Weddings
Wedding Music Samples
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! These samples should be helpful as you choose music for your ceremony. Many couples ask me to choose prelude music for the time while your guests are seated. Please choose your favorites for the Seating of Mothers, as well as the processions at the beginning and end of your service.
Click titles below to hear music appropriate for the:
- Bridesmaid's Procession
- Bride's Procession
- Recessional (procession out at end of the ceremony)
- Seating of the Mothers
- Prelude (while your guests are seated)
Bridesmaids' Procession or Bride's Procession
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Jeremiah Clarke
Prelude to the Te Deum
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Rondeau
Jean-Joseph Mouret
Rigaudon
Andre Campra
Ouverture from Fireworks Music
G. F. Handel
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Henry Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary (Stanley)
John Stanley
Processional in E flat Major
David Johnson
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J. S. Bach
Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel
Recessional (end of the ceremony)
Allegro Maestoso (Hornpipe), from Water Music
G. F. Handel
Processional in E flat Major
David Johnson
Prelude to the Te Deum
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Rondeau
Jean-Joseph Mouret
Trumpet Voluntary (Stanley)
John Stanley
Trumpet Tune (Carter)
Andrew Carter
Festive Trumpet Tune
David German
Ouverture, from Fireworks Music
G. F. Handel
Psalm 19
Benedetto Marcello
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Henry Purcell
Fanfare
William Mathias
Voluntary in B flat
John Stanley
Rigaudon
Andre Campra
Finale, from Concerto 5
G. F. Handel
Seating of the Mothers or Prelude (while your guests are seated)
I'm glad to select prelude music for you. But if you'd like to select some pieces from the list below to include in the prelude, please do!
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J. S. Bach
Air, from Water Music
G. F. Handel
Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel
Arioso, from Cantata 156
J. S. Bach
Largo, from Xerxes
G. F. Handel
Sheep May Safely Graze
J. S. Bach
Saint Anthony Chorale
Franz Joseph Haydn
When Thou Art Near
J. S. Bach
Air for the G String
J. S. Bach
Andante
G. F. Handel
Andantino
Franz Schubert
Nocturne
Felix Mendelssohn
Now Thank We All Our God
J. S. Bach
Priere a Notre-Dame
Leon Boellmann
Bouree, from Water Music
G. F. Handel
Psalm 19
Benedetto Marcello
Finale, from Concerto 5
G. F. Handel
Finale from Water Music
G. F. Handel
Suite in D Major
Leonardo Vinci
Trumpet Tune (Carter)
Andrew Carter
Blessed Jesus, We Are Here
J. S. Bach
Allegro from Symphony 4
William Boyce
Allegro
G. F. Handel
Voluntary in B flat
John Stanley