Highland Cathedral
Starting in January of 2000, I got involved in a search for wedding music for my daughter's wedding, to be held in October, 2000. She wanted something different than the usual wedding music. She had heard "Highland Cathedral" by Korb and Roever at someone's wedding and also recognized it when it was played for several seconds in Four Weddings and a Funeral at the wedding that took place in Scotland. This became a lengthy process as I consulted our church organist and several other musical friends, who had never heard of this piece. So I began a search on the Web through online music stores and after much searching, found the piece on an Amy Grant Christmas CD. I ordered the CD and listened to the piece, which was, indeed the music my daughter had heard. It is a beautiful piece with organ (or piano), bagpipes, flutes, and various other instruments. But, now I needed the sheet music for our organist. That became another lengthy search, but was finally accomplished. In the end, our church organist (no bagpipes), a violinist who was there to play pre-ceremony music, and a trumpeter played . This was improvised by the musicians but the result was beautiful, unusual and majestic. Coincidentally, during the time I was searching, a new CD was advertised on an online music site by Phil Coulter, an Irish pianist, with the title, "Highland Cathedral." That version is played with piano and bagpipes. I also purchased that piece so we could listen to different instruments playing the same piece. Our search for the solo soprano piece took almost as long. My daughter chose "Grow Old With Me" by John Lennon, which I had heard at a wedding. We finally found it on the Mary Chapin Carpenter CD Party Doll. I ordered the sheet music twice because the original music is for an alto voice and we needed it for soprano. It was a beautiful song, accompanied by piano and guitar. I had no idea that choosing music could be so time-consuming and difficult. We were very pleased with all the music at her wedding and many guests commented particularly on the pre-wedding music played by two young women from our church who play violin and guitar together. It was an unusual combination, but very pleasing and beautifully set the stage for the wedding. Joan Peterson |
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