Musical performances
The Ceremony - musical ideas
15 - 20 minutes of music as your guests arrive
Entrance of wedding party: Opening Prayer and music
First Reading
Music - a short extract
Second Reading
Gospel
Sermon
Music - a short extract
Marriage Vows
Giving of the rings
Music - a short extract
Prayers
Offertory Music
Lord's Prayer
Communion Music
Prayer to Sainte Marie: Music: Ave Maria
Signatures: Music
Final Blessing
Recessional: Music​
Ideas for the ceremony
Albinoni Adagio Handel Air (Water Music)
Bach Aria Handel Alleluia Chorus (Messiah)
Bach Arioso Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach Bist of bei mir Handel Hornpipe (Water Music)
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Handel La Réjouissance
Bach Concerto for 2 Violins Handel Lascia ch'io piangia
Bach Jesu joy of man's desiring Handel Ombra mai fu (Largo)
Bach / Gounod Ave Maria Handel Sheep may safely graze
Caccini Ave Maria Handel Where'er You Walk
Carpenter Prelude Massenet Meditation (Thais)
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary Mendelssohn Wedding March
Cohen Hallelujah. Morricone Gabriel's Oboe
Debussy Moonlight Fauré Pavane
Franck Panis Angelicus. Mouret Rondeau
Gluck Che faro senza Eurydice Mozart Allelujah (Exultate Jubilate
Mozart Ave Verum Pachelbel Canon Purcell Trumpet Tune Schubert Ave Maria
Cantabile tartini Telemann Sonata in A
Vangelis Hymn Vivaldi 4 Seasons - Spring
Wagner Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin)
Entrance
Pachelbel: Canon
Bach: Aria
Bach Arioso
Bach: 2nd movement Concerto for 2 Violins
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Carpenter: Prelude
Mouret: Rondeau
Handel: Hornpipe (Water Music)
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Wagner: Bridal Chorus
Between Readings, after Sermon, during Communion etc.
Albinoni: Adagio
Bach: Jesu joy of man's desiring
Handel: Air (Water Music)
Handel: Lascia ch'io piangia
Handel: Ombre mai fu (Largo)
Handel: The Joy
Mozart: Allelujah (Exultate Jubilate)
Mozart: Ave Verum
Fauré: Pavane
Massenet: Meditation (Thais)
Cohen: Hallelujah
Ave Maria: Schubert, Bach, Caccini
During the Signatures
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Spring (1st mov't)
Recessional
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins (1st mov't)
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: Alleluia Chorus (Messiah)
Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Spring (1st mov't)
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Wagner: Bridal Chorus