Wedding Ceremony
Just
as every ceremony is different, so is each couple. Some like
to choose every piece of music themselves, while others wish
to delegate all decisions to us. We're happy to work either
way, and anywhere in between. Typically, the couple chooses
the bridal processional and the recessional, while our group
chooses the prelude and exit music according to the mood. Though
this method usually makes things run very smoothly, it is, after
all, just one way to do things.
The
following selections are commonly requested songs for wedding
ceremonies. For the prelude, we usually suggest uplifting, soft,
mellow songs. The prelude is played while guests are arriving
to the ceremony location, a time used for creating a calm atmosphere.
The processional suggestions can be used for the seating of
the mothers of the bride and groom and/or for the members of
bridal party. The bridal processional selections range from
traditional to popular and the recessional suggestions are joyous,
fast tempo songs that are appropriate for the end of the ceremony.
Most of the prelude and processional suggestions can also be
used as music for other parts of the ceremony.
Prelude
Quartet No. 12, K. 156 –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Panis Angelicus, Op. 12 –
César Franck
Sarabande, Suite No. 4 in
D minor – George Frederic Handel
Traumerei, Op. 15 –
Robert Schumann
Andante, K. 316 – Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Andante, K. 467 – Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Andante, Op. 29 – Franz
Schubert
Andante, Op. 3 No. 5 –
Joseph Haydn
The Swan – Camille Saint-Saens
Spring-Song, Op. 62 No. 6
– Felix Mendelssohn
Crisantemi – Giacomo
Puccini
Largo, Xerxes – George
Frederic Handel
Quartet No. 42, Op. 76 No.
3 – Joseph Haydn
Pavane, Op. 50 – Gabriel
Faure
Bridal Party Processional
Arioso – J. S. Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
– J. S. Bach
My Heart Ever Faithful, Contata
No. 68 – J. S. Bach
Trumpet Voluntary –
Jeremiah Clarke
Prince of Denmark's March
– Jeremiah Clarke
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Romanza,
K. 525 – W. A. Mozart
Bride's Processional
Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba
– George Frederic Handel
Canon in D major – Johann
Pachelbel
Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin
– Richard Wagner
Romeo and Juliet – Pytor
Illyich Tchaikovisky
Recessional
Wedding March from A Midsummer
Night's Dream – Mendelssohn
La Rejouissance, Op. 12 –
George Frederic Handel
Water Music Suite –
George Frederic Handel
Presto, Op. 74 No.2 –
Joseph Haydn
Exiting Music
Rondeau – Jean-Joseph
Mouret
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
– J. S. Bach
