Music IN your wedding . . .

[SnoWhite]

We had a good friend of ours play the piano for the ceremony. I'm not sure what was played while guests were seated, we told him to do whatever he wanted.

Bridesmaids/MOH processional: Cannon in D
Brides processional: Clocks by Coldplay
Recessional: Zippidy Do Dah

Not very traditional, but really reflected our personalities which we felt was important!

Lisa

 

[Peanut]

Typical wedding march.
Stay Connected (reggae gospel song). Song that we chose for rose presentation
Main Street Electrical Parade when we left the Wedding Pavilion.
YES we did have a Disney Wedding!!

 

[mbw12]

I can't remember the name of the wedding processional.

But the song that we chose to have sung during our cermony was "If you say my eyes are beautiful", which is a song by (believe it or not) Jermain Jackson and Whitney Houston. tjhat song is so beautiful and still makes me cry when I think about it.

Bobbi

 

[Deb in IA]

Originally posted by Galahad
One of these days we'll have a honeymood.

Sounds like a trip to Hawaii is in order!!

 

[tkd lisa]

While everyone was being seated, we had the soundtrack from "Somewhere in Time". For our unity candle, we had James Taylor's "Somethin in the way she moves". The procession in and out were whatever the traditional wedding music is. I always say "Here comes the bride" and "Dum, dum da dum dum dum dum" cause I don't know what their real names are.

 

[Razor Roman]

We're planning our wedding right now, and we're slightly limited because we're Catholic, but the wedding will be in a wonderful cathedral with an historic organ. We may get some strings too if the budget allows.

We've decided to do the traditional thing. The reason is, that those are the songs you think about when you are young and picturing your perfect wedding in your head. We want to use those songs because when my fiancee graduated college (Princeton University) they didn't play Pomp & Circumstance (they have some old traditional thing that pre-dates Pomp) and she said she had always pictured that song being played and when it wasn't it lacked the emotional impact she thought it would have.

So we're going to go with

Canon in D / Here Comes the Bride
for the processional / bruide's entrance

and Mendelsohn's Wedding music from "Midsummer Night's Dream" for the recessional.

We will also be using the Ave Maria (for the part where the bride lays flower's at the Virgin Mary). If I can work in the song "Because" somewhere in there I will try to, because when I was younger my grandmother used to tell me about how she always sang that as her "signature song" when she was the wedding soloist at her church. I wish she could have been with us to see my wedding!

 

[Galahad]

Here Comes the Bride

You obviouslly know the traditional recessional is from Mendelsohn. Did you know that Here Comes the Bride is from a Wagner Opera? Everytime I here it I am reminded of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd with their "spear and magic helmet"!

 

[katerkat]

Gosh, I can't remember them all! It was two years ago! But, I did walk down the aisle to the wedding march from The Sound of Music - it was awesome!

 

[RoyalCanadian]

As a minister who performs an average of 5-7 weddings each year, I'm quite picky about the music that is allowed in the wedding service. I encourage the couples (not just the bride) to choose music that is of the highest quality and speaks of the love the Church speaks of in regards to marriage. That said -- Wagner's "Wedding Chorus" (Here Comes the Bride) is NOT allowed. The opera from which it comes does not uphold the values of marriage that the Church preaches. The couple gets married and goes off and does everything with everyone but the one to whom they are married.

I have allowed "popular" music. After listening to "I Swear" for a few times, I came to the conclusion that the love it spoke of was for all time, and not just for the moment. For that reason, I don't allow anything from "Titanic" and I also steer clear of "Phantom of the Opera" pieces. I ask couples to save Celine Dion et. al. for the reception.

Do I have the right to decide what music can be played at a wedding? You bet I do. I steer couples towards the outstanding repertoires of Bach, Handel and Beethoven. They wrote music for the Church. Bach's Mass in B minor is gorgeous. Handel's music is wonderful. It also helps that they were both Lutheran. Above all, a wedding service is a worship service. In a worship service, everything we do is to be in worship of God -- not worshipping each other. (there's lots of time on the honeymoon for that kind of stuff ) My wife came down the aisle to "Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven". Gorgeous music praising God chosen by a gorgeous bride.

I know I have disappointed many brides (admittedly, grooms rarely care about the music, if they notice it at all) with my "rules" but I also know of many more who have appreciated the guidance and direction that have made their wedding a truly unique worship service.

 

[N.Bailey]

I don't remember what all we had. I'd have to get my wedding program out. I do remember, Evergreen, Annie's Song, The Wedding Song (which the mother's were seated to), and the only song I remember in the actual ceremony is, The Lord's Prayer.

 

[WDWLVR]

Bridesmaids walked down to Canon in D by Pachellbel

I walked down to Ode to Joy by Beethoven

Lighting of the Unity Candle was to Beginning Today by Ducote

Communion was Panis Angelicus by Franck

Recessional was the Wedding March by Meddelssohn