Wedding Ceremony and Cocktail Hour Classical Music
Below are commonly requested songs that are popular for use during various portions of a ceremony. Musical selections are not limited to these songs. Songs from cocktail hour music can be performed during ceremony music.
Prelude Music
Air on the G String, from Suite #3 in D major, J. S. Bach
Arioso, from Cantata #156 by J. S. Bach
Ave Maria, J. S. Bach
Famous Waltz, Johannes Brahms
Gavotte in A, from Oreste, G.F. Handel
Gigue, from Suite #3 in D major, J. S. Bach
Largo, from Xerxes, G. F. Handel
Largo, from “Winter,” Vivaldi
Minuet in G, J. S. Bach
On Wings of Song, F. Mendelssohn
Sarabande, from Suite #4 in D minor, G. F. Handel
Sheep May Safely Graze, from Canta #208, J. S. Bach
The Swan, Camille Saint-Saens
To A Wild Rose, Edward MacDowell
Mother’s, Grandmother’s, and Bridesmaid’s Processional
Ave Maria, J. S. Bach
Famous Waltz, Johannes Brahms
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata #147, J. S. Bach
Largo from “Winter,” Vivaldi On Wings of Song, F. Mendelssohn
Bridal Processional
Bridal Chorus, from Act III of Lohengrin, Wagner
Canon in D, Johann Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata #147, J. S. Bach
Recessional
Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite, G. F. Handel
Ode To Joy, Ludwig Van Beethoven
Rondeau, from Sinfonies de Fanfares, Jean-Joseph Mouret
Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke
Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, F. Mendelssohn
Classical Music for Cocktail hour and/or Ceremony
Adagio from Sonate Pathetique
Allegro from Sonata in F major, G. F. Handel
Andante, Felix Mendelssohn
Andante Cantabile,Tchaikovsky
Arioso, G. F. Handel Autumn, Antonio Vivaldi
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy
Concerto Grosso in D minor, op.3, #11, Antonio Vivaldi
Dream of Love, Franz Liszt
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, W.A. Mozart
Emperor Waltz, Joseph Strauss
Gavotte, Francois Gossec
La Donna E Mobile, Giuseppe Verdi
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, Claude Debussy
Largo, G. F. Handel
Meditation, from Thais, Jules Massenet
Minuet in G, Ludwig Van Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata, Ludwig van Beethoven
Movement 1, from Brandenburg Concerto #3, J.S. Bach
My Heart That Believest, J. S. Bach
Romeo and Juliet, Tschaikowsky
Selections from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Sinfonia, from Giustino, G.F. Handel
Solveig’s Song, Edvard Grieg
Tales from the Vienna Woods, Johann Strauss
Theme From Symphony in G Minor, W. A. Mozart
To Spring, Edvard Grieg
Traumerei, Robert Shumann
Waltz, Johannes Brahms
Waltz, from Waves of Danube, #1, J. Ivanovici Water Music Suite, G.F. Handel
Unfinished Symphony, Schubert
Valse, Leo Delibes
Love, Pop, Jazz, and Folk Songs for Cocktail Hour and/or Ceremony
All My Loving, Lennon/McCartney
All You Need is Love, Lennon/McCartney
Anniversary Song, from the Jolson Story
A Whole New World, from Aladdin, Alan Menken
Beauty and the Beast, Howard Ashman
Beer Barrel Polka, from “Skoda Lasky”
Beyond the Sea, Charles Trenet
Blue Skies, Irving Berlin
Call Me Irresponsible, James Van Heusen
Can’t Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, Frankie Valli
Can You Feel the Love Tonight, from the Lion King, Elton John
Close to You, The Carpenters
Come Fly With Me, Frank Sinatra
Dream A Little Dream of Me, Wilbur Schwandt
Easy To Love, Cole Porter
Edelweiss, from the sound of Music, Oscar Hammerstein II
Eight Days A Week, Lennon/McCartney
Embraceable You, George Gershwin
Fields of Gold, Sting
Firework, Katy Perry
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
For Once In My Life, Stevie Wonder
Hallelujah, Cohen
Happy Together, as performed by The Turtles
Have I Told You Lately, Van Morrison
Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere, Lennon/McCartney
I Could Write from Pal Joey
In the Mood, Glenn Miller
I Will Be Here, Steven Curtis Chapman
I’ve Got the World On A String, Harold Arlen
I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Cole Porter
I Just Called to Say I Love You, Stevie Wonder
I Say a Little Prayer, Burt Bacharach
I Want to Hold Your Hand, Lennon/McCartney
I Whistle A Happy Tune, from The King and I
I Will Follow Him, J.W. Stole
La Vie En Rose, from Take Me to Your Heart Again, Edith Piaf
Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
Londonderry Air, Irish Folk Song
Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley
Love Theme, The Godfather
Memory, from Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Michelle, Lennon/McCartney
Moon Dance, Van Morrison
Moon Light Serenade, Glenn Miller
Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Johnny Mercer
My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder
My Heart Will Go On, music from The Titanic
New York, New York, Frank Sinatra
'O Sole Mio, Eduardo Di Capua
Over the Rainbow, Harold Arlen
Paradise, Coldplay
Pennsylvania Polka, Lester Lee
Quando, Quando, Quando (Tell Me When)
Save the Last Dance For Me, Doc Pomus
Star Dust, Hoagy Carmichael
Shenandoah, arranged by Ron Harris
Some Day My Prince Will Come, from Snow White
Sunrise, Sunset, from Fiddler on the Roof
Sway, Pablo Beltran Ruiz
Take My Breathe Away from Top Gun
Tarantella That’s Amore, Harry Warren
The Ash Grove, arranged by Ron Harris
The Blessing, performed by Celtic Woman, Brendan Graham
The Girl from Ipanema, Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Impossible Dream, from The Quest, Mitch Leigh
The Rainbow Connection, from the Muppet Movie, Paul Williams
The Water is Wide, arranged by Ron Harris
The Way You Look Tonight, Jerome Kern
'Til There Was You, from The Music Man, Meredith Wilson
Top of The World, The Carpenters
Unchained Melody, Alex North
Unforgettable, Irving Gordon
What A Wonderful World, George David Weiss
What the World Needs Now Is Love, Bacharach
When I Fall in Love, Victor Young
When You Say Nothing At All, Don Schlitz
When You Wish Upon A Star, by Leigh Harline
Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
You Raise Me Up, by Brendan Graham