Weddings
with Stephanie Bennett, Harpist
Weddings
with Stephanie Bennett, Harpist
click on the underlined selections to hear them.
Nothing enhances the
romantic, elegant ambiance of a wedding like live music played by
top-notch professional musicians. Over her thirty-year career,
Los Angeles harpist Stephanie Bennett has been honored to provide the
music for hundreds
and hundreds of weddings, in many traditions including: Buddhist,
Catholic, Christian, Hand-Fastings, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish
(Reform), Mixed
traditions, Mormon (not in the temple), Non-Sectarian, Pagan, Same-Sex,
Scientologist, Unitarian...
Only
a few of the songs in my repertoire are listed here, as an example.
If you have some musical selections in mind, that are not
listed
here, please inquire
and I might already have it in my repertoire. If I don't, you
can send me a CD or MP3
and/or sheet music (preferably both), and if it is suitable for harp
(or harp with other
instruments), I'll be happy to
arrange it and learn it for you. There may be an additional charge to
arrange a new song, depending on the
complexity of the selection, the size of the ensemble, etc.
Songs marked [C] are Christian and songs marked [J] are Jewish, so
of course I'll plan to use these only in weddings of the appropriate
religion, unless you specifically request them.
Most
of the songs listed on this page can be performed by various ensembles.
That is, even if the recording here shows harp alone or harp and flute,
it can also be performed by harp and violin; harp, violin and cello; harp, flute, violin and
cello; etc.
Copyright notice: Harpworld
Music Co. owns the copyright on all these recordings. Please contact us for permission
if you would like to use this audio in any production (such as
film/TV, wedding video, your website, your wedding, etc).
Thanks.
Skip to: music for PRELUDE, HONOR SEATING, WEDDING PARTY, BRIDE, RECESSIONAL
**Click on the underlined songs to hear them.
1.
PRELUDE (as
guests are being seated): I'll plan to play a
selection of light classics and standard and contemporary love songs.
Please let me know if there are any that you particularly like or
dislike, or if you have a preference for mostly classical, mostly
popular, etc.
classical and traditional:
Adagio from Moonlight
Sonata
(Beethoven)
Ave Maria
(Bach-Gounod) [C] (heard here with harp
& flute)
Ave Maria (Schubert) [C] (heard here harp solo)
Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)
Canon in D (Pachelbel) (harp solo)
Canon in D (Pachelbel) harp, flute and cello)
Clair de Lune (Debussy)
Eighteenth Variation on Paganini's Theme (Rachmaninoff)
Fur Elise (Beethoven)
Gymnopedie #1(Satie)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
(Bach)
[C] (heard with harp and flute)
Liebestraum (Liszt)
Meditation from Thaiis (Massenet)
Minuet (Bach)
Morning from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Plaisir d'Amour (Martini)
Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Traumerai (Schumann)
(and many more)
popular:
All I Ask of You
(Phantom of the
Opera)
Always (Irving Berlin)
And I Love You So
Beauty and the Beast
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Color My World
Con Te Partiro (I Will Go With You)
Endless Love
Evergreen
Everything I Do, I Do It for You
the First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
For All We Know
Forever in Love (Kenny G)
the Greatest Love of All
Have I Told You Lately That I Love
You
Hawaiian Wedding Song
He Has Chosen You for Me [C]
Here, There and Everywhere
Ice Castles Theme
(Through the Eyes of
Love)
If
Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago
Longer
Love Changes Everything (Aspects of
Love)
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Love Me Tender
Love Story
Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
Morning Has Broken
My Cup Runneth Over
Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
On Eagle's Wings [C]
One Hand, One
Heart (harp and flute)
Out of Africa Theme
the Prayer
Romeo & Juliet Theme (A Time for
Us)
the Rose
Save the Best for Last
Since You've Asked (Judy Collins)
Some Enchanted Evening
Something (Beatles)
Somewhere (There's a Place For Us)
Somewhere In Time Theme
(harp and violin)
Somewhere Out There
Songbird (Kenny G)
Song for Anna
That's What Friends Are For
Thorn Birds Theme
Through the Years
Till There Was You
Time in a Bottle
Titanic Love Theme (My Heart Will Go
On)
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You
Unchained Melody
Unforgettable
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your
Life
When I Fall In Love
a Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)
You and I
You Are So Beautiful to Me
You Light Up My Life
You Needed Me
2. HONOR
SEATING of
parents &
grandparents (optional)
classical
& traditional songs for Honor Seating:
Romanze from Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Saint Anthony Choral (Haydn) [C]
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms (Irish)
popular
songs for Honor Seating:
Evergreen
the Greatest Love of All
Have I Told You Lately That I Love
You
Through the Years
the Wedding Song (There Is Love)
You Are So Beautiful To Me
classical & traditional:
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
(harp solo version)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
(harp, flute and cello version)
Erev Shel Shoshanim [J] (harp and
violin)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
[C]
Romanze from Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Saint Anthony Choral (Haydn)
popular:
Evergreen
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Hymne (Vangelis)
Out of Africa
the Wedding Song (There Is Love)
(any other favorite love song)
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes
the Bride)
(Wagner) (harp solo version)
Bridal
Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) (Wagner) (harp, flute and
cello version)
Dodi Li [J]
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
(Bach)
[C]
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Rondeau (also known as Masterpiece Theater Theme) (Mouret)
Trumpet Voluntary
(also known as 'Prince of Denmark's March') (by Clarke, sometimes
attributed to
Purcell) (harp and flute)
(or your favorite love song)
5.
LIGHTING UNITY
CANDLE,
and other songs during ceremony (optional)
the Lord's Prayer [C]
One Hand, One Heart (West
Side Story) (harp and flute)
O Perfect Love [C]
Ave Maria
(Bach/Gounod) [C]
(harp
& flute)
Ave Maria (Schubert) [C]
(any classical selection,
or your favorite love
song)
6. RECESSIONAL (end
of ceremony)
classical
&
traditional
Wedding
March (traditional
'recessional')
(Mendelssohn) (harp,
violin & cello)
Wedding March (traditional 'recessional')
(Mendelssohn)
(harp
solo)
Allegro from Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik (Mozart) (harp, flute, violin and cello)
Hornpipe from Water
Music (Handel) (harp and flute)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Chussen Kalle Mazel Tov [J]
Simon Tov Mazel Tov [J]
To Life, L'Chaim [J]
popular:
On the Wings of Love
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
(or other favorite love song, preferably an energetic
and joyous one)
7. RECEPTION
If playing at the reception, I'll plan to play a mix of popular love songs, light classics, light jazz, standards, etc, somewhat more upbeat in mood than the prelude but still romantic. Please let me know if you prefer a certain type of music, eg mosty classical, mostly popular, mostly jazz, mostly old standards, etc. Here is a page with a few more audio clips.
WARDROBE: I have many different color gowns available
to coordinate with your wedding.
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