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.