Most popular wedding music

For church ceremonies

We arrange the music for hundreds of religious and church weddings annually, and so tend to see rather more Orders of Service than most!

Here's a list of the music that our clients have chosen most frequently over the years. For each section we've given their top six choices.

For the entrance of the bride:

• The Prince of Denmark's March - J Clarke
• Wedding March from 'Lohengrin' - R Wagner
• If ye love me - T Tallis
• Gloria in excelsis Deo - A Vivaldi
• Eternal source of light divine - GF Handel
• Trumpet Tune in D - H Purcell

During the signing of the register:

• Ave Maria - F Schubert
• Laudate Dominum - WA Mozart
• Jesu, joy of man's desiring - JS Bach
• Ave verum corpus - WA Mozart
• The Lord bless you and keep you – J Rutter
• Dome épais - L Delibes

Hymns:

• Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
• Jerusalem
• Dear Lord and father of mankind
• Love divine, all loves excelling
• Glorious things of thee are spoken
• Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

Recessional:

• Toccata from Symphony No. 5 - CM Widor
• Hallelujah Chorus - GF Handel
• Wedding March - F Mendelssohn
• La Réjouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - GF Handel
• Prelude to Te Deum – M-A Charpentier
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - GF Handel

If you need some suggestions for bible readings, why not download our pdf of popular choices?

And for the words to the hymns above (and many more beside), download our pdf of hymn words.