Wedding Music

Sonata No. 3: Allegro maestoso
FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Because of its grandeur, this piece works well for couples interested in an
awe-inspiring but outside-the-norm processional. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
was a precocious and highly gifted composer, who -- like Mozart -- began writing
great music already in his early childhood. Some of his most popular and enduring
works were written when he was a teenager! This Allegro maestoso comes from the
first movement of his third organ sonata, and it's heard here in an abridged
version suitable for the wedding procession.