Ray Bayles <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Would appreciate any additional ideas with works less frequently done... >and any 20th century pieces Given the instruments available, i can think of two 20th c. works which would work well in a full church marriage (but not in a registry office in FanYu, PRChina; with the groom (muggins) unable to understand a word of what was going on): Hovhaness's Prayer of St Gregory (trumpet & piano or organ; Peer International publishes the score) & Thrinos for cello solo by John Tavener (don't know the publisher in this case... sorry). Both works are available on disc - the Hovhaness multiply in different arrangements (although the only versions of this particular transcription - on BIS & Crystal - use an organ rather than piano); the Tavener on Tring RPO Collection, Virgin & elsewhere. All the best, Robert Clements <[log in to unmask]>