Music for Church Weddings
Need some ideas for your ceremony music? Below are some of our most requested choices for church weddings. Please enquire if you would like further help deciding or for us to come up with some personalised suggestions.
Looking for non-religious music for a wedding? Visit our non-religious music list here.
Where do I begin?
A church wedding will generally feature music at these moments in the ceremony:
- Entrance of the bride
- One or two hymns
- Two or three pieces by the soloist or choir (often a couple of these are during the Signing of the Register)
- Recessional (often just the organ)
We can also organise a sung mass setting for weddings which include mass.
Solo singer:
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Rutter (solo version)
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Choir:
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Laudate Dominum - Mozart (soloist & choir)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
If Ye Love Me - Tallis
I Was Glad - Parry (minimum 8 singers)
A Gaelic Blessing - Rutter
The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Rutter
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel (from 'Messiah')
Gloria - Vivaldi (from 'Gloria in D')
Panis Angelicus - Franck
The Lord is My Shepherd - Goodall
Hymns:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer
Lord of All Hopefulness
I Vow to Thee My Country
Jerusalem
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Tell Out, My Soul
Amazing Grace
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord
The Lord's My Shepherd
Give Me Oil in My Lamp
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Lord of the Dance
Shine, Jesus, Shine
How Great Thou Art
Organ:
Wedding March - Mendelssohn (Entrance of the Bride)
Trumpet Tune - Purcell (Entrance of the Bride)
Bridal Chorus - Wagner ('Lohengrin') (Entrance of the Bride)
Toccata (Symphony No. 5) - Widor (Recessional)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel (Recessional)
Hornpipe in D - Handel (from 'Water Music')
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J. S. Bach
Canon in D Major - Pachelbel