Musical Selections
Below are links to our Pop Song Lists for each Group:
SonorousStringQuartet_PopSongs.pdf
BroadwaySwiderDuo_PopSongs.pdf
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. We also have music for the following but have not listed it in interest of space.
- Jewish Wedding music for String Quartet and String Trio
- Holiday Music for quartet, trio and duo
If you are interested in these and/or 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!
Classics
The Sonorous String Quartet
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 and Bridesmaids 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(the 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:
(See our Pop Music Selections - a pdf that can be e-mailed to you at your request)
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
Red Rose Trio
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
Minuet from Quintet in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5 by Luigi Boccherini
Fantaisie-Impromptu from Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor, Op. 66 by Frederick Chopin
Humoresque by Antonin Dvorak
Salut d'Amour (Love's Greeting) by Edward Elgar
Allegro from the Water Music by GF Handel
Allegro from “Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro from “Autumn” by Antonio Vivaldi
Danza Pasotrale from “Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi
Bride and Bridesmaid Options:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
Air from the Water Music by George Frederick Handel
Largo from Xerxes by George Frederick Handel
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell
Bridal Chorus by Richard Wagner
Interlude Options:
Air on the G-string by Johann Sebastian Bach
Bist Du Bei Mir by Johann Sebastian Bach
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) by Claude Debussy
Reverie by Claude Debussy
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations, op. 36) by Edward Elgar
Panis Angelicus by Caesar Franck
To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell
Recessional options:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Allegro Moderato
- Allegro
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9, Finale by Ludwig van Beethoven
[The] Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by George Fredrick Handel
Hornpipe from the Water Music by George Fredrick Handel
Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn
Postlude options:
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks by George Fredrick Handel
Liebesfreud by Fritz Kreisler
Schon Rosmarin by Fritz Kreisler
Rondeau from the Premiere Suite (Masterpiece Theater theme song) by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Reception Music/Cocktail Hour/Background Music:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major by JS Bach
- Allegro
- Andante
- Allegro Assai
March in D Major from Anna Magdalene Bach Notebook by JS Bach
Gigue from Orchestral Suite No. 3 by JS Bach
Minuet in G by Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade for Strings by Ludwig van Beethoven
Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms
Waltz from Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 by Johannes Brahms
Serenade for Strings by Ernst Dohnanyi
Slavonic Dances No.s 1 and 2 by Antonin Dvorak
Summertime by George Gerswhin
Someone to Watch Over Me by George Gershwin
Waltz from Faust by Charles Gounod
Gavotte from Holberg Suite, op. 40 by Edvard Grieg
Fireworks Music by George Fredrick Handel
- Bourree
- Minuet
Ave Verum Corpus by WA Mozart
Divertimento for String Trio by WA Mozart
Rondo alla turca by WA Mozart
Rondeau (used in the 2005 movie Pride and Prejudice) by Henry Purcell
Piano Concerto No. 2, Themes from 1st and 3rd movements by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3, Theme from 1st movement by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ancient Airs and Dances – Balleto by Ottorino Respighi
Andante from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29 by Franz Schubert
Danses des petits from the ballet Swan Lake by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Broadway Swider Duo Repertoire
Prelude Options (Typically, the manager picks many of the prelude pieces after consulting with you):
Air on the G String from Suite # 3 in D Major by JS Bach
Andante from Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major by JS Bach
Arioso from Cantata #156 by JS Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208 by JS Bach
Minuet in G by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations on a Theme of Haydn by Johannes Brahms
The Flower Duet from Lakme by Leo Delibes
Ave Verum Corpus from K. 618 by WA Mozart
Bride and Bridesmaid Processional Options:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata #147 by JS Bach
Trumpet Voluntary by Jerimiah Clarke
Largo from Xerxes by George Frederick Handel
Air from the Water Music by George Frederick Handel
Canon in D by Pachelbel
Bridal Chorus from Act III of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
Interlude Options:
My Heart Ever Faithful Aria from Cantata #68 by JS Bach
St Anthony Chorale by Johannes Brahms
Annie's Song by John Denver
Amazing Grace (Early American Melody)
Panis Angelicus from Messe Solonelle, Op. 12 by César Franck
Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet
O Mio Babbino Caro Aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
Simple Gifts (Shaker Hymn)
Be Thou My Vision - Traditional Irish Melody
Recessional Options:
Ode to Joy from Symphony #9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
La Rejouissance from The Fireworks Music by George Frederick Handel
Hornpipe from Water Music Suite by George Frederick Handel
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell
Danza Pastorale from Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 #1 “Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi
Postlude Options:
Gigue from Suite # 3 in D Major by JS Bach
March in D Major by JS Bach
Rondeau from Orchestral Suite # 2 in B Minor by JS Bach
Gavotte by Franz Gossec
Tambourin by Franz Gossec
Allegro, Bourree, and Hornpipe from Water Music Suite by George Frederick Handel
Reception/Cocktail Hour/Background Music:
Two-Part Invention Duets for Violin and Viola by JS Bach
Four Duets for Violin and Viola by J.S. Bach
Duos for Two Violins by Bela Bartok
3 Duos Concertantes for Two Violins by Charles de Beriot
Sicilienne by Johannes Brahms
Three Duos Concertante by Alessandro Bruni
Morning Mood (arranged for Two Violins) by Edvard Grieg
Allegro from Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 #11 by George Frederick Handel
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola by Johann Halvorsen on a Theme by GF Handel
Sarabande from Oboe Concerto in G Minor by George Frederick Handel
Duet for Violin and Viola by Franz Hoffmeister
Two Duets for Violin and Viola by Jean Wenceslas Kalliwoda
Sonatas for Two Violins by Jean-Marie LeClair
Duets for Two Violins by Jacques F. Mazas
Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares by Felix Mendelssohn
Duo for Two Violins by Darius Milhaud
Duets for Violin and Viola by WA Mozart
Duos for Violin and Viola by WA Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Menuetto, Romanza by WA Mozart
Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331 by WA Mozart
Rondeau from Incidental Music to Abdelazer by Henry Purcell
Scheherazade Theme by Rimsky-Korsakov
Andante from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29 Rosamunde by Franz Schubert
Traumerei from Kinderscenen, Op. 15, #7 by Robert Schumann
Presto from Sonatina in F Major by George Phillip Telemann
Vivace from Sonata in F Major for flute by George Phillip Telemann
Ash Grove – Traditional/arranged by Jeremy Swider
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) – Traditional
Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar
Lover's Waltz by Jay Ungar
The Ludlows (Legends of the Fall) arranged by Jeremy Swider
Canonic Sonatas for Two Violins, George Phillip Telemann
Montague Processional by Jay Ungar
Wizard's Walk by Jay Ungar
Duets for Two Violins by Giovanni Batista Viotti