# Whats your favorite piece of classical music? or What did you have at your wedding? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674 "2001-02-16T02:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/1 "2001-02-16T02:17:20Z")
My favorite pieces are- **Bethovens 9th - Ode to Joy** Possibly the greatest ever compostion IMHO Songs played at our wedding are also right up there: **Pachebel Canon** (sp?) - This music almost makes me cry whenever I hear it. I was fine at the wedding until I heard the orchestra starting it for my cue to enter the church. **Trumpet Voluntary** - Jerrimiah Clarke (sp?) - Not as much of a favorite as Canon, but a fine piece nevertheless. There are several more of course, but these are the ones that come to mind. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/2 "2001-02-16T02:29:40Z")
I haven’t had a wedding (that I remember), but my favorite classical piece is Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.” ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/3 "2001-02-16T03:51:17Z")
All-time best classical: “Ride of the Valkyries”, Wagner. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/4 "2001-02-16T03:59:45Z")
The theme from Schindler’s List. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/5 "2001-02-16T04:42:33Z")
I’ll second the motion for Pachelbel Canon. I’m also quite partial to Smetana’s The Moldau. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/6 "2001-02-16T04:50:52Z")
I love way too many pieces to have a favorite, but the recessional at our wedding was one of the _Hornipe_s from Handel’s _Water Music_. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/7 "2001-02-16T04:52:55Z")
“Kill the Wabbit! Kill the Wabbit!” ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffrey_Hartnett)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/8 "2001-02-16T05:08:25Z")
Bethoven’s 6th. Tchaikovski’s 5th. Too many more to mention. ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/9 "2001-02-16T05:30:33Z")
My best friend and her husband walked down the aisle to the theme from Black Adder. It was pretty funny to watch the twelve people who got it try to keep a straight face through the processional. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/10 "2001-02-16T05:32:40Z")
Hmm my favorite pieces of classical music would have to be Ride of the Valkyries and Moonlight Sonata. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/11 "2001-02-16T06:52:33Z")
Bach. Brandenburg Concerto #5. Allegro. Happy music! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/12 "2001-02-16T06:58:30Z")
While we were doing the paperwork at the wedding, a friend played “Carrickfergus” on the flute. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/13 "2001-02-16T12:23:28Z")
Elgar’s Nimrod (my favourite **and** played at our wedding). (/sissy on) It’s the only piece which consistently makes me well up (/sissy off). No idea why. Music’s a hobby of mine and I once spent 3 weeks’ worth of evenings sequencing (think music word-processor) every individual instrument from the score. Sounded great by the end, but each evening I’d end up dehydrated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/14 "2001-02-16T13:10:32Z")
Favorite Piece of Classical Music: Probably Beethoven’s 5th Symphony – the Whole thing, not just the opening. Music we Played at our Wedding: The Shaker Hymn “Simple Gifts” (and variations of it, including Copland’s adaptation). I know, the Shakers were a celibate group, so what were we doing playing a Shaker hymn at a wedding? Well, we liked the music and the sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/15 "2001-02-16T13:33:58Z")
Wedding Music: the standards. So we’re boring. 🙂 Favorite piece: Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, and Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” from the Nutcracker Suite. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/16 "2001-02-16T13:44:21Z")
Instrumental: Hindemith - “Mathis der Maler” Vocal: Mahler - "Das Knaben Wunderhorn Opera: Mozart - “Die Zauberfloete” Not married yet. Gotta think about that one. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/17 "2001-02-16T14:01:07Z")
Favourite? A top contender would be pretty much all of Mussorsky’s “Pictures At An Exhibition.” I have Borodin’s “On the Steppes of Central Asia” (main melody) tattooed around my right bicep. This is in memeory of my father. My wedding was a big fat hairy mistake, so I try not to remember much about it. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/18 "2001-02-16T14:22:57Z")
Favorite: Beethoven’s _Pathetique_ Wedding processional: I think it was Greensleeves, but that’s not what I asked him to play. It was supposed to be a song by the Chieftains, but I guess he couldn’t get a section the right length, etc. Wedding recessional: Jersey Girl by Springsteen (the live version!). ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/19 "2001-02-16T14:55:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C3 \* > **Favorite: Beethoven’s _Pathetique_…** Piano sonata in C minor, Opus 13 no. 8, right? Just checking. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674/20 "2001-02-16T15:03:26Z")
It’s rather a shame that I am never going to marry, as it would be fun to have my favorite music played: Lehar’s “Merry Widow Waltz.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-piece-of-classical-music-or-what-did-you-have-at-your-wedding/54674.md?page=2)