Music for Your Wedding

Music for Your Wedding Ceremony

Prelude
Generally, our clients prefer to have us select the music for the prelude.  However, we are happy to incorporate your suggestions for pieces to be played prior to the ceremony.  The following selections are popular choices for the prelude:

As Time Goes By
Scheherazade Theme -Rimsky-Korsakov
The Prayer
Ode to Joy

Seating of the Parents and Bridal Party
The wedding ceremony usually starts with the seating of the parents followed by the seating of the bridal party.  The following selections are popular choices for seating of the parents and bridal party:

Air -Bach
Rondeau -Mouret
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring -Bach

Processional
Two separate pieces of are usually selected for a processional.  The bridal party enters to a single piece of music and the bride walks down the aisle to a separate selection.  Wagner’s Bridal Chorus is the most popular piece for the bride’s processional.  The following pieces are also excellent choices for processional music:

Trumpet Tune -Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary -Clarke
Canon in D -Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring -Bach
Air -Handel

Meditative
The following selections are popular choices for the unity candle, communion, giving of flowers, stones, etc.

Air -Bach
All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)
One Hand One Heart (West Side Story)
Sheep May Safely Graze -Bach
Scheherazade Theme -Rimsky-Korsakov

Recessional
The most traditional and popular recessional is Mendelsson’s Wedding March.  The following are also excellent choices for the recessional:

Hornpipe (from the Water Music) -Handel
La Rejouissance (Fireworks) -Handel
Presto –

Postlude
Generally, our clients prefer to have us select the music for the postlude.  Of course, we are happy to incorporate your suggestions for pieces to be played following the ceremony.  The following selections are popular choices for the postlude:

Simple Gifts
Bourree -Handel
Make Someone Happy
As Time Goes By

Reception Music
Our selection includes a variety of classical, light classical, popular and show tunes as well as Celtic and American fiddle tunes.

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