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:
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- 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)
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​We can also organise a sung mass setting for weddings which include mass.
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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​​​​​​