composer: Terius Y Nash. Composer: Thaddis L Harrell. Performer: Beyoncé.
    • MUSIC WORLD MUSIC/COLUMBIA.
    • G0100017324453.

  • Aretha Franklin

    I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER

    Music Arranger: N/A.
    • RHINO ATLANTIC.
    • 603497855308.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon - oratorio

    Performer: Tafelmusik. Performer: Jeanne Lamon.
    • ANALEKTA.
    • 889176171772.

  • Mack Gordon

    At Last

    Composer: HARRY WARREN. Performer: Etta James.
    • RCA VICTOR.
    • G010000244974C.

  • Whitney Houston

    I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)

    Music Arranger: N/A.
    • ARISTA/LEGACY.
    • G010004645987S.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet no. 11 in E major G.275, Op.11 No.5 for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos (Op.13 No.5)

    Performer: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMC 902092.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and gigue in D major for 3 violins and continuo

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stefan Rath. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 4779165.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no. 3 in D major BWV.1068 for orchestra

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stefan Rath. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 4779165.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E major RV.269, Op.8 No.1 (La Primavera) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 5574112.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des animaux

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.
    • 4851156.

  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schonen, blauen Donau - waltz Op.314 for orchestra with chorus ad lib.

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 474 900-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • LINN.
    • CKD 308.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin - opera in 3 acts

    Performer: Berlin Opera Chorus. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • EMI.
    • CDM 7 634532.

  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22 for organ

    Performer: Thomas Trotter.
    • REGENT.
    • REGCD 566.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music Op.61

    Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 0185532BC.

  • Percy Whitlock

    Sonata in C minor for organ

    Performer: John Scott.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-67470.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music Op.61

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • DECCA.
    • 00028943071024.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music Op.61

    Performer: Uncredited performers.
    • KPM MUSIC LTD.
    • MX 264.

  • Paul Mealor

    Ubi caritas for chorus

    Performer: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • DECCA.
    • 278 114 9.

  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Symphony no. 5 in F minor Op.42 No.1 for organ

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • DECCA.
    • 430 091-2.

  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley

    SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY: Andante in C major

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.570410.

  • John Rutter

    This is the day - anthem for chorus and organ/orchestra

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • COLCD136.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney wedding, with sunrise for orchestra and bagpipes

    Performer: Nancy Crutcher Tunnicliffe. Performer: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John R Williams.
    • Philips.
    • 420 946 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro - opera in 4 acts K.492

    Performer: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Hans Graf.
    • CAPRICCIO.
    • C10253.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Les Noces for soloists, chorus and chamber orch or 4 pianos & perc

    Performer: Prague Radio Chorus. Performer: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Zdeněk Košler.
    • PRAGA DIGITALS.
    • 1370534.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 Mar 2023 17:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 24 Mar 2023 16:30
    BBC Radio 3

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