Classical Aisles Music

Selecting Your Wedding Ceremony Music

There are many things to consider when planning your wedding. Music selection is just one of them. With a few guidelines and suggestions, you can easily choose beautiful classical wedding music for your wedding ceremony. To help facilitate your choices, we have recorded many of our most often requested pieces and provide samples which you can download and listen to below, or if you prefer, request our Demo Selection CD Now (contains most of the selections below). Listen to the selections and then, simply fill in the names of your favorite pieces (songs) on the Wedding Music Planning Sheet in the spaces provided. If you are interested in Popular tunes or Love Songs, a selection can be heard on our "Current Playlist" page. Download the Wedding Music Planning Sheet in PDF Now

A.) Preludes: Prelude music is the music that is played before the ceremony begins. This music will set the tone for the ceremony, and provide your guests with light entertainment while they are being seated. We will begin playing the prelude music 15 minutes before the ceremony begins. Please select 5 prelude pieces.

Suggestions for preludes include: (You must temporarily allow pop-ups from our site)

Title	Composer	Listen
Air (from the Water Music)	Handel
Air	J. S. Bach
Allegro	Handel
Anglaise	J. C. F. Bach
Be Thou My Vision	Traditional Irish Melody
Bourree (From Sonata in G)	Handel
Cannon in D	Pachelbel
Flower Duet (from Lakme)	Delibes
Fugue in B Minor	Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring	J.S. Bach
Hornpipe (From the Water Music)	Handel
Minuets	J. S. Bach
Ode to Joy	Beethoven
Romanza (from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)	Mozart
Sheep May Safely Graze	J. S. Bach
Simple Gifts	Shaker Hymn
Theme (from Sonata #11)	Mozart
Trumpet Tune	Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary	Clark

B.) Processional Music: This is music that is played while people are proceeding (walking) down the aisle. Please select 3 Processional pieces.

Seating of the Mothers: This music is played at the start of the ceremony, when the groom’s mother and the bride’s mother are escorted to their chairs by the ushers.
Entrance of the Wedding Party: This music is played while the bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, and ring bearers are walking down the aisle.
Grand Entrance of the Bride: This music is played while the bride walks down the aisle, often accompanied by her father.

Suggestions for processionals include: (You must temporarily allow pop-ups)

Title	Composer	Listen
Bridal Chorus	Wagner
Cannon in D	Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring	J.S. Bach
King William’s March	Unknown
Trumpet Tune	Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary	Clark

C.) Ceremony Music: If you are having a candle lighting, peace greeting, rose ceremony, or other special moment during your ceremony, you may like for us to play some quiet music in the background while this is taking place.

Suggestions for background music include: (You must temporarily allow pop-ups)

Title	Composer	Listen
Air (from the Water Music)	Handel
Air	J. S. Bach
Anglaise	J. C. F. Bach
Ave Maria	Schubert
Flower Duet (from Lakme)	Delibes
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring	J.S. Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze	J. S. Bach
Simple Gifts	Shaker Hymn
Theme (from Sonata #11)	Mozart

D.) Recessional: This music is played at the conclusion of the ceremony, immediately after the bride and groom are first introduced as husband and wife. The couple and the bridal party then walk back up the aisle and leave the room.

E.) Postlude: This music is played after the ceremony is over and the guests are leaving the room.

Suggestions for recessional and postlude music include: (You must temporarily allow pop-ups)

Title	Composer	Listen
Allegro	Fiocco
Hornpipe (From the Water Music)	Handel
La Rejouissance (From the Fireworks Music)	Handel
Ode to Joy	Beethoven
Rondeau (From Sinfonies de Fanfares)	Mouret
Rondeau	Purcell
Wedding March	Mendelssohn
Vivace	Telemann

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F.) Musician’s Choice: If choosing your own wedding music is a bit too overwhelming, we are happy to make the selections for you. The Musician’s Choice Program is as follows:

Preludes:	1. Trumpet Tune - Purcell 2. Hornpipe – Handel 3. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach 4. Theme – Mozart 5. Air (from the Water Music) – Handel
Processionals:
Seating of Mothers: Entrance of Wedding Party: Grand Entrance of the Bride:	1. Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke 2. Cannon in D – Pachelbel 3. Bridal Chorus – Wagner
Ceremony Music:	Flower Duet - Delibes
Recessional:	Rondeau – Mouret
Postlude:	Ode to Joy – Beethoven

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