Includes music for:
- The guests
- The Bride's entrance
- The signing of the register
- The Bride and Groom's exit
Suggested pieces -
Religious music, shown below in italics, may be used in church only. The Welsh hymn tune Calon Lan, is not permitted in a civil ceremony.
Music for the Guests
A selection from the list or popular classics below (for 20 minutes before the wedding ceremony begins):
Suite in D (inc Air on a G String) : Bach
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring: Bach
Minuetto : Boccherini
Prelude from 'Te Deum' : Charpentier
Trumpet Voluntary : Clarke
The Flower Duet: Delibes
Humoreske : Dvorak
Beau Brummel - Chanson de Matin - Nimrod - Salut d'Amour : Elgar
Pavanne : Faure
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Largo -March from Scipio - The Water Music -
Finale of the Royal Firework Music - Hallelujah Chorus : Handel
"Intermezzo" from Caveleria Rusticana : Mascagni
Divertimento No 1 - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Clarinet Concerto (2nd Movement) Quartet K156 - Quartet K159 - The Marriage of Figaro: Mozart
Jerusalem : Parry
Ave Maria - Five Waltzes : Schubert
Fantasia on Greensleeves : Vaughan Williams
The Four Seasons - Spring (Allegro, Pastorale) : Vivaldi
Music for the Entrance of the Bride
"Trumpet" Tunes : Purcell
The Bridal March : Wagner
The Four Seasons - Winter (Largo): Vivaldi
Canon in D : Pachelbel
"Intermezzo" from Cavelleria Rusticana : Mascagni
Music for the Signing of the Register
Canon in D : Pachelbel
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen : Grieg
"Intermezzo" from Cavelleria Rusticana : Mascagni
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring: Bach
Minuetto : Boccherini
The Four Seasons - Spring (Allegro, Pastorale) : Vivaldi
Music for the Exit of the Bride & Groom
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Royal Firework Music, Finale - Hallellujah Chorus : Handel
The Wedding March : Mendelssohn