This was our first time performing at the Trump Tower in Toronto, and we had a wonderful time. Everything about this wedding ceremony was spectacular—the couple, venue, the wedding planner (Cynthia is great and we have worked with her in the past), and of course the music. The clients wanted n interesting mix of music, and there choices really reflected this. It is always a thrill for us to play great music, and this ceremony was fun from start to finish. The music choices included classical (such as Bach, and the wonderful Borodin Nocturne from the second string quartet) as well as movie music and even more contemporary music. This wedding perhaps had some of the greatest variety of genres that we have put together for a client, and everything sounded beautiful!

List of wedding music:
1.    PRELUDE

a.   Massenet - Meditation from Thais
b.   Secret Garden – Nocturne
c.    Morricone - Love theme from Cinema Paradiso
 

2.    PROCESSIONAL

a.   Bach - Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G major (solo cello)
 
3.    REFLECTION 1

a.   Borodin - Nocturne from String quartet Number 2
 
4.    REFLECTION 2

a.   Joncas - On Eagles Wings
 
5.    RECESSIONAL

a.   Five for Fighting - 100 Years

Wedding planner: Cynthia Martyn

Location and photo source: www.trumphotelcollection.com

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo’s string trios and string quartets

“I just wanted to send you a quick email and thank you so much for the exquisite string duet at our wedding on October 20th.  It was absolutely perfect and all of our guests were raving about how beautiful the music was.  Thank you also for all of your help coordinating everything leading up to the wedding.  I really appreciate your patience and helpful suggestions along the way.”  Thanks again, Bonnie, bride

The chapel of the Old Mill Toronto is a candle lit version of a 16^th century chapel, and is exquisite to look at and also to perform in. We often perform here for wedding ceremonies and we always enjoy performing in this space with it’s well balanced acoustic. For Bonnie and Marco’s ceremony, we performed Pachelbel Canon for the processional, which is a very classic choice and one that we like to recommend as it just works so well. The signing music was the famous Arioso by JS Bach, also an excellent choice, as the signing portion of the ceremony is a great time for introspection, and reflection. This piece suited that mood. Finally for the recessional as the bride and groom walked down the aisle, our violinist and cellist launched into a more modern vein with All You Need is Love by the Beatles.

Processional: Pachelbel Canon
Signing: Bach Arioso
Recessional: Beatles All You Need Is Love

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo’s string trios and string quartets

“We hired Duo d'Amore a sting duo for our wedding at the Old Mill chapel on October 13. The musician's were absolutely amazing!! I can not even express the feeling I had when I heard our wedding song coming down the isle. It brought tears to my eyes. It was absolutely perfect. We picked three custom songs. Nine inch nails - A warm place, Metallica - Nothing else matters, and Foo Fighters- Everlong. The arrangements of these songs, were so beautiful, and fit each part of our ceremony wonderfully. The musicians were on time, dressed appropriately, and were very professional. I wish we had more time to visit with them after the ceremony to express our gratitude for their amazing work.” Shannon, bride

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo’s string trios and string quartets

“I just wanted to send you a note thanking you and the musicians who performed on my wedding day. They were FANTASTIC - I heard such great compliments about their music. Clair De Lune and the Beatles "Love" both sounded so beautiful. Everything sounded perfect. Thank you again, it was wonderful working with you.“Kristin, bride

This couple chose a great mix of music—starting with classical music from the baroque period to set the tone of the event during the bridesmaids and bridal processional. The signing music moved ahead to the romantic period with Claude Debussy’s Claire de Lune—a piano piece arranged for the violin and cello duo. As it is soft and flowing it worked very well during the contemplative signing of the register. As the couple exited the Rosewater room, the violinist and cellist performed the bright and contemporary All you Need is Love by the Beatles, and to round out the wedding, performed two pieces by Handel that juxtaposed the Beatles in a great way, as both of these songs are quite loud, upbeat and fun.

Processionals: Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria and Bach: Air

Signing: Debussy: Claire de Lune

Recessional: All you Need is Love

Guests exit: Handel La Rejouissance and Hornpipe

Photographer: A Simple Photograph

Photo Source: Style Me Pretty

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo’s string trios and string quartets

Our string trio performed at a gorgeous wedding ceremony at Belcroft Estates on September 30, 2012. I should also mention that we had a wonderfully easy time speaking with the clients and helping them to plan the music at the wedding, as they had a clear idea of what they wanted and we gave them a fantastic performance. Here is the outline of the wedding ceremony and some of the choices they made.

Wedding Ceremony:

Processional for the priest, groomsmen and groom: Rocky Theme

Processional of flower girl, ring bearer, two bridesmaids: Pachelbel's Canon in D
Bride Processional: Wagner's Bridal Chorus
Signing: Bach's Jesu, Joy of a man's desiring, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (opening of 1^st mvt) and Bach Minuet in G

Recessional: The Verve's Bittersweet symphony

Cocktail hour:

Metallica - nothing else matters
Elvis - Can't help falling in love with you
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Beatles - All you need is love
John Lennon - Imagine
One republic - Secrets
Unchained melody
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Louis Armstrong - Wonderful world
Eric Clapton - Wonderful tonight
Top gun Theme song
Teleman - Presto
H. Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary
Clarke - Trumpet voluntary
Vivaldi - Four seasons spring
Handel - La Rejouissance

 Venue: Belcroft Estates & Event Centre

Photographer: Sharp Weddings

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto/GTA: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo’s string trios and string quartets

Duo d’Amore’s string trio of violin, viola and cello performed for this wedding ceremony at St Mary Immaculate Church. As the ceremony was Catholic, our musicians were able to perform the great standards of the wedding repertoire and really fill the Church with the beautiful, full, expansive sound of the string instruments. After the prelude music, we performed Bach Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring for the five bridesmaids, switching to Pachelbel Canon, after the bridesmaids had taken their place at the front, and as the bride walked down the aisle for her processional. Signing music was very well chosen, as it was the classic Ave Maria. The recessional music is always bright lively and upbeat and for the is the couple walked out to Mendelssohn’s wedding March.

Bridesmaids Processional - Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Bride Processional - Pachelbel: Canon in D

Signing - Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria

Recessional - Mendelssohn: Wedding March

Venue and Photo credit: St Mary Immaculate Church, Artistic Glass

Wedding ceremony musicians Richmond Hill, Toronto/GTA: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo’s string trios and string quartets

“We've just returned from our Honeymoon. We wanted to write you much earlier as our wedding was on September 22 at Trinity Chapel. Having Duo d'Amore play at our wedding was simply brilliant!! I can't thank you enough as I've never heard a string duo sound so clear and melodic. "Sayuri's Theme" was spectacular. I've listened to that song countless times before, and on that day it never sounded so good. So many of our guests have complimented on how perfect the music was. Please give (the musicians) our warmest Thank You’s from Brian and I”. Andrea and Brian

As you can tell from the picture, this wedding was simply beautiful! We had a lovley time discussing and planning the music for the wedding ceremony with Andre and Brian, and this translated into a wonderful performance, with the bride and groom and everyone in attendance being extremely happy and satisfied. One unique thing about this ceremony was the couple’s choice to use Pachelbel’s Canon. Normally this song is performed during the processional, but I think this is the first time that our musicians have performed it during the signing! And guess what—it was fantastic!

Bridesmaids Processional: Bach: Arioso

Bride Processional: Sayuri’s Theme

Signing: Pachelbel Canon

Recessional: Bittersweet Symphony

Photographer and photo credit: Avenue Photo

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo, string trio and string quartet

September is a wonderful time to have a wedding, as the extreme heat of July and August has faded into the beautiful warm but slightly cool weather of early fall. Speaking of weather the weather for this outdoor ceremony was perfect—sunny but not too bright and a great temperature throughout the ceremony. Getting to the music, the violin and cello duo performed a very classical, and traditional wedding ceremony at the beautiful garden at Graydon hall. This was a wedding to remember!

Bridesmaid’s Processional: Ave Maria

Bride: Pachelbel Canon

Recessional: Mendelssohn Wedding March

Wedding Planner: Katrina Verweel

Photographer: Verve Photo

Wedding ceremony musicians Toronto/GTA: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo, string trio and string quartet

Kira and Jakub hired our violin and cello duo to perform for their wedding ceremony and cocktail reception at Banty’s Roost Country Club. The wedding ceremony was outdoors, I must admit that the music selections that were chosen really helped to accentuate and project a fresh outdoor feeling. The first song that started the ceremony was Mouret Rondeau—this song is stately and very easy for the bridesmaids to walk to as it has a clear cut beat. Sometimes the music for the bride will contrast the bridesmaids, but not in this case. Spring by Vivaldi really amped things up and created both a fresh feeling as well as a sense of excitement, which is how it should be for the bride on the wedding day! The signing music took a step back in terms of the vivacity, but also moved into a more lush and rich tonal palette, as our musicians performed the beautiful meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet. With a traditional ending to the ceremony, the bride and groom walked off as husband and wife to Mendellsohn’s wedding march.

Wedding ceremony and reception musicians Caledon/GTA: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duo, Caledon ON