Music For Weddings
Church Wedding Solemnisation Programme (Sample 1)
Prelude to Wedding (String Quartet to play while guests are settling down)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
O Sole Mio
Beauty and the Beast to accompany (childhood montage video)
(After ringing of bells)
Wedding Processional Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Hymn 1: Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee
Hymn 2: The Love of God
Signing of Register Great is Thy Faithfulness
Recessional Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Postlude
Arrival of Queen Sheba (Handel)
Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke)
Vivaldi Spring
Classical Wedding Solemnisation Programme (Sample 2)
Guests seating before the procession:
“Unaccompanied cello suites No 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Prelude” by JS Bach, followed by Courante, Menuet II and Gigue if there is more time
Bridal procession:
“Salut d’amour” (flower girls, page boys and bridesmaids), to blend into: “The Mission, Gabriel’s Oboe” during bride’s entry
Recessional (couple’s march out)
Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell
Processional 2 (couple’s march back in)
Verdi, Grand March from “Aida”
Signing of register
8 Humoresques Op 101 B. 187: No 7 Poco Lento E Grazioso in G-Flat Major by Antonin Dvorak
Postlude
Spring from Vivaldi’s 4 seasons (Primavera)
Planning the Music for your Wedding
The music you choose for your wedding will set the tone for the entire ceremony. From the prelude that people hear when they arrive to the processional, having live music will enhance the setting and style of your wedding.
PRELUDES
Air (Handel)
Air on G String (Bach)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Meditation (Massenet)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
PROCESSIONAL
Bridal Chorus (Wagner)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Largo (Handel)
Wedding Processional (from The Sound of Music)
Salut Damour (Elgar)
SIGNING OF REGISTER
The Prayer (Charlotte Church / Josh Groban)
Wedding Prayer
Love Will Be Our Home (Traditional)
Bist Du bei Mir (Bach)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
POPULAR SONGS
The Gift
Grow Old with me
Love of My Life
Starting Here, Starting Now
Unforgetable
She
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SONGS
Cherish the Treasure
Household of Faith
I will be Here
This is the Day
A typical wedding ceremony can therefore be programmed as follows. However, much variation exists and no weddings are alike as befitting the occasion.
Prelude to Ceremony
Serenade (Handel)
Aria (Handel)
Bridesmaids Processional and Seating of Parents
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)
Bridal processional
Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel)
Hymns
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
O Perfect Love
Signing of the Register
Air on G String (J.S. Bach)
Recessional
Spring (Vivaldi Four Seaons)
Postlude
Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke)