WEDDING CEREMONY SONGS

Music for Wedding Ceremonies

The music you select will help set the mood for your wedding, so think about the kind of atmosphere you want to establish. Be sure to discuss your selections with the minister, priest, rabbi or justice of the peace before the wedding day! (They may have their own ideas about what is acceptable.)

If you are not familiar with some of these selections, talk with us. Once we have an idea of the types of music you like, we can suggest particular pieces that will work well. Our most usual instrumentation for ceremonies includes piano (or sometimes guitar) and one of the following: flute, trumpet, or voice. We do not usually supply an organist (although we occasionally do), and we are always happy to work with the organist from a church or temple.

If you would prefer a harp and flute duo, string quartet, brass ensemble, or other chamber group, we will be glad to offer suggestions.

Please feel free to contact Ginny with questions. BalesGitlin@gmail.com | 203 488-3278

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Instrumental Preludes

Mozart: Piano Sonata K332 | La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) | Theme from Symphony in G minor | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C (Elvira Madigan)

Pachelbel: Canon in D

Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Haydn: London Trios | Piano Sonata No. 20 other minuets, courantes, and dances

Brahms: Waltzes, opus 39

Faure: Apres un Reve

Debussy: Reverie/ Claire de Lune

Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat, opus 9, no. 2

Satie: Gymnopedies

George Winston: A Morning with the Roses (other New Age music is also available)

Contemporary Pop Tunes

Instrumental versions of more contemporary pop tunes (as happens in the TV series Bridgerton)

Sign of the Times

Electric Love

Kiss Me

Everlasting Love (If you want to explore this style, we can definitely help you.)

Positions

Peaches

Cheerleader

All the Small Things

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Processionals

Wagner: Here Comes the Bride (from Lohengrin)

Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Birthday Cantata)

Handel: Water Music Processional

Handel, Haydn: *Minuets (these are excellent alternatives to the more traditional processionals - Handel Minuets No. 1 and 2 in F are favorites as is the Handel Little Dance)

Scarlatti: Sonata K208

Mozart: Ecco la Marcia (from Marriage of Figaro)

Verdi: Excerpt from Falstaff

Jewish/Israeli: Erev Shel Shoshanim / Erev Ba *Dodi Li

Religious Songs

Malotte: The Lord’s Prayer

Schubert: Ave Maria

Gounod: Ave Maria

Stookey: The Wedding Song

Miller & Jackson: Let There Be Peace on Earth

Harnick & Bock: Sabbath Prayer (from Fiddler on the Roof)

Williams & Hebert: Come My Way, My Truth, My Life