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Music For Weddings

Church Wedding Solemnisation Programme (Sample 1)

  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 MioBeauty and the Beast to accompany (childhood montage video)
  2. (After ringing of bells)
  3. Wedding ProcessionalCanon in D (Pachelbel)
  4. Hymn 1: Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee
  5. Hymn 2: The Love of God
  6. Signing of RegisterGreat is Thy Faithfulness
  7. RecessionalWedding March (Mendelssohn)
  8. PostludeArrival of Queen Sheba (Handel)Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke)Vivaldi Spring

Classical Wedding Solemnisation Programme (Sample 2)

  1. 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
  2. Bridal procession“Salut d’amour” (flower girls, page boys and bridesmaids), to blend into: “The Mission, Gabriel’s Oboe” during bride’s entry
  3. Recessional (couple’s march out)Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell
  4. Processional 2 (couple’s march back in)Verdi, Grand March from “Aida”
  5. Signing of register8 Humoresques Op 101 B. 187: No 7 Poco Lento E Grazioso in G-Flat Major by Antonin Dvorak
  6. PostludeSpring from Vivaldi’s 4 seasons (Primavera)

Repertoire

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 ceremony

A typical wedding ceremony can therefore be programmed as follows. However, much variation exists and no weddings are alike as befitting the occasion.

  1. Prelude to CeremonySerenade (Handel) · Aria (Handel)
  2. Bridesmaids Processional and Seating of ParentsJesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)
  3. Bridal processionalCanon in D (Johann Pachelbel)
  4. HymnsJoyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee · O Perfect Love
  5. Signing of the RegisterAir on G String (J.S. Bach)
  6. RecessionalSpring (Vivaldi Four Seaons)
  7. PostludeTrumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke)

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