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Whether you’re arranging your own wedding, or helping a friend arrange theirs, allow our quick guide to help you choose the music for every stage of your big day.

If you are getting married in a church you can listen to some of the most popular wedding entrance music and hymns below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARRIVAL OF THE BRIDE

Wagner - Bridal chorus

Clarke - The Prince of Denmark's March

Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Parry - Prelude from Lady Radnor's Suite

Gounod - Judex from Mors et Vita


HYMNS

Parry - Jerusalem

Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria

Goodall - Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd

Franck - Panis Angelicus

SIGNING THE REGISTER

Elgar - Sancte Deus, Nimrod

Boccherini - Minuet

Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine

Lloyd Webber - Pie Jesu

Beethoven - Romance No2 in F

Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

 

WHEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM LEAVE

Vivaldi - Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Handel - Hallelujah Chorus

Purcell - Trumpet Tune

Mozart - Alleluja fromExsultate Jubilate

Widor - Toccata from Organ Symphony No.5

All of the above are available on The Wedding Collection, available now on CD from Amazon, Play and HMV, and for download from iTunes.

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