Wedding Music
 

Wedding Processional Music

 
 

The Wedding Processional music is traditionally the entrance of the Wedding Party and/or the entrance of the bride Some weddings have a formal entrance of the wedding party and then the bride's entrance, other more informal weddings simply has the entrance of the bride and her attentdants and no other formal entrances.

There are many many choices of wedding procession music, whether you go for classical, contemporary or anything inbetween. The following list is songs of all genres that will be appropriate for processional music for a wedding:

Traditional Wedding Processional Music:

Rigaudon - Andre Campra

Wedding March (from a Midsummer Night's Dream) - Mendelssohn

The Prince of Denmark's March - Clarke

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - Richard Wagner (also known as Here Comes the Bride)

Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel

Guitar Concerto in D Major Largo - Antonio Vivaldi

Air (from Water Music Suite) - George Frederic Handel

The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary in D major) - Jeremiah Clarke

Wedding March - from The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Trumpet Tune and Air - Henry Purcell

Trumpet Voluntary - John Stanley

Other Classical Wedding Processional Music:

La Rejouissance - Handel

Triumphal March - Verdi

Prelude and Fugue in C - Bach

Flower Duet - Leo Delibes

Suite Gothique - Leon Boellmann

Ode To Joy - Beethoven

Overture (from Royal Fireworks Music) - George Frederic Handel

Promenade (from Pictures at an Exhibition) - Modest Mussorgsky

Prelude and Fugue in C - Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata (from L'Orfeo) - Claudio Monteverdi

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (Elvira Madigan) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Winter, Largo - Antonio Vivaldi

Spring Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi

Lullaby - Bond (Canon in D with a little pick-me-up)

Instrumental/Soundtrack Wedding Processional Music:

Hymne - Vangelis

For the Love of a Princess - London Symphony Orchestra (from Braveheart)

The Secret Wedding - London Symphony Orchestra (From Braveheart)

A Gift of Thistle - London Symphony Orchestra (from Braveheart)

The Wedding Song - Kenny G

Once Upon a Time ... Storybook Love - Mark Knopfler (from Princess Bride)

Maid Marian - Michael Kamen (from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

Pelagia's Song - Stephen Warbeck (from Captain Corelli's Mandolin)

Across The Stars (Love Theme from Attack of the Clones) - London Symphony Orchestra

The Kiss - Trevor Jones (From Last of the Mohicans)

Cora - Trevor Jones (From Last of the Mohicans)

Hymn to Hope - Secret Garden (a beautiful New Age instrumental)

Fairytale - Harry Gregson-Williams (from Shrek)

Pretty Donna - Collective Soul (a pretty string instrumental)

Nothing Else Matters - Apocalyptica (cello tribute to Metallica)

The Wedding - James Horner (from Legend of the Falls)

Now We Are Free - Lisa Gerrard (from Gladiator)

I Will Find You - Clannad (from the Last of the Mohicans)

Other Contemporary Wedding Processional Music:

I Do (Cherish You) - 98 Degrees

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - Abba

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

Now and Forever - Air Supply

When I see You Smile - Bad English

All you Need is Love - Beatles

Here There and Everywhere - The Beatles

In My Life - Beatles

Forever - Ben Harper

Here I am - Bryan Adams

When I fall In Love - Celine Dion feat Clive Griffen

The Way - Clay Aiken

Longer - Dan Fogelberg

Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis or UB40

Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy

Crystal - Fleetwood Mac

Open Arms - Journey

Believe - Lenny Kravitz

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

This I Swear - Nick Lachey

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Nearness of You - Norah Jones

When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating

Book Of Love - Peter Gabriel (from Shall We Dance?)

Something that We Do - Clint Black

The One - Gary Allan

Your Everything - Keith Urban

Me and You - Kenny Chesney

Lady - Kenny Rogers

Forever and for Always - Shania Twain

From this Moment - Shania Twain

My Best Friend - Tim McGraw

The Keeper of the Stars - Tracy Byrd

If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys

So Much In Love - All-4-One

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

Happily Ever After - Case

Kissing You - Des'ree

Rest of Our Lives - Jeffrey Osborne

The Fact Is (I Need You) - Jill Scott

Truly - Lionel Richie

Here and Now - Luther Vandross

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack or George Michael

You and I - Stevie Wonder

Highland Cathedral - Amy Grant

The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli feat Celine Dion

More - Andy Williams

Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

Return to Innocence - Enigma

China Roses - Enya

Only Time - Enya

At Last - Etta James

Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakwiwo'ole

Dodi Li - Steven Sher

After you have chosen your Wedding Processional Music choose the perfect Wedding Hymns.

 

 
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