Sample Wedding Music Programs
Traditional
Preludes- Handel Sinfonia and Aria from Xerxes, Bach Arioso, Handel Overture and Air from
Water Music in F, Vivaldi Largo from the Four Seasons
Processionals- Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Wagner Bridal Chorus, Clarke Trumpet
Voluntary (Prince of Denmark), and Purcell Trumpet Tune
Recessionals and Postludes- Mendelssohn Wedding March, Clarke Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell
Trumpet Tune, Mouret Rondeau, Handel Hornpipe from Water Music in D, Handel La
Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks, Handel Water Music Suite in F Major
New Traditional
Preludes- Bach Sheep May Safely Graze, Handel Bouree and Hornpipe from Water Music in F,
Bach Air on the G String, Massenet Meditation from "Thais", Liszt Liebestraum
Processionals- Pachelbel Canon, Handel Allegro from Water Music in F, Vivaldi Allegro from
"Spring", Beethoven Ode to Joy
Recessionals and Postludes- Handel Entrance of the Queen of Sheeba, Handel Water Music Suite
in D Major, Handel Allegro Moderato from Water Music in F
Romantic
Preludes- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 1st and 3rd Movement, Satie Gymnopedie No. 1,
Dvorak Humoresque, Svendsen Romance, Massenet Meditation from "Thais", Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Mozart Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21, Mozart Romance from
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Processionals- Elgar Salut d’Amour, Brahms Theme from 1st Symphony, Barber Movement 2
from Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Recessionals and Postludes- Mozart Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate
Classical
Preludes- Mozart Andante from Divertimento No.1, Bach March, Bach March in D Major,
Mozart Andante from Divertimento No. 2, Mozart Andante from Divertimento No. 3, Vivaldi
Largo from the Four Seasons, Bach Air on the G String
Processionals-Bach Allegro Moderato and Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major
Recessionals and Postludes-Mozart Allegro and Presto from Divertimento No. 1, Mozart Allegro
di molto and Allegro assai from Divertimento No. 2, Mozart Allegro and Presto from
Divertimento No. 3, Eine kleine Nachtmusik Allegro/Romance and Minuetto/Rondo
Religious Selections for Prelude or Interlude
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria, Franck Panis Angelicus, Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Mendelssohn
Nocturne, MacDowell To a Wild Rose, Elgar "Nimrod", Holst Theme from Jupiter from The
Planets, Be Thou My Vision (Irish Folk Melody), Mendelssohn If With All Your Hearts,
Massenet Meditation from "Thais", Bach Sheep may Safely Graze, Barber Movement 2 from
Violin Concerto, Op. 14, Horner The Ludlows (Twilight and Mist) from Legends of the Fall,
Schubert Ave Maria
Offbeat Selections for Recessional
Beethoven Minuet in G, Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Boccherini Minuet, Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1, Debussy Golliwog's Cake-walk, Bizet Galop, Mozart Rondo alla turca,
Kreisler Liebesfreud, Gossec Tambourin, The Beatles All you Need is Love and In My Life