| From: Karen Mercedes To: VOCALIST <vocalist> Subject: Re: Wedding Repertoire & wedding gigs Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Here are my wedding favourites. I'm a mezzo-soprano. Some are for mezzo, others are for soprano with lower tessitura.
Sacred
Gounod: Entreat me not to leave thee (from RUTH)
Douglas Moore: Now may there be a blessing
Peter Lutkin: The Lord bless you and keep you
Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria (I personally prefer this to either of the more popular Ave Marias - the Schubert or the Bach Gounod)
Secular
Grieg: Jeg elsker Dig (I Love Thee)
Sir Granville Bantock: Bridal Song (#8 from SAPPHO) (gorgeous stuff - reminiscent of Richard Strauss at his most lyrical)
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach: Within my heart, op.29 #1
Benjamin Britten: Canticle I: My beloved is mine, op. 40 (may be a little too musically challenging for some brides & grooms to warm up to)
Ron Grainer: I Know Now (from ROBERT AND ELIZABETH)
Wright & Forrest: This is my beloved (from KISMET)
George Gershwin: Our love is here to stay
Jerome Kern: All the things you are
Jerome Kern: You are love (from SHOW BOAT)
Oscar Straus: Mein Helden (My Hero) (from Der tapfere Soldat/The Chocolate Soldier)
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