A short classical piece expressing joy

[killer b]

of course, there's always passenger of shit - uplifting & non-religious to the extreme.

 

[sam/phallocrat]

Well of course, but I would have thought the OP would have PoS on his list already. In fact I would be very disappointed if he didn't . . .

 

[kyser_soze]

Congrats!

I spent ages trying to do this when I got hitched, and ended up settling for Jesu Joy...sad I know...

 

[ooo]

Not in the slightest helpful but while having a nosy around the internets I found this and it's filled me with joy.

http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=224776

Oh yes, and congratulations.

Excellent choice!

 

[_pH_]

Where the hell have you been? Well done on getting married!

my first thought too

 

[seeformiles]

"Zadok the Priest" by Handel is good stirring stuff:



or

The arrival of the Queen of Sheba is cool as well:



(Can't knock a bit of Handel - got married to him myself - Toccata and Fugue in Dmin

 

[killer b]

(Can't knock a bit of Handel - got married to him myself - Toccata and Fugue in Dmin

that's pretty extreme necrophilia you've got going on there. i think you should see a shrink.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Queen of Sheba's not a bad shout by any manner of means, is it? Unless it reminds her too much of Royal Wedding music (Handel, y'know).

 

[Badger Kitten]

Congratulations! How exciting! Hurrah!

Beethoven's Ode to Joy?

Traditional Wedding Ceremony Music
"Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin" (Richard Wagner) (also known as "Here Comes the Bride")


"Canon in D" (Johann Pachelbel)


"Guitar Concerto in D Major", Largo, (Antonio Vivaldi)


"Air" (from Water Music Suite), (George Frederic Handel)


"The Prince of Denmark's March" (Trumpet Voluntary in D major) (Jeremiah Clarke)


"Procession of Joy" (Hal Hopson)


"Rigaudon" (Andre Campra)


"Wedding March" (from The Marriage of Figaro), (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)


Prelude from "Te Deum" (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)


"Trumpet Tune and Air" (Henry Purcell)


"Trumpet Voluntary" (John Stanley)



Other Classical Wedding Ceremony Music
"Coronation March for Czar Alexander III" (Peter I. Tchaikovsky)

"Overture" (from Royal Fireworks Music), (George Frederic Handel)

"Promenade" (from Pictures at an Exhibition), (Modest Mussorgsky)

"Sinfonia" (from Cantata No. 156), (Johann Sebastian. Bach)

"Cantata No.29" (Johann Sebastian Bach)

"Prelude and Fugue in C" (Johann Sebastian Bach)

"Toccata" (from L'Orfeo), (Claudio Monteverdi)

"Romance from String Quartet" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

"Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major" ("Elvira Madigan") (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

"Trumpet Tune in A-Major" (David N. Johnson)

"A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Wedding March" (Felix Mendelssohn)

"Winter," Largo or "Spring" Allegro (from The Four Seasons), (Antonio Vivaldi)

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Congratulations! How exciting! Hurrah!

Thanks. That's quite a list. (I think I found that list a few months ago but I lost it, and my notes, so I'm more than grateful to see it again!)

Too many to go through one by one, but there's a few worth a shout there (Stanley, for instance) and I'll work my way through the ones I don't know!

For entertainment, you can hear the Vivaldi being mangled .

Telemann's Concerto for Trumpet and two Oboes sounds worth a go too.

 

[seeformiles]

that's pretty extreme necrophilia you've got going on there. i think you should see a shrink.

Can't beat 200 years of experience.....

 

[grimble]

How about the overture from the Marriage of Figaro?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Too long and too well-known.

There's some funny stuff on that long list but Monteverdi's Toccata might be an idea.

 

[Cloo]

First movement of Mozart's bassoon concerto? That's very jolly, but too long, I suppose.

Various folky dances and similar by Bartok and Slavic nationalist sorts of composers could yield some results - they're often in very short movements, and there's some very bouncy stuff there.

 

[kabbes]

We went with Bach's trumpet Voluntary. Admittedly, that was heavily influenced by the fact that my friend was playing it for us, so we needed something appropriate for one trumpet. But it was absolutely perfect.

For the exit, he played another great piece of trumpet music whose name escapes me, but it also happens to be the theme used for Eurovision! It also worked perfectly.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

The Mozart's perhaps a little parpy for my liking, though as I'm looking at a lot of trumpet stuff it's a little odd to say so. I'd really like to consider something choral as well (hence my interest in Pärt) but it's proving hard to find anything suitable that's both choral and secular.

I think the Bach may fail on the Jesus bit (also perhaps a little over-familiar).

 

[kabbes]

Which Bach? Not the Voluntary -- we also had a civil ceremony and it passed without a murmur!

 

[Donna Ferentes]

one?

would be good if it weren't so long (though the soloist is a bit up-and-down).

The is called Te Deum, I believe.

 

[Andy the Don]

Donna, firstly many, many congratulations and I trust that a joint invite for all Urbanites is on its way..

Zadok the Priest - George Frederick Handel

 

[kabbes]

I can't listen to stuff at work, unfortunately. I'll try to remember to identify it for you later.

 

[killer b]

Zadok the Priest - George Frederick Handel

how about zorba the greek?

 

[kabbes]

It may already have been said, but just to point out the obvious -- Zadok the Priest most definitely falls foul of the "no religion" rule!

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Though mind you, last time I listened, its praise of God was exceeded by its grovelling to the King...

 

[kabbes]

Well, those people, they really do like to rejoice.

 

[Andy the Don]

It may already have been said, but just to point out the obvious -- Zadok the Priest most definitely falls foul of the "no religion" rule!

Okay, I've got that, so no religon and a piece expressing joy...Hmmm..

Mozart's "Musical Joke" you can both "gallop" down the aisle..

 

[Idris2002]

Arrive by helicopter, while the sound system plays 'Ride of the Valkyries'.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I believe I am getting the wider work from which that piece derives as a wedding present. So I may be obliged to leave in that fashion instead.

 

[sam/phallocrat]

what, 'Exploring Wagner's Ring'?

 

[pk]

what, 'Exploring Wagner's Ring'?

 

[Mr Moose]

Anything by Katrina and the Waves. I've never known them to take a dogmatic position on religious issues.

Not too much rich food either or it could end in Trumpet Involuntary.