Music in the ceremony
Examples of music, with a classical theme are:
Prelude | |
| Courante (from Three Lute Dances) | Antoine Francisque |
| Largo (from The Four Seasons) | Antonio Vivaldi |
| Spring (from The Four Seasons) | Antonio Vivaldi |
| Clair de Lune | Claude Debussy |
| Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | Claude Debussy |
| Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ | Vaughan Williams |
| Canon in D | Johann Pachelbel |
| Air on a G String | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Processional |
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| Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke |
| Bridal Chorus / Here Comes the Bride (from Lohengrin) | Richard Wagner |
| La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) | George Frederic Handel |
| Triumphal March (from Aida) | Giuseppe Verdi |
Signing of the Register |
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| Ave Maria | Franz Schubert |
Recessional |
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| Wedding March (from a Midsummer Night's Dream) | Felix Mendelssohn |
| Con Te Partiro | Andrea Bocelli |
| Ode to Joy | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Examples of music, with a more contemporary theme are:
Prelude |
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| Wind beneath my wings | Bette Midler |
| My Heart will go on | Celine Dion |
| When You Say Nothing At All | Ronan Keating |
Processional |
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| Because You loved me | Celine Dion |
| When I fall in Love | Celine Dion |
Signing of the Register |
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| We’ve only just begun | The Carpenters |
| The Wedding Song | Laura Creamer |
| This I Swear | Nick Lachey |
| There is Love | Noel Paul Stookey |
| The Rose | Bette Midler |
Recessional |
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| Hero | Enrique Inglesias |
| China Roses | Enya |
| I Cross My Heart | George Strait |
