Wedding Music
Prelude
These are music selections appropriate for when people are being seated prior to the wedding.
Arioso by J. S. Bach
Adagio from Symphony No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1 (Charles-Marie Widor)
Prelude II in G Major, Op. 37, No. 2 (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
God's Time Is the Best by (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Pastoral Symphony from Messiah (George Frideric Handel)
Processional
These are music selections appropriate for when the Bride enters, or when Bridesmaids enter.
Joyous Procession by Garry Cornell
Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary by Henry Purcell
Grand Triumphal Chorus by Alexandre Guilmant
Pasticcio by Jean langlais
March in A, Op. 41, No. 5 by Alexandre Guilmant
Concerto No. 13 in F (Allegro) by George Frederick Handel
Ballo by Bernardo Storace
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Psalm
Psalm 33 Option 1: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Psalm 33 Option 2: The earth is full of the goodness of our God.
Psalm 34 Option 1: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Psalm 34 Option 2: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord, the goodness of the Lord.
Psalm 103 Option 1: The Lord is kind and merciful.
Psalm 103 Option 2: The Lord is kind and merciful, the Lord is kind and merciful.
Psalm 112: Happy are those who do what the Lord commands.
Psalm 128: Blest are those who love you, happy those who follow you, blest are those who seek you, O God.
Psalm 145: The Lord is compassionate to every creature.
Psalm 148: Let all praise the name of the Lord.
Unity Candle
This is a music selection appropriate during the lighting of the unity candle.
May the Light of Christ (James Chepponis)
Preparation/Offertory
These are music selections appropriate for Preparation/Offertory when you have a Cantor. If you do not have a Cantor, many of the Prelude selections are also appropriate for this part of the Mass or Ceremony.
Love Has Brought Us Here Together (tune: HYFRYDOL)
Communion
These are music selections appropriate for Communion when you have a Cantor. If you do not have a Cantor, many of the Prelude selections are also appropriate for this part of the mass or ceremony.
Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck)
Procession to Mary
If you choose to have a Procession to Mary as part of your wedding mass or ceremony, some form of Ave Maria is used. These two are the most common, but there are others that are also appropriate.
Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Recessional
These are music selections that are appropriate when the Bride and Groom are exiting.
Joyous Procession by Garry Cornell
Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary by Henry Purcell
Grand Triumphal Chorus by Alexandre Guilmant
Pasticcio by Jean langlais
March in A, Op. 41, No. 5 by Alexandre Guilmant
Concerto No. 13 in F (Allegro) by George Frederick Handel
Ballo by Bernardo Storace
Menuet Gothique, Op. 25, No. 3 (Leon Boellmann)