Wedding Ceremony Music
Posted by Patti Wellington on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 @ 12:56 PM
It’s the big day! The moment you have been waiting for…
Your wedding ceremony music can be very powerful and set the mood and evoke emotion for you and the wedding guests. Do you prefer a traditional Wagner's "Here Comes the Bride" and Pachelbel's "Canon in D" or would a more contemporary song list appeal to you more? Try to look for songs that will capture your spirit like Norah Jones's "Come Away with Me".
Below I’ve created a list of both classical and contemporary wedding ceremony music. Many of these songs can be used for your prelude, processional, signing of the registry and recessional.
When it comes to the prelude music we always suggest nice soft music as your guests arrive, then for the postlude a more lively type tunes.
Traditional Wedding Ceremony Music
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner) – Also know as “Here comes the bride”
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Guitar Concerto in D Major, Largo – Vivaldi
Air from Water Music Suite - Handel
Trumpet Voluntary in D - Clarke
Wedding March - Mozart
Trumpet Tune and Air - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Stanley
Contemporary Songs Appropriate for Wedding Ceremonies
At Last (Etta James)
Only Time (Enya)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole)
The Look of Love (Dionne Warwick/Burt Bacharach)
The Vow (Jeremy Lubbock)
Wedding Processional (from The Sound of Music) (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein)
Can't help falling in love (Elvis Presley)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
I always advise that couples go to amazon.com and do a quick search for any of these titles. Amazon has an MP3 excerpt for most songs, allowing you to get a sense of the music before you purchase it. If you like what you hear, you can then purchase a cd of the music from your local book or music store.
