solo cello repertoire list for weddings and other special events
This is not an exhaustive list, and special requests are accepted, possibly with an additional fee for sheet music costs or custom arrangements.
classical
Suite for Solo Cello no. 1 in G Major: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Minuets I and II, Gigue - Bach
Suite for Solo Cello no. 2 in D Minor: Prelude, Sarabande, Minuet II - Bach
Suite for Solo Cello no. 3 in C Major: Allemande, Bourées I and II, Gigue - Bach
Suite for Solo Cello no. 4 in E-flat Major: Allemande, Bourée I - Bach
Suite for Solo Cello no. 5 in C Minor: Prelude overture, Sarabande, Gigue - Bach
Arioso from Cantata no. 156 - Bach
Ave Maria - Schubert
Canon in D (Pachelbel’s Canon)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
La Réjouissance - Handel
St. Anthony Chorale - Brahms
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
Andante from String Quartet in A Minor - Schubert
Air from Suite no. 3 in D Major - Bach
The Swan - Camille Saint-Saëns
Vocalise - Rachmaninoff
Vivaldi Sonatas
Marcello Sonatas
pop
1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T’s, Tom Higgenson
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
All My Loving - The Beatles
All of Me - John Legend
Amazing Grace
Beauty and The Beast - Alan Menken
Best Day Of My Life - American Authors
Beyond The Sea - Charles Trenet, Bobby Darin
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Blackbird - The Beatles
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John, from ‘The Lion King’
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley
Clocks - Coldplay
Colors of the Wind - Alan Menkin, from ‘Pocahontas’
Every Breath You Take - Sting
Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, from ‘Once’
Fields of Gold - Sting
Firework - Katy Perry (“astronaut”)
Forever and Always - Taylor Swift
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison (from The Beatles)
H.O.L.Y. - Florida Georgia Line
I Dreamed a Dream - Claude-Michel Schönberg, from ‘Les Misérables’
I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Imagine - John Lennon
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan, Adele
The Music of The Night - from ‘Phantom of The Opera’
My Favorite Things - Rodgers and Hammerstein, from ‘The Sound of Music’
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion, James Horner
Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
Pure Imagination - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, from ‘Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory’
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri, David Hodges
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Yesterday - The Beatles
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
Your Song - Elton John, Bernie Taupin, also covered by Ellie Goulding
You’ve Got a Friend - Carole King, James Taylor
jazz
All of Me
All The Things You Are
Angel Eyes
Autumn Leaves
Bewitched
Beyond The Sea
Black Orpheus (Manha de Carnaval)
Blue Bossa
Blue Moon
Blue Skies
Bunk Bed Junkie
Coquette
Corcovado
Fly Me to The Moon
The Girl From Ipanema
Georgia
How High The Moon
How Insensitive (Insensatez)
Like Someone In Love
Lullaby of Birdland
My Favorite Things
My Funny Valentine
A Night in Tunisia
‘Round Midnight
Ruby, My Dear
Satin Doll
Summertime
Wave
Well, You Needn’t
What a Wonderful World