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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: Baha'i, Buddhist, Catholic, Christian,
Hand-Fastings, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish (Reform), Mixed
traditions, Mormon (not in the temple), Non-Sectarian, Pagan, Same-Sex,
Scientologist, Self-Realization Fellowship, Unitarian...
Among
the
high-profile weddings
Stephanie Bennett has played, are those of Jennifer Lopez (actress/
singer/ producer) and of James Cameron (director of TITANIC and AVATAR)
and of Trent Reznor (lead
singer of Nine Inch Nails)... and lots of other folks who might or might
not be famous, but do have great taste in music.
Video:
Links to several videos of Stephanie Bennett
Is your
wedding NOT in Southern California (where you could hire Stephanie)?
Here is the next best thing: her wedding music CD! (Click on it for more
info.)
If
your wedding is in Southern California… keep reading.
Only a few of the songs in Stephanie's repertoire are listed here, as an
example. If you have some musical selections in mind, that are not
listed here, please inquire.
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 we'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.
Read REVIEWS from past wedding clients at WEDDING WIRE.
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, your website, etc). Thanks.
Skip to: music for PRELUDE, HONOR SEATING, WEDDING PARTY, BRIDE, RECESSIONAL
Click here for Celtic songlist, including Celtic songs appropriate for weddings.
Click here to read some letters Stephanie has received from clients.
1. PRELUDE (as guests are being seated): we'll plan to play a selection of light classics and standard and contemporary love songs. Please let us 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)
Chorshat Ha'Ekaliptus [J]
Clair
de Lune (Debussy)
Eighteenth Variation on Paganini's Theme (Rachmaninoff)
Erev Ba [J]
Fur Elise (Beethoven) (buy sheet music for harp)
Gymnopedie #1(Satie)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) [C] (heard with harp and flute)
Liebestraum (Liszt)
the Lord Bless You and
Keep You (Rutter)
Meditation from Thaiis
(Massenet)
Minuet (Bach)
Morning from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
On Wings of Song
(Mendelssohn)
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)
All of Me (John Legend)
Always (Irving Berlin)
And I Love You So
Beauty and the Beast
(Movie Theme)
Can You Feel the Love
Tonight (from the Lion King)
Color My World
Come Away With Me
Tonight (Norah Jones)
Con Te Partiro (I Will
Go With You)
Endless Love
Evergreen
Everything I Do, I Do It for You
Far Longer Than Forever (from the Swan Princess)
the First Time Ever I
Saw Your Face
For All We Know
Forever in Love (Kenny G)
the Greatest Love of All
Halo (Beyoncé)
Have I Told You Lately
That I Love You
Hawaiian Wedding Song
He Has Chosen You for
Me [C] (buy
sheet music for harp or piano / vocal)
Here, There and
Everywhere (Beatles)
Ice
Castles Theme (Through the Eyes of Love)
If (Bread)
I See the Light (from
Disney's TANGLED)
I've Dreamed of You (Barbra Streisand)
I Will Follow You Into
the Dark (Death Cab for Cutie)
Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago
L'chi Lach [J]
Longer (Dan Fogelberg)
Love Changes
Everything (from Aspects of Love)
Love is a Many
Splendored Thing
Love Me Tender
Love Story (movie
theme)
Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
The Luckiest (Ben
Folds)
Make You Feel My Love
Morning Has Broken
My Cup Runneth Over
With Love
Nobody Loves Me Like
You Do
On Eagle's Wings [C]
One
Hand, One Heart (harp and flute)
Out of Africa Theme
the Prayer (Andrea Bocelli/Celine Dion)
Ribbon in the Sky
(Stevie Wonder) (buy sheet
music for harp)
Romeo & Juliet
Theme (A Time for Us)
the Rose (movie theme)
Save the Best for Last
Since You've Asked
(Judy Collins)
Some Enchanted Evening
(from South Pacific)
Something (Beatles)
Somewhere (There's a
Place For Us) from West Side Story
Somewhere
In Time Theme (harp and violin)
Somewhere Out There
(from An American Tail)
Songbird (Kenny G)
Song for Anna
That's What Friends
Are For
Thorn Birds Theme
Through the Years
(Kenny Rogers)
Till There Was You
(the Music Man / Beatles)
Time in a Bottle
Titanic Love Theme (My Heart Will Go On)
To Make You Feel My
Love
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:
the Best is Yet to Come
Morning Has Broken
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, we'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 us know if you prefer a certain type of music, eg mostly classical, mostly popular, mostly jazz, mostly old standards, etc. Here is a page with a few more audio clips.
WARDROBE: many
different color gowns available to coordinate with your wedding.
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