Music Selections for Weddings
Prelude Music
Choosing prelude music is optional. Your wedding will have 15 minutes of prelude either way. *If you do decide to choose prelude music, any piece with an asterisk or any piece from "Preparation Music" may be appropriate here.
Processional Music
*Air (J.S. Bach)
*Arioso (J.S. Bach)
*C Major Prelude (J.S. Bach)
*Canon in D (J. Pachelbel)
*Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach)
*Largo (G.F. Handel)
Nuptial March (B. Moore)
Prelude (M. Charpentier)
St. Anthony Chorale (J. Brahms,
attr. J. Haydn)
Trumpet Tune (J. Clarke,
attr. H. Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary (J. Clarke,
attr. H. Purcell)
Gathering Hymns (if applicable)
All Creatures of Our God and King (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)
*Bridegroom and Bride (SLANE)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (HYFRYDOL)
*Love is the Sunlight (BUNESSAN)
O God, Beyond All Praising (THAXTED)
*Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (LAUDA ANIMA)
Responsorial Psalms
Psalm 34
(4 choices)
Taste and See (M. Guimont)
Taste and See (S. Dean)
Taste and See (R. Proulx)
Taste and See (J. Moore)
Psalm 103
(2 choices)
The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (J. Cotter)
The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (M. Haugen)
Psalm 128: Blest Are Those (M. Haugen)
Psalm 145
(2 choices)
I Will Praise Your Name (L. Roberts)
I Will Praise Your Name (J.R. Carroll)
Preparation Music (if applicable)
*Any previously listed piece with one asterisk may be appropriate here.
Congregational
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (THE CALL)
I Have Loved You (M. Joncas)
When Love Is Found (O WALY WALY)
Instrumental
Andante (C. Reinecke)
Largo (E. Elgar)
Meditation (J. Massenet)
Préamble (L. Vierne)
Vocal
Ave Maria (J.S. Bach,
arr. C. Gounod)
Ave Maria (F. Schubert)
Bist du bei mir (G.H. Stölzel,
attr. J.S. Bach)
Love Bade Me Welcome (R. Vaughan Williams)
The Call (R. Vaughan Williams)
Communion Music (if applicable)
*Any previously listed piece with an asterisk or any piece from "Preparation Music" may be appropriate here.
Congregational
No Greater Love (M. Joncas)
Where True Love and Charity are Found / Ubi Caritas (UBI CARITAS, Mode VI)
Recessional Music
Any piece from "Processional Music" that does not contain an asterisk may be appropriate here. Those pieces without an asterisk in "Gathering Hymns" may be appropriate as organ instrumental pieces.
Hornpipe (G.F. Handel)
La Réjouissance (G.F. Handel)
Ode to Joy (L. van Beethoven)
Wedding March (F. Mendelssohn)
Fanfare (Jaques Lemmens)
Let All Things Now Living (Katherine Davis)
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (J.S. Bach)
Prelude and Fugue in F Major (J.S. Bach)
Allegro Maestoso e vivace (F. Mendelssohn)
Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor)
Postlude Music
Choosing postlude music is optional. Your wedding will have one postlude piece after the recessional. If you do decide to choose music here, any piece from "Processional Music" that does not contain an asterisk may be appropriate here. Those pieces without an asterisk in "Gathering Hymns" may be appropriate as organ instrumental pieces. Any piece from "Recessional Music" may also be used here.
*Note:
Please review the wedding music policy (on the page previous to this one). For any questions you may have or to schedule a meeting about music for your wedding, please contact:
