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Suggestions for Wedding
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Whether you have organ music, piano,
a string quartet, a guitar, a harp, a flute, bagpipes,
or an Ipod, your choice of music sets the tone
for your wedding, and should reflect your love and who you are as a
couple. These are a few popular ideas to get
you thinking! |
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Prelude -20- 30 minutes of light music to set
the mood- elegant, festive, romantic, or religious- as
your guests are being seated: |
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Greensleeves
Canon in D- Pachebel
Fur Elise- Beethoven
Sheep May Safely Graze- Bach
Air on a G String- Bach
Ave Maria- Franz Shubert
Romeo and Juliet Love Theme- Tchaikovsky
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring- Bach
Ave Verum Corpus- Mozart
Morning Has Broken
Arioso- Bach
Bless the Broken Road
Air from Water Music Suite- Handel
Largo- Handel
Prelude in C Major- Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze- Bach |
Processional
-Music as the wedding party walks down the aisle, and as the
bride enters. For outdoor or casual weddings, the
bride often uses the same music as her bridesmaids. |
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Canon in D- Pachelbel
***(popular)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring- Bach
Te Deum (opening fanfare)- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Wedding March from the Marriage of Figaro- Mozart
Coronation March for Czar Alexander III- Tchaikovsky
Sinfonia from Cantata No 156- Bach
Air from Water Music Suite- Handel
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee- Beethoven
Hymne- Vangelis
Greensleeves
Arioso- Bach
Ave Maria
Minuet- Mozart
Prelude in C- Bach
5th Symphony- Bach
Te Deum- Charpentier
Romeo and Juliet Love Theme- Tchaikovsky
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Bridal Entrance:
A different song may be played for
the bride to add drama to her entrance.
Do you want to march to something
regal with trumpets and fanfare? Or do you prefer
to float down the aisle to something soft and lovely? It's up to
you! |
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Bridal Chorus- from Lohengrin by Wagner (Here Comes the
Bride) *** (popular)
Con Te Partiro
Trumpet Voluntary- Clarke
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba- Handel
Trumpet Tune- Stanley
Trumpet Tune- Purcell
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring- Bach
Canon in D- Pachelbel
Ave Maria
Ode to Joy- Beethoven
Wedding March- Mozart
Claire de Lune
Chapel of Love
Bless the Broken Road |
Vocals: If you have a vocalist sing
during your ceremony, choose songs with lyrics that have
meaning for you as a couple: |
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Wind Beneath My Wings- Bette Midler
The Rose- Bette Midler
We've Only Just Begun- Carpenters
Ave Maria- Shubert
I Will Be Here- Steven Curtis Chapman
All I Ask of You- Phantom of the Opera
And I Love You So- Don McLean
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Amazing Grace
How Beautiful (Twila Paris) |
Interlude Music: for a unity
candle or other special ceremony |
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The Wedding Song (There Is Love)
Two Hearts One Love
The Wedding Song- Kenny G
You Light Up My Life
Yours, Mine and Ours
Amazing Grace
The Lord's Prayer- Mallotte |
Recessional -Music as you walk back up the aisle
together. Choose something celebratory and joyous!: |
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Traditional: |
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Bridal March- Mendelssohn
***(most popular)
Spring, Allegro, from the Four Seasons- Vivaldi
Ode to Joy- Beethoven
Hornpipe from Water Music Suite- Handel
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Allegro- Bach
Rondeau- Mouret
Trumpet Tune- Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary
La Rejoissance from the Royal Fireworks- Handel
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Contemporary: |
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I Feel
Good- James Brown
Signed, Sealed and Delivered- Stevie Wonder
Linus and Lucy (Peanuts theme)
I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)
Feelin' Groovy |
Postlude optional- music while your guests are leaving-
about 10 minutes: |
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Trumpet
Voluntary- Jeremiah Clarke
Carillon de Westminster- Louis Vierne
For the Beauty of the Earth- hymn
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Planning a wedding ceremony in CT?
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the Connecticut wedding of your dreams! |
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Email:
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Phone:
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