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. 
Email BalesGitlin@gmail.com or call 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
• Stevens: Morning Has Broken

Other Songs

• Sondheim & Bernstein: One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story )
• Harnick & Bock: Sunrise, Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof )
• Collins: Since You’ve Asked
• Carpenters: We’ve Only Just Begun
• Streisand: Evergreen
• Webber, Hart & Stilgoe: All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera )
• Other popular ballads: See our other sample repertoire list
  

Recessionals

• Mendelssohn: Wedding March (traditional recessional)
• Purcell/Clarke: *Trumpet Voluntary
• Bach: Wachet Auf
• Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Fandango
• Traditional Jewish: Simon Tov & Mazel Tov

* Pieces marked with an asterisk work very well as processionals or recessionals