Wedding Ceremony Suggestions

Processional
Traditional
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (From Lohengrin)
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary (Piece of Denmark’s March)
Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary
Pachelbel: Canon In D
Purcell: Trumpet Tune and Air
Handel: The Water Music (Coro)
Mozart: Wedding March (From the Marriage of Flgaro)

Traditional Alternatives
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music (Overture)
Bach: Sinfonia (From Cantata No. 156)
Haydn: St. Anthony Chorale

Ceremony Music
Traditional
Schubert: Ave Maria
Bach: Arioso
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria
Handel: Where’er You Walk (From Semele)
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze

Traditional Alternatives
Debussy: Clair De Lune
Handel: Minuet (From Bernice)
Massenet: Meditation (From Thais)

Recessional Selections
Traditional
Mendelssohn: Wedding March (From Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Handel: The Water Music (Hornpipe)
Purcell: The Trumpet Tune In C
Beethoven: Ode To Joy (From Ninth Symphony)
Mouret: Rondeau (Theme From Masterpiece Theater)
Purcell: Rondeau (From Abdelezar)
Handel: La Rejouissance (From Royal Fireworks Music)

Traditional Alternatives
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Spring Allegro)
Campra: Rigaudon
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate

Baroque, Classical & Romantic Favorites

Bach
Air On the G String (From Suite #3 in D Major)
Arioso (From Cantata #156)
Ave Maria (Adapted by Charles Gounod From WTC Prelude #1)
Gigue (From Suite #3 In D Major)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (From Cantata #147)
Sheep May Safely Graze (From Cantata #208)

Beethoven
Minuet In G

Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary

Gossec
Gavotte

Handel
Allegro (From Sonata in F Major, Op.1 #11)
Largo (From Xerxes)
Sarabande (From Suite #4 in D Minor for Piano, 2nd Set)
Water Music Suite
-Air
-Allegro
-Andante
-Bourree
-Finale

Haydn
Presto (From String Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, #2)

Ivanovici
Waltz (From Waves of Danube, #1)

Massenet
Elegle (From Incidental Music To Les Erinnyes)

Mouret
Rondeau (From Sinfonles de Fanares)

Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- String Quartet in G Major, K. 525
-Allegro
-Menuetto
-Romanza
-Rondo

Pachelbel
Canon

Schubert
Adaglo (From Octet in F Major, Op. 166)
Andande (From String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 29 Rosamunde)
Moment Musical (From Op. 94, #3)

Schumann
Traumerel (From Kinderscenen, Op. 15, #7)

Telemann Presto (From Sonatina in F Major)

Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, #11
-Allegro
-Adaglo
-Finale

Wagner
Bridal Chorus (From Act III of Lohengrin)

Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major
-Allegro
-Andante
-Allegro Assai
Little Fuge
March
March in D Major (From Anna Magdalene Bach Notebook)
Rondeau (From Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor)

Beethoven
Ode To Joy (From Symphony #9)

Brahms
Hungarian Dance #5
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56
-St. Anthony Chorale
-Sicillenne

Chopin
Nocturne (From Op. 9, #2 for Piano)

Dvorak
Humoresque (From Op. 101, #7)

Franck
Panis Angelicus (From Messe Solonnelle, Op. 12)

Gossec
Tambourin

Grleg
Gayotte (From Holberg Suite, Op. 40)

Handel
Firework Music
-Bourree
-La Rejouissance
-Minuet
Oboe Concerto in G Minor
-Sarabande
-Allegro

Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
-Nocturne
-Wedding March

Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus (From K. 618)
Rondo Alla Turca (From Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331)

Purcell
Rondeau (From Incidental Music to Abdelazer)
Trumpet Tune

Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade Theme

Schubert
Serenade (From Schwanengesang, #4)

Telemann
Vivace (From Sonata in F Major for Flute)

Vivaldi
The Four Seasons- Excerpts
-Allegro (From Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, #1 “Spring”
-Allegro (From Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, #3 “Autumn”
-Danza Pastorale (From Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 #1, “Spring”

Sacred Music, Spirituals, & Traditional Jewish Music

Bach
My Heart Ever Faithful Aria (From Cantata #68)
Wachet Auf Chorale (From Cantata #140)

Bizet
Angus Del (from Incidental music to L’Arleslenne)

Early American Melody
Amazing Grace

Handle
Hallelujah chorus (From The Messiah)

Haydn
Heavens Are Telling, The (From The Creation)

Humperdinck
Children’s Prayer (From Hansel and Gretel)

Luther, Martin
Mighty Fortress Is Our God, A

Massenet
Meditation (From Thais)

Menelssohn
On Wings of Song (From Op. 34, #2)

Mozart
Allelulah (From Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165)

Schubert
Ave Maria

Shaker
Simple Gifts

Spiritual
Give me That Old Time Religion
Go Tell It On the Mountain
He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Were You There?

Steffe, William, and Julia Ward
Battle Hymn of the Republic

Howe
Onward Christian Soldier

Sir Arthur Sullivan
Be Thou My Vision

Traditional Irish Melody
Bashana

Traditional Jewish
Dodi Li (Bridal March)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Wedding Processional)
Hava Naglia and Tsena Tsena
Jerusalem of God (Y’rushalaylm Shel Zahov)
Od Yeshoma Version 1 (Wedding Recessional)
Od Yeshoma Version 2 (Wedding Recessional)
Olf’n Pripetshok
Ose Shalom and Havenu Shalom Aleychem
Simon Tov and Chosen Kalle Mazel Tov (Wedding Recessional)
Yedid Nefesh (Wedding Processional)

Popular Broadway & Other Favorites
Memory “Cats”
Send In the Clowns
All I Ask of You “Phantom of the Opera”
As Time Goes By
Someone To Watch Over Me
I’ve Got A Crush On You
Night & Day
The Way We Were
Greensleeves
Mr. Wonderful
Moonfall
`S Wonderful
Tea For Two
Lullaby of Broadway
The Summer Knows
The Rose
Since I Fell For You
Theme From Ice Castles
Misty
Sunrise, Sunset
Every Lil’ Star
Country Club Rag
Gigi
On A Clear Day
Camelot Selections
Born Free
Exodus Theme
Try To Remember
My Fair Lady Selections
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Oklahoma Selections
The Sound of Music Selections
South Pacific Selections
My Favorite Things
Waltz (From Waltz in Ab Major, Op.39 #15)
Heliotrope Bouquet (A Slow Drag Two Step)
Grande Valse Brillante (From Waltz in Eb Major, Op.64 #18)
Minuet Waltz (From Waltz in Db Major, Op.64 #1)
Waltz (From Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 69 #1)
Waltz (From Waltz in C Minor, Op.64 #2)
Valse Lente (From the Ballet Coppelia)
Waltz (From the Opera Faust)
Waltz in A Minor (From Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 #2)
Bethena A Concert Waltz
Easy Winners, A Ragtime Two Step
Elite Syncopations
Entertainer, A Ragtime Two Step
Maple Leaf Rag
Palm Leaf Rag A Slow Drag
Peacherine Rag
Pine Apple Rag
Pleasant Moments, A Ragtime Waltz
Ragtime Dance, A Stop Time Two Step
Solace, A Mexican Serenade
Strenuous Life, A Ragtime Two Step
Heliotrope Bouquet, A Sloe Drag Two Step
Merry Widow Waltz (From Merry Widow)
Les Entretiens De La Belle At De La Bete (From Ma Mere L’Oye)
Junk Man Rag
Music Box Rag
Artist’s Life, Kunstler- Leben, Op. 316
Beautiful Blue Danube, On the An Der Schonen Blauen Donau, Op. 314
Emperor Waltz Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437
Tales From the Vienna Woods Geschichten Aus Dem Wiener-Wald, Op. 325
Vienna Life Wiener Blut, Op. 354
You and You (From Die Fledermaus, Op. 367)
Waltz (From the Serenade For Strings, Op. 48)
Waltz of the Flowers (From the Nutcracker Ballet)
Estudiantina Suite De Valses, Op. 191
Skaters Waltz, The Les Patineurs, Op. 183