Sonorous String Quartet Classical Song List
The following is a list of our repertoire in alphabetical order by composer. The categories (Prelude, Processional, etc.) are suggestions, and the pieces can be freely adapted to any part of an event. If you are interested in additional repertoire, don’t hesitate to contact us. Given advance notice, we often arrange pop songs we don’t already have in our collection for a fee. Let us know what you are interested in and we’ll do our best to meet your needs!
Prelude Options (Typically, the manager picks many of the prelude pieces after consulting with you):
Arioso by Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod
Sheep May Safely Graze by Johann Sebastian Bach
Theme from 1st Symphony by Johannes Brahms
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair from Douze Preludes, Book 1 by Claude Debussy
Salut d'Amour (Love's Greeting) by Edward Elgar
Liebeslied by Fritz Kreisler
Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Early String Quartets (Including Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Jardin Feerique from the ballet Ma Mere l'Oye, by Maurice Ravel
The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens
Gymnopedie No.s 1 and 3 by Eric Satie
Ave Maria by Franz Schubert
Winter (slow movement) by Antonio Vivaldi
“Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Bride, Bridesmaids and/or Wedding Party options:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clark
Air from the Water Music by George Frederick Handel
Largo from Xerxes by George Frederick Handel
March by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
Bridal Chorus by Richard Wagner
Interlude options:
Air on the G-string by Johann Sebastian Bach
Wauchet Auf (Sleeper's Awake) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Annie's Song by John Denver
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations Op. 36 by Edward Elgar
Panis Angelicus by Caesar Franck
Summertime from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
You Raise Me Up by Brendan Graham (made popular by Josh Groban)
To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell
Meditation From Thais by Jules Massenet
Nessun Dorma from Turanadot by Giacomo Puccini
Variation 18 from Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Recessional options:
Brandenburg Conerto No. 3, 1st movement, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Good Day Sunshine by the Beatles
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, [The] by George Fredrick Handel
Hornpipe from the Water Music by George Fredrick Handel
Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell
"Spring" the 1st movement by Antonio Vivaldi
Postlude options:
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks by George Fredrick Handel
Liebesfreud by Fritz Kreisler
Schon Rosmarin by Fritz Kreisler
Rondeau from Premiere Suite (theme song for Masterpiece Theater) by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gavotte from the Classical Symphony, No. 1, Op. 25 by Sergei Prokofiev
Balletto from Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1, by Ottorino Respighi
Overture from Pulcinella by Igor Stravinsky
Reception/Cocktail Hour/Background Music options:
Bourree from Orchestral Suite No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavottes from Orchestral Suite No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Gigue from Orchestral Suite No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles
Get Back by the Beatles
Hey Jude by the Beatles
When I'm 64 by the Beatles
Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
Yesterday by the Beatles
Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Reverie by Claude Debussy
Berceuse by Gabriel Faure
Sicilienne by Gabriel Faure
Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 2, IV by George Fredrick Handel
Brook Green Suite by Gustav Holst
Palladio (the "Diamond Commerical Song") by Karl Jenkins
Country Club by Scott Joplin (Ragtime)
The Entertainer by Scott Joplin (Ragtime)
Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin (Ragtime)
Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin (Ragtime)
Solace by Scott Joplin (Ragtime)
She (song made famous in the movie Nottinghill) by Herbert Kretzmer (and Charles Aznavour)
Imagine by John Lennon
Early String Quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
All of You by Cole Porter
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Cole Porter
I Love You by Cole Porter
It's All Right with Me by Cole Porter
I've got you under my skin by Cole Porter
What is this Thing Called Love? by Cole Porter
Theme from the 3rd movement of Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Edelweiss from The Sound of Music by Richard Rogers
My Favorite Things from the Sound of Music by Richard Rogers
Mission: Impossible by Lalo Schifrin
Thunder and Lightning Polka by Johann Strauss (the younger)
Gavotta from Pulcinella by Igor Stravinsky
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) - Traditional Irish
Danses des petis cygnes by Piotr Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake by Piotr Tchaikovsky
Waltz (from the Ballet Sleeping Beauty) by Piotr Tchaikovsky
What a Wonderful World by David Weiss (and Bob Thiele)
Rhosymedre (Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune) by Ralph Vaughan Williams