The Wedding Connection
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"Blessing of the Young Couple Before Marriage," by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1880-81)
The Wedding March ("Bridal Chorus"), from Wagner's Lohengrin may be the most famous tune connected with the marriage ceremony, but it’s only one of many classical works that celebrate the union of two people in holy—and, occasionally, unholy—matrimony.
In this hour, Wagner's piece, plus wedding music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Goldmark, Grieg, Saint-Saens, and Maxwell Davies.
Featured Recordings
| Title |
Performers |
Catalog Number |
UPC |
| Canadian Brass: Wagner for Brass |
Canadian Brass |
Philips 432 999-2 |
028943410922 |
| Doulce Memoire |
Doulce Memoire |
Naïve E 8898 |
0822186088982 |
| Bach: Secular Cantatas |
Aureum Collegium, Elly Ameling (solist) |
Harmonia Mundi GD77151 |
0035627715129 |
| Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream [for Wedding March] |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jaime Laredo cond. |
Nimbus NI 5041/2 |
0710357504129 |
| Wedding Album (for Wagner Bridal Chorus) |
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Leonard Slatkin cond. |
BMG/RCA 631532 |
090266315321 |
| Grieg Lyric Pieces |
Andrei Gavrilov |
DG 437 522-2 |
028943752220 |
| Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony |
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein cond. |
Sony SMK 61836 |
074646183625 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or |
Sofia National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Dimiter Manolov cond. |
Capriccio 10 760/61 |
845221003603 |
| Saint-Saens: Complete Wks Piano & Orch [for Wedding Cake] |
Stephen Hough |
Hyperion CDA 67331-2 |
034571173313 |
| Grainger: The Power of Love [for To a Nordic Princess: A Bridal Song] |
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Keith Brion cond. |
Naxos 8.554263 |
636943426326 |
| Maxwell Davies: Celebration of Scotland [for An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise] |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, George McIlwham (bagpipes0, Peter Maxwell Davies cond. |
Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9070 |
053068907026 |
4:00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III/Bridal Chor
Canadian Brass
4:01 p.m.
Doulce Memoire
Pavane fait au mariage de Mr. de Vandosme (from Messe de Mariage, 1600)
4:04 p.m.
Bach
Wedding Cantata, final movement
Aureum Collegium Elly Ameling
4:06 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: Wedding March
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus - Choruses Of The Bavarian Radio & Bavarian State Opera
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Ambrosian Singers
4:16 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op.65 no.6
Andrei Gavrilov
4:22 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
Hochzeitsmarsch (Wedding March), Variationen
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Walter's Prize Sond
Canadian Brass
4:29 p.m.
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov
Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), opera in 3 acts with a prologue & epilogue: Act 2. 'Wessen Herz an Liebe reich'
Sofia National Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Dimiter Manolov, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Wedding Cake Valse-Caprice
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor Stephen Hough
4:40 p.m.
Percy Grainger
To a Nordic Princess: A Bridal Song
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Keith Brion, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Scottish Chamber Orchestra George McIlwham,bagpipes
