Category Wedding Suggestions

Having Trouble Making Your Musical Selections?

Here are some suggestions to help get you started.

 

Prelude Favorites
Rondeau by Purcell
Ode To Joy – Beethoven
Handel’s Water Music
Handel’s Fireworks Music
St. Anthony’s Chorale
Vivaldi’s Seasons “Spring” & “Autumn”
Andante from Brandenburg #2 by Bach
Air from Suite #3 in D Maj. by Bach
Canon by Pachelbel
Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
Arioso from Cantata #156 by Bach

Seating of Parents
Air from Water Music by Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Ave Maria by Bach
Ode to Joy by Beethoven

Processional for Attendants
March by Bach
Air from Suite #3 in D Maj. by Bach
Canon by Pachelbel
Rondeau by Mouret
Air from Water Music by Handel
Largo from Xerxes by Handel
St. Anthony Chorale by Brahms

Processional for Bride
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin by Wagner
Air from Water Music by Handel
Trumpet Voluntary in D Maj by Clarke
Largo from Xerxes by Handel

Transitional/Inspirational Music During the Service
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
Arioso from Cantata #156 by Bach
Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
Panis Angelicus by Franck
Ave Maria by Bach or Schubert
Because by d’Hardelot

Recessional
La Rejouissance from Fireworks by Handel
Wedding March from Midsummer Night’s Dream by Mendelssohn
Trumpet Tune by Purcell
Gigue from Suite #3 in D Maj. by Bach
Allegro from Water Music by Handel
Allegro from Sonata for Flute by Handel

Have You thought About…
-What time will the prelude begin?
-Who will give the signal to begin the music for the seating of parents/grandparents? What’s the signal? (What time will they begin coming in?)
-Do you want the entire selection to be played for the seating of the parents/, or have the music end once they are seated?
-How many bridesmaids will there be?
-Which is the last to enter before the bride?
-Who will give the signal that the bride is ready? What’s the signal?
-Do you want the processional music to end, once the bride is in place?
-When does the special music happen during the service? How long should it last?
-What is the last thing that happens before the recessional?