WEDDING MUSIC SELECTIONS
PRELUDE
MUSIC:
Sheep May Safely Graze –
J.S. Bach
Clair de Lune
– Claude Debussy
Air (From Water Music Suite)
– G. F. Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
– J. S. Bach
Prelude
in C Major - J.S. Bach
Adagio Cantabile - Ludwig Van
Beethoven
Variation
IX (Nimrod) from Enigma Variations - Edward
Elgar
Thanksgiving (instrumental)
– George Winston
What
Wondrous Love is This (instrumental) – Southern Harmony, arr. by
Like A Seal on Your Heart –
Rev. Carey Landry
Nuptial Blessing (Text/Tune:
Michael Joncas)
In Love We Choose To Live
(Text/Tune: Jeanne Cotter)
Come
and Journey With Me - David Haas
The Wedding Song (There Is
Love) – Noel Paul Stookey
(Almost any secular/popular pieces of music
you would especially want would be most suitable during this part of the
liturgy)
Eres Tu (Touch the Wind)
– (good for Spanish Celebrations)
Air (From Water Music Suite)
– G. F. Handel
Sheep May Safely Graze –
J.S. Bach
"Jupiter"
from the Planets - Gustav Holst
Largo from "Serse" - G.F. Handel
The
Lover's Waltz - Molly Mason and Jay Ungar
Trumpet
Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke
Bridal Chorus – Richard Wagner
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
– J. S. Bach
Responsorial Psalms:
Psalm 34
– “Taste and See” setting
by Haugen
Psalm
103 – “The Lord Is Kind
and Merciful” - setting by Haugen
Psalm
128 – “May The Lord Bless
Us” – setting by Haugen
Psalm
145 – “I Will Praise Your
Name” – setting by Haas
Psalm 127 – “Dichoso el que Teme al Señor”
(Spanish)
Gospel
Acclamation -
Typically I use the "Celtic
Alleluia" by Fintan O'Caroll
For Spanish, the “Aleluya”
from Nueva Misa Latinoamericana
Presentation
to Mary (OPTIONAL)
Ave Maria (short version) –
Schubert
Any
number of other Marian hymns, like "Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly",
etc. I've also used "Holy Is His Name"
by John Michael Talbot
Hymns
during the Presentation of Gifts
God, In The Planning
(Tune: SLANE, Text: John Bell)
Hymns
during the reception of Holy Communion
I Am The Bread Of Life/Yo Soy El Pan De Vida
Recessional
Music:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
– J. S. Bach
Ode to Joy – Ludwig Van
Beethoven
Wedding March (“From a
Midsummer Night’s Dream”) – Mendelssohn
La Rejouissance
(The Rejoicing) – Handel