Empire Strings, “The Quartet to Get” in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe area, boasts a variety of musical styles and a wide range of repertoire. The following examples of wedding and reception favorites can be supplemented by our extensive library.
We will play pieces not on this list, including pop tunes and church hymns, upon request. Please ask us if you don’t see a song you want! The playlist below contains samples of our work.
Processionals
- Bolero (Ravel)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach)
- Canon in D (Pachelbel)
- Con Te Partiro
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
- Passacaile (Handel)
- Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
- Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
- Wedding March (Wagner)
- Winter (Vivaldi)
Communion/Meditation Unity Candle
- Air (Bach)
- Air (Handel, from Watermusic)
- Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
- Arioso (Bach)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Dreaming, from Scenes from Childhood (Schumann)
- Hymn (Vangelis)
- Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Recessionals
- Allegro (Fiocco)
- Allegro (Mozart, from String Quartet K. 157)
- Autumn (Vivaldi)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach)
- Divertimento (Mozart, no. 136)
- Hornpipe (Handel, from Watermusic)
- La Rejouissance (Handel, from Watermusic)
- Queen of Sheeba (Handel)
- Wedding March from a Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)
Other Music
- Spanish Dance (Albeniz)
- Aria (Bach)
- Ave Maria (Bach)
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 I-IV (Bach)
- Brandenburg Concerto #2 I (Bach)
- Brandenburg Concerto #3 I & III (Bach)
- Brandenburg Concerto #5 I (Bach)
- Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
- Adagio (Barber)
- Menuett aus dem Septett (Beethoven)
- Minuet in G (Beethoven)
- Menuett (Boccherini)
- Theme from Symphony no. 1 (Brahms)
- Scarf Dance (Chaminade)
- Concerto #1, op.6 (Corelli)
- Menuetto (Corelli)
- Claire de Lune (Debussy)
- Allegro (Fiocco)
- Panis Angelicus (Franck)
- Greensleeves (traditional)
- Air (Handel)
- Arie Allegro (Handel)
- Air in F (Handel)
- Bouree (Handel)
- Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
- Hornpipe (Handel)
- Largo (Handel)
- La Rejouissance (Handel)
- Passacaile (Handel)
- Sonata in F (Handel)
- Suite of Themes I-VI (Handel)
- Two Dances from Terpsichore (Handel)
- Seranade (Haydn)
- Meditation from “Thais” (Massenet)
- Adagio (Mozart)
- Allelujah from Exsltate Jubilate (Mozart)
- Divertimento I K136 (Mozart)
- Divertimento K125a (Mozart)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
- March from the Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
- Minuet in Eb (Mozart)
- Trumpet Tune (Purcel)
- Gavotte (Rameau)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Moment Musical (Schubert)
- Dreaming from “Scenes from Childhood” (Schumann)
- Thou Ring on My Finger (Schumann)
- Pizzicato Polka (Strauss)
- Six Minuets from Concerto Grosso in A (Telemann)
- Two Guitars (traditional)
- Concerto Grosso in d minor, mvt. I & II (Vivaldi)
- Sonata Al Santo Sepolcro (Vivaldi)
- Spring from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
- Autumn from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
- Winter from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
- Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin” (Wagner)
- Prayer (Wolf)