KakkoiiOtaku Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) So, I'm getting married the day before Easter of next year. My Fiancée has put me in charge of the music that will play before the wedding. The reason I'm posting it here is because a good bit of what I chose is because of my favorite Drum Corps shows! :tongue:/>/> Mostly Crown, but one from Vanguard. Three of the pieces are just pieces I like and are standard for weddings, but the rest are Drum Corps inspired. We're going to play recordings off of a CD for this instead of having it performed by a pianist or something. The pieces start out with very few instruments and climax with some pretty epic full orchestra stuff. As it stands now, we're doing this in order from first to last: --"Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major" by Bach ... a recording of Yo-Yo Ma performing it --"Clair de Lune" by Debussy --"Moonlight Sonata Adagio sostenuto" by Beethoven --"Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18" by Rachmaninoff --"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach --"Hymn to a Blue Hour" by John Mackey ... performance recording by the UNCG Wind Ensemble --"The Main Theme (from THE ABYSS)" by Alan Silvestri --"The Tender Land: Finale: The Promise of Living" by Aaron Copland ...performance recording of Aaron Copland & Boston Symphony Orchestra I did originally have "Enigma Variations: Variation IX. Nimrod - Adagio" by Elgar in there between what is now the current arrangement of "Hymn to a Blue Hour" and "Promise of Living," but I took it out when I put in "The Main Theme (from THE ABYSS)." Fourty-four minutes is too long. She wants me to keep it under 40 minutes. The idea is that everything will play out as people are entering and whatnot ... but, during "Promise of Living" is where my best men (Best Man and "head" groomsman for lack of a better term ... the rest of my guys will be sitting in the choir loft as we're getting married in a smaller church than we originally planned and we can't fit them all up there with us. She'll just have her Maid of Honor, one other and two junior bridesmaids up there with her.) will walk out with the first officiating pastor (My fiancée's father is a pastor and will be officiating after he gives her away, so someone else will take charge until then) and then the rest of my groomsmen and the bridesmaids will take their walk down the aisle and take their places. I'm going to have to figure out the timing so that her Maid of Honor finishes her walk as "Promise of Living" ends. Anyway, I just wanted to see what other Drum Corps fans thought of this idea. :tongue:/>/> Edited July 11, 2013 by KakkoiiOtaku 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 How about "Fire of Eternal Glory" by Shostakovich? Phantom did a pretty great version in 1993 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRacer Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) As a Red Team alum who marched the TPoL push(es), I like the use and ceremony timing of "The Promise of Living". Maybe for the reception you could consider "Through the Eyes of Love (Theme from the movie 'Ice Castles')" which Madison made "uber" famous at 1980 Finals. Another one is "Love the World Away", which was the signature closer of a Central CA-based Associate level corps around the same time. EDIT: I mention "Love the World Away" because the chorus lyrics are very approppo for what you'll be doing that day ("Take my hand / let's walk through love's door / and be free / from the world once more / care's my heart / we can hide today / and love the world away...") Edited July 11, 2013 by TRacer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granite Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Perhaps "Sanctus" by Libera. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCImonkey Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral....i mean c'mon that's a no brainer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The wedding I helped run audio for last summer had a few dc tunes including Elsa's. Drawing a blank because the proceeding reception and bus trip around Waukesha and Ozaukee counties were a bit inebriating... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 So, I'm getting married the day before Easter of next year. My Fiancée has put me in charge of the music that will play before the wedding. The reason I'm posting it here is because a good bit of what I chose is because of my favorite Drum Corps shows! :tongue:/>/>/> Mostly Crown, but one from Vanguard. Three of the pieces are just pieces I like and are standard for weddings, but the rest are Drum Corps inspired. We're going to play recordings off of a CD for this instead of having it performed by a pianist or something. The pieces start out with very few instruments and climax with some pretty epic full orchestra stuff. As it stands now, we're doing this in order from first to last: --"Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major" by Bach ... a recording of Yo-Yo Ma performing it --"Clair de Lune" by Debussy --"Moonlight Sonata Adagio sostenuto" by Beethoven --"Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18" by Rachmaninoff --"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach --"Hymn to a Blue Hour" by John Mackey ... performance recording by the UNCG Wind Ensemble --"The Main Theme (from THE ABYSS)" by Alan Silvestri --"The Tender Land: Finale: The Promise of Living" by Aaron Copland ...performance recording of Aaron Copland & Boston Symphony Orchestra I did originally have "Enigma Variations: Variation IX. Nimrod - Adagio" by Elgar in there between what is now the current arrangement of "Hymn to a Blue Hour" and "Promise of Living," but I took it out when I put in "The Main Theme (from THE ABYSS)." Fourty-four minutes is too long. She wants me to keep it under 40 minutes. The idea is that everything will play out as people are entering and whatnot ... but, during "Promise of Living" is where my best men (Best Man and "head" groomsman for lack of a better term ... the rest of my guys will be sitting in the choir loft as we're getting married in a smaller church than we originally planned and we can't fit them all up there with us. She'll just have her Maid of Honor, one other and two junior bridesmaids up there with her.) will walk out with the first officiating pastor (My fiancée's father is a pastor and will be officiating after he gives her away, so someone else will take charge until then) and then the rest of my groomsmen and the bridesmaids will take their walk down the aisle and take their places. I'm going to have to figure out the timing so that her Maid of Honor finishes her walk as "Promise of Living" ends. Anyway, I just wanted to see what other Drum Corps fans thought of this idea. :tongue:/>/>/> Some great music there! If you are still considering ideas...though you made great choices... "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide "Somewhere" from WSS I like the idea someone else mentioned of "Fire of Eternal Glory". Goodness...there is just so much great stuff out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCImonkey Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 This is perfect for a wedding. It is from the same CD that Cadets 2000 show was based upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 When a Man Loves a Woman. BD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Don-O Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral....i mean c'mon that's a no brainer This was what we used for the processional at our wedding. *bonus* it was played for us by a trombone quintet of her friends from music school. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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