Music Repertoire

The Candlelight String Quartet offers an extensive repertoire of music suitable for practically any event. Drawing from a library of well over eight hundred fifty classical and popular selections, the versatile quartet performs beautifully in any venue, from the intimacy of a private garden ceremony to a grand cathedral wedding.

Visit our Music page to hear our playing

Listed below is just a PARTIAL listing of Classical, Sacred and Popular selections from the quartet’s incredible repertoire. A full list is available upon request.

Classical Works

  • “Adagio Cantabile” — Ludwig van Beethoven
  • “Air on the G String” — J. S. Bach
  • “Alleluja” from Exultate Jubilate — Wolfgang A. Mozart
  • “Amazing Grace” — Traditional
  • “Arioso” — J. S. Bach
  • “Ave Maria” — Franz Schubert
  • “Ave Maria” — J. S. Bach
  • “Ave Verum” — Wolfgang A. Mozart
  • “Blue Danube Waltz” — Johann Strauss II
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 — J. S. Bach
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 — J. S. Bach
  • “Bridal Chorus” from Lohengrin — Richard Wagner
  • “Brindisi” from La Traviata — Giuseppi Verdi
  • “Canon in D” — Johann Pachelbel
  • “Clair de Lune” — Claude Debussy
  • Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 — Arcangelo Corelli
  • Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 — G. F. Handel
  • Divertimenti, K. 136, 137, 138 — Wolfgang A. Mozart
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik — Wolfgang A. Mozart
  • Entr’acte to Act III of Carmen — Georges Bizet
  • “Flower Duet” from Lakme — Leo Delibes
  • “Spring” from The Four Seasons — Antonio Vivaldi
  • “Greensleeves” — Traditional
  • “Humoreske” — Anton Dvorak
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms
  • “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana — Pietro Mascagni
  • “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” — J. S. Bach
  • “La Rejouissance” from Royal Fireworks Music — G. F. Handel
  • “Largo” from Xerxes — G. F. Handel
  • “Liebesfreud” — Fritz Kreisler
  • “Libestraume” (“Dream of Love”) — Franz Liszt
  • “Life Is Love” from Lucia di Lammermoor — Gaetano Donizetti
  • “Meditation” from Thais — Jules Massenet
  • “Minuet” from L’Arlesienne — Georges Bizet
  • “Musetta’s Waltz” from La Boheme — Giacomo Puccini
  • “My Heart Ever Faithful” — J. S. Bach
  • “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot — Giacomo Puccini
  • “Notturno” — Alexander Borodin
  • “Nocturne” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Felix Mendelssohn
  • “Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9 — Ludwig van Beethoven
  • “Old Irish Blessing” — Denes Agay
  • “On Eagle’s Wings” — Michael Joncas
  • “One Night of Love” — Giacomo Puccini
  • Operatic Works — Various Composers
  • “Panis Angelicus” — Cesar Franck
  • “Pavane” — Maurice Ravel
  • “Pavane” — Gabriel Faure
  • “Pie Jesu” from Requiem — Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • “Prayer of St. Francis” — Richardson
  • Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini — Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Romeo and Juliet — Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • “Rondeau” from Masterpiece Theatre — Jean-Joseph Mouret
  • Royal Fireworks Music — G. F. Handel
  • “Serenade” — Joseph Haydn
  • “Serenade” — Franz Schubert
  • “Sheep May Safely Graze” — J. S. Bach
  • “Simple Gifts” (Shaker Hymn) — Traditional
  • Slavonic Dances — Anton Dvorak
  • String Quartets — Various Composers
  • “Tales from the Vienna Woods” — Johann Strauss II
  • “The Lord’s Prayer” — Albert Hay Malotte
  • “Trumpet Tune” — Henry Purcell/Jeremiah Clarke
  • “Trumpet Voluntary” — Jeremiah Clarke
  • “Un bel di” from Madama Butterfly — Giacomo Puccini
  • “Wachet auf” — J. S. Bach
  • Water Music, Nos. 1-21 — G. F. Handel
  • “Waves of the Danube” — Joseph Ivanovici
  • “Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Felix Mendelssohn
  • “The Wedding Song” (“There Is Love”) — Noel Paul Stookey
  • “When Love Is Found” (“O Waly Waly”) — English Folk Tune

Popular Works

  • “A Time for Us” from Romeo and Juliet — Nino Rota
  • “All I Ask of You” from Phantom of the Opera — Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • “All I Want Is You” — U2
  • “All of Me” — Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks
  • “All You Need Is Love” — John Lennon & Paul McCartney
  • “Annie’s Song” — John Denver
  • “As Long As He Needs Me” from Oliver — Lionel Bart
  • “As Time Goes By” — Russell Robison & Herman Hupfield
  • “Ashokan Farewell” from The Civil War — Jay Ungar
  • “At Last” — Harry Warren
  • Various Beatles Tunes — John Lennon & Paul McCartney
  • “Can’t Help Falling in Love” — Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
  • “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” — Jerome Kern
  • “Come Fly with Me” — James Van Heusen
  • “Crazy” — Willie Nelson
  • “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” from Evita — Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” — Duke Ellington
  • “Embraceable You” — George Gershwin
  • “Everlong” — David Grohl
  • “Fly Me to the Moon” — Bart Howard
  • “Georgia on My Mind” — Hoagy Carmichael
  • “Grow Old with Me” — John Lennon
  • “Have I Told You Lately” — Van Morrison
  • “Hevenu Shalom Alechem” — Traditional
  • “Here Comes the Sun” — George Harrison
  • Various Holiday Favorites
  • “How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You” — Eddie & Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier
  • “I Got Rhythm” — George Gershwin
  • “Il Postino” (“The Postman”) — Luis Bacalov
  • “In My Life” — Paul McCartney & John Lennon
  • “In the Mood” — Joe Garland
  • “It Had to Be You” — Isham Jones
  • “Love Is Here to Stay” — George & Ira Gershwin
  • “Love Me Tender” — Elvis Presley & Vera Matson
  • Love Theme from The Godfather — Nino Rota
  • “Maria” from West Side Story — Leonard Bernstein
  • “Mazel Tov” — Jay Fishman
  • “Memory” from Cats — Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • “Moon River” — Henry Mancini
  • “My Funny Valentine” — Richard Rogers
  • “My One and Only Love” –Guy Wood
  • “New York, New York” — John Kander
  • “O Sole Mio” — Eduardo di Capua
  • “One Hand, One Heart” from West Side Story — Leonard Bernstein
  • “Only Time” — Enya
  • “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz — Harold Arlen
  • Medley from Phantom of the Opera — Andrew Lloyd Webber/Calvin Custer
  • “Satin Doll” — Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
  • “Somewhere in Time” — John Barry
  • “Somewhere, My Love” — Maurice Jarre
  • “Someone to Watch Over Me” — George Gershwin
  • “Stardust” — Hoagy Carmichael
  • “Sunshine of Your Love” — Eric Clapton
  • “Sunrise, Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof” — Jerry Bock
  • “Tenderly” — Walter Lloyd Gross
  • “The Man I Love” — George Gershwin
  • “The Way You Look Tonight” from Swing Time — Jerome Kern
  • “The Wind Beneath My Wings” — Jeff Silber
  • “Through the Eyes of Love” — Marvin Hamlisch
  • “Through the Years” — Marty Pahzer
  • “Time to Say Goodbye” (“Con te Partiro”) — Francesco Sartori
  • “Unforgettable” — Irvin Gordon
  • “When I Fall in Love” — Victor Young
  • “You Made Me Love You” — James Monaco
  • “You Must Love Me” from Evita — Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • “You Raise Me Up” — Rolf Levland