Two Wedding Arias

Brass quartets looking for useful wedding music will want to consider these two arias. 'Bist du bei mir', which appeared in the Anna Magdalena Notebook, is a perennial favorite and this lyrical setting for brass is ideal for the wedding ceremony as prelude or special music. 'Der Herr segne euch je kehr und mehr' (May the Lord bless you more and more) is from BWV 196 (the Wedding Cantata) by Bach, and this spritely aria makes a perfect benediction or postlude. Scoring is for two trumpets, tenor trombone (or horn in F) and bass trombone. Duration: 4:00