Your Connecticut Wedding:
Wedding Ceremony Music

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!

Prelude -20- 30 minutes of light music to set the mood- elegant, festive, romantic, or religious- as your guests are being seated:

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.

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

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!

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:

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

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!:

Traditional:

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

Contemporary:

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:

Trumpet Voluntary- Jeremiah Clarke
Carillon de Westminster- Louis Vierne
For the Beauty of the Earth- hymn

Listen to Music Samples:

Each of these CDs has music samples online.

Classic Music	Low-key Music	Romantic Disney

Classical Wedding: Wedding ceremony music favorites including Fanfare and Bridal Chorus, Wedding March, Hornpipe, Ode to Joy, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Trumpet Voluntary, Ave Maria, and Canon in D.	A Day To Remember: Music for Your Beach Wedding Perfect music for casual, laid-back weddings, indoors or out. Light, romantic music. Includes Canon in D, Ave Maria, Arioso, Rondeau, Wedding March.	Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings: Instrumental. Disney love songs. Includes "So This Is Love." Perfect for a Princess or Disney theme wedding, or for a romantic mood.
Classic Collection	String Quartet	Extensive Collection

The Knot Collection of Ceremony & Wedding Music: Includes: La Rejoissance, The Prince of Denmark's March, Trumpet Tune	Classical Wedding Music: Many wedding favorites including Pachelbel's Canon, Handel's Hornpipe, Trumpet Voluntary, the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Claire de Lune	A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music: Box Set, 3 CDs, 2 !/2 hours of music. Classical, traditional favorites, and a few lesser . Lots to choose from here!
Chamber Music	Orchestra	Traditional

Bride's Guide to Wedding Music: Includes Te Deum, Sheep May Safely Graze, Ave Maria, Canon in D, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, wedding marches	The Ultimate Wedding Album: Includes some vocals. Air on the G String, Air from the Water Music, Trumpet Tune, Canon inD, Largo from Zerxes, wedding marches.	Classical Wedding Traditions: Includes Greensleeves, 2 versions of Bridal Chorus- trumpet & organ, and string quartet, 2 versions of Trumpet Voluntary- flute& strings, trumpet & organ.
Popular Classical	Piano plus	Bagpipes

The Complete Wedding Album: There Is Love: Includes Romeo and Juliet Love Theme, Largo, Sinfonia, Handel's Air, and classic wedding marches.	A Day to Remember- Instrumental Music for Your Wedding Day: Low-key. Piano, string quartet, flute & guitar. Mix of contemporary & classical. Includes The Wedding Song, Canon in D, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Ave Maria, Ode to Joy.	Bagpipe Wedding Music: perfect music for a Celtic-themed wedding! Includes Highland Cathedral, Ode to Joy, Haste to the Wedding, The Highland Wedding, Simple Gifts.

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Your Connecticut Wedding: Wedding Ceremony Music

Your Connecticut Wedding:
Wedding Ceremony Music