All the suggestions you will find on these pages are just that, suggestions.

If you have any particular request then let me know as soon as possible and we will do our best.

Other useful sites are:-

www.confetti.co.uk

www.weddingguide.co.uk

The Prelude

These are suggestions for the music that is played while guests congregate in the church and wait for the bride to arrive. The music sets the mood for the ceremony to come and should be positive and joyous. Unless you have particular music in mind, the organist will usually play a selection while your guests assemble. Popular music played during the prelude include:

Canon in D  by Pachelbel

Jesu joy of man's desiring by Bach

Sheep may safely graze by Bach

Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod

Ave Verum Mozart

Gymnopedie Satie

Air from Water music Handel

Air on a G string Bach

Ave Verum Schubert

O for the wings of a dove Mendelssohn

Morning by Grieg

OR

A selection of modern love songs.

Let it be

Strangers in paradise

Bridge over troubled water

Whiter shade of pale

or your own choice

The Processional

This is music played for the bride's arrival and the bridal party's procession down the aisle. One piece of music is chosen, which should be stately and regal and last the duration of the bridal party's journey to the groom at the altar. The most popular pieces of music played during the processional are:

Wedding music from Lohengrin by Wagner (traditional)

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel

Trumpet voluntary (Prince of Denmark's march) by Clarke

Grand March  from Aida by Verdi

Trumpet Voluntary by Stanley

Trumpet tune by Purcell

Trumpet tune by Charpentier

Hornpipe from the Water music by Handel

 or your own choice

The Signing of the Register

 Organ

Jesu joy of man's desiring by Bach

Air on a G string by Bach      

Sheep may safely graze  by Bach  

Canon in D by Pachelbel                                  

Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart

Panis Angelicus  by Franck

Air from the Water music by Handel

or a choir anthem

or your own choice

The Recessional

As you leave the registry and walk arm-in-arm down the aisle as husband and wife, you will want the organ to bellow out music that is triumphant, joyful and celebratory. Traditional recessional music includes:

Wedding march from a Midsummer night's dream by Mendelssohn (traditional)

Toccata from Symphony No 5 by Widor

Grand March from Aida by Verdi

Ode to joy by Beethoven

March from Scipio by Handel

                                                         or any from the processional list