The perfect musical accompaniment for your special day
Christina Rhys was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music, studying under the renowned Spanish harpist, Marisa Robles, and has since appeared as a soloist throughout the country, in Germany and in the USA. She has premiered the solo works of a number of eminent British composers and is the only player to have recorded Elliot Carter's solo piece Bariolage for Radio 3.
She has worked with many of the country's leading symphony and chamber orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra and CBSO, has played for the RSC at Stratford, and has toured with the Northern Sinfonia Ensemble and Debussy Trio performing all the major chamber music repertoire.
Christina plays a gold Horngacher harp and was a founder member of Sonor Contemporary Music Ensemble in the USA, and is a member of the Gemini Ensemble and Arpège.
Christina is also the music therapist for Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust.
This is a list of suggestions of music for wedding ceremonies.
These pieces are all suitable for civil ceremonies(please note the songs with * may not be allowed by some registrars.)
Many other pieces are possible; this is just a popular selection.
Choose one piece for the entrance, two pieces for signing of the register and one piece for the couple’s exit. Christina can also play for 10-15 minutes pre-ceremony as guests assemble.
MUSIC FOR THE ENTRANCE
*Pachelbel’s Canon
Variations on a theme of Mozart
Trumpet Tune Purcell
Largo Handel
St. Anthony Chorale Brahms
Concerto in Bb, First Movement Handel
Theme and Variations Handel
*Scherzetto Ibert
Prince of Denmark’s March Clarke
MUSIC FOR DURING THE SERVICE AND THE SIGNING OF THE REGISTER
Chanson de Matin Elgar
Meditation from Thais Massenet
Greensleeves
Where’er you walk Handel
Bridal Lullaby Percy Grainger
Air on a G String Bach
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni
Spanish Romance
Endless Love Lionel Richie
Love Changes Everything
*All I Ask of You Lloyd Webber
Everything I do, I do it for You Brian Adams
Can’t Help Falling in Love Elvis
One Hand, One Heart Bernstein (West Side Story)
*The Rose Bette Midler
Your Song Elton John
Evergreen Barbara Streisand
MUSIC FOR THE EXIT
Wedding March From Midsummer Night’s Dream Mendelssohn
Bridal March Wagner
Thorn Birds Theme Mancini
Ode to Joy Beethoven
Music from Shakespeare in Love
Pachelbel’s Canon
St. Anthony Chorale Brahms
Finale from The Water Music Handel
Chanson de Matin Elgar
French Folksongs
Galliarde Andres
