Weddings: Some examples...

Popular Music Choices

We've compiled a selection of popular music choices for a traditional Church wedding to give you a better idea of what style fits nicely at different points of the ceremony.

This list should help provide inspiration regarding the type of piece you may wish to commission. Alternatively you may like to use some of our suggestions for your ceremony.

Prelude
Canon in D, Pachelbel
Air, from Water Music, Handel
Wachet Auf, J.S. Bach

Entrance of the Bride
Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin, Wagner
Te Deum, Charpentier
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Handel

Signing of the Register
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, J.S. Bach
Ave Maria, Schubert
I was glad when they said unto me, Parry

Recessional
Toccata, from Symphony V, Widor
Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream (op.61), Mendelssohn
Ode to Joy, from Symphony IX, Beethoven

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