Voice & Organ
VOICE & ORGAN
REPERTOIRE FOR THE CHURCH CEREMONY
Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria”
Fr. Schubert “Ave Maria”
A. Mascagni “ Sancta Maria”
(de la opera Cavallería Rusticana)
C. Franck “Panis Angelicus”
J.S.Bach “Jesús, joy of man desiring”
Fr. Haendel “He shall feed his flock”
(del oratorio Messiah)
Fr. Haendel ”How beautiful are the feet”
(del oratorio Messiah)
Fr. Haendel “ Where’er you walk”
(de la opera Semele)
G. Puccini “O mio babbino caro”
(de la opera Gianni Schicchi)
G. Donizetti “ Una furtiva lagrima”
(de la opera “L elisir d amore”)
V. Bellini “ Casta Diva”
( de la opera Norma)
Fr. Lehar “Dein is mein ganzes Herz”
(de la operetta)
Fr. Lehar “Villa”
(de la operetta)
M. Joncas “On Eagle’s Wings”
Irish Folk Songs:
“ Londonderry Air”
“She Moved Through The Fair”
“The Last Rose of Summer”
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EXAMPLE OF PROGRAM
for VOICE & ORGAN
IN THE CHURCH CEREMONY
1. Before the the Bride arrives to the church the organist plays a light classical music
2. Entry of the Bride :
Wedding march (by Wagner or Mozart)
or Canon in D (by Pachabel)
3. In the Liturgy of the World I will suggest :
a holly psalm „How beautiful are the feet”
or magnificent aria „ He Shall Feed His Flock”
(both from Haendel „Messiah”)
or „Jesus Joy of Man Desiring” by Bach
or psalm „Jerusalem” or „ He raised me up”
and others
4. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist:
Ave Maria
(by Schubert or by Gounod or by Mascagni)
5. As a Communion Hymn :
Panis Angelicus (by Franck)
followed by Siciliana (by Bach )
6. For the Signing of the Register slightly lighter music
( look at the lyricsof some of the songs below):
„Songbird·
„I would be true” (to the melody of Denny Boy),
followed by „Love Story”
or famous operatic arias like:
O mio babbino caro (by Puccini)
or Casta Diva (by Bellini)
7. Final Exit – Wedding March by Mendelsohn