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Ceremony Music Suggestions These are intended to help guide you in choosing music, however you can choose any music from the entire music list.

Parents and Grandparents: Jesu, Joy of A Man’s Desiring ...................................................J.S. Bach Canon in D ......................................................................................... Pachabell Ode to Joy ......................................................................................... Beethoven Aria from Xerxes .............................................................................G.F. Handel

Wedding Party and Flower Girls: “The Flower Duet” from Lakme .............................................. Delibes Canon in D ......................................................................................... Pachabell Winter from the Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi

Bride: Wedding March ............................................................................... Richard Wagner Trumpet Tune ................................................................................... Henry Purcell Canon in D ......................................................................................... Pachabell Ave Maria ...........................................................................................Franz Schubert A Thousand Years .......................................................................... Christina Perri O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi

Puccini

“The Flower Duet” from Lakme .............................................. Delibes Meditation from Thais .................................................................. Massenet

Lighting of the Unity Candle/Sand Ceremony: Air on G String ................................................................................. J.S. Bach Meditation from Thais ................................................................... Massenet

Recessional: Wedding March ............................................................................... Felix Mendelssohn Entrance of the Queen of Sheba ............................................ G.F. Handel Viva La Vida ...................................................................................... Coldplay Ode to Joy ......................................................................................... Beethoven

Classical List Air on G. .................................................................................

Bach

La Rejouissance .................................................................

Handel

“Adagio” from Pathetique Sonata ............................

Beethoven

Liebestraum ........................................................................

Liszt

“Adagietto” from Symphony No. 5 ..........................

Gustav Mahler

Long Journey .....................................................................

Kurt Kaiser

“Adagio” from Violin Concerto ...................................

Brahms

Meditation from Thais ....................................................

Massenet

Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate ....................................

Mozart

Midsummer Night’s Dream, “Nocture” ..................

Mendelssohn

Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 ...................

Mozart

My Heart Ever Faithful ...................................................

Bach

Arabesque #2 .....................................................................

Debussy

“O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi ........

Puccini

“Aria” from Xerxes ..........................................................

G.F. Handel

O Perfect Love ..................................................................

Joseph Barnby

Arioso .....................................................................................

J.S. Bach

Ode to Joy .............................................................................

Beethoven

Ave Maria .............................................................................

Bach-Gounod

Panis angelicus .................................................................

Franck

Ave Maria .............................................................................

Schubert

“Pie Jesu” from Requiem .............................................

Faure

Badinerie ...............................................................................

Bach

“Prayer” from Hansel and Gretel ..............................

Humperdinck

Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman .............................

Offenbach

Prelude and Fugue in E minor ....................................

Bach

Bei Mannern from the Magic Flute ..........................

Mozart

Romance ..............................................................................

Debussy

Bist Du Bei Mir ...................................................................

Bach

Rondeau ................................................................................

Jean Mouret

Canon in D ...........................................................................

Pachelbel

Sarabande ............................................................................

Bach

“Cavatina” from String Quartet, Op. 130 .............

Beethoven

Sheep May Safely Graze ...............................................

Bach

Chamber Suite in D, Adagio and Allegro ...............

Handel

Sleeping Beauty Waltz ...................................................

Tchaikovsky

Clair de Lune .......................................................................

Debussy

Suite from the Fairy Queen .........................................

Henry Purcell

Concerto for 2 Violins, Allegro ....................................

Vivaladi

Te Deum ...............................................................................

M.A. Charpentier

Concerto Grosso No. 10 ...............................................

Corelli

The Toreador’s Song from Carmen .........................

Bizet

Concerto in D Minor ........................................................

Vivaladi

“To A Wild Rose” from Woodland Sketches ........

MacDowell

Der Vogelfanger from the Magic Flute ...................

Mozart

Traumeri ...............................................................................

Schumann

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba ...............................

G.F. Handel

Trumpet Tune .....................................................................

Henry Purcell

“Flower Duet” from Lakme ...........................................

Delibes

Trumpet Voluntary ...........................................................

Jeramiah Clarke

Golliwog’s Cake-Walk ......................................................

Debussy

Wachet auf ............................................................................

Bach

“Habanera” from Carmen ..............................................

Bizet

Water Music Suite ...............................................................

Handel

If With All Your Hearts from Elijah ............................

Mendelssohn

Wedding March (Bridal Chorus) ................................

Wagner

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring .........................................

Bach

Wedding March .................................................................

Mendelssohn

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin .........................................

Debussy

“Winter” from the Four Seasons ...............................

Vivaldi

Popular Music A Day in the Life of a Fool .............................................

Luiz Bonfa

La Vie en Rose ...................................................................

Louis Armstrong

A Thousand Years ..............................................................

Christina Perri

Manha de Carnaval (Morning of the Carnival) ....

Luiz Bonfa

“A Time for Us” from Romeo and Juliet ..................

Tchaikovsky

Memory (from “Cats”)

A. Lloyd Weber

All I Ask of You. ...................................................................

A. Llyod Weber

Misty

Erroll Garner

All of You ................................................................................

Cole Porter

Moon River ............................................................................

Audrey Hepburn

All You Need Is Love ..........................................................

Beatles

“My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic ..........................

James Horner

As Time Goes By .................................................................

Ella Fitzgerald

“Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera

A. Llyod Weber

Begin the Begunie .............................................................

Cole Porter

New Slang ............................................................................

The Shins

Besame Mucho ...................................................................

Consuelo Velaquez

One Hand, One Heart ......................................................

Leonard Bernstein

Blue Moon .............................................................................

Richard Rogers

Only Time ...............................................................................

Enya

Blue Tango ..............................................................................

Leroy Anderson

The Prayer .............................................................................

Foster and Sager

Bye Bye Blackbird ..............................................................

Ray Henderson

Someone to Watch Over Me ..........................................

Gershwin

Can You Feel the Love Tonight ...................................

Elton John

Someone Out There ...........................................................

from American Tail

Cinema Paradiso .................................................................

Ennio Morricone

Strangers in the Night ......................................................

Bert Kaempfert

Clocks .......................................................................................

Coldplay

Song for My Father ............................................................

Horace Silver

Come Away With Me ........................................................

Norah Jones

Take Five ................................................................................

Paul Desmond

Come In from the Rain ....................................................

Melissa Manchester

Tangos .....................................................................................

Michael McLean

Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) ..................

Sartori

“Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera ...........

A. Lloyd Weber

El Relicario ..............................................................................

Jose Padil

Unforgettable ........................................................................

Gordon

Embraceable You ...............................................................

Gershwin

Viva La Vida ...........................................................................

ColdPlay

Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye .........................................

Cole Porter

What A Wonderful World ................................................

Weiss and Thiele

Falling Slowly ........................................................................

Hansard and Irglova

What Is This Thing Called Love ....................................

Cole Porter

How High the Moon ..........................................................

Morgan Lewis

Yellow ......................................................................................

ColdPlay

I Love You ...............................................................................

Cole Porter

You and I ................................................................................

Michael Buble

I Will Always Love You .....................................................

Dolly Parton

You Raise Me Up ................................................................

Graham/Loveland

Isn’t It Romantic ..................................................................

Richard Rogers

It Had to Be You .................................................................

Isham Jones

It’s Only a Paper Moon ....................................................

Harold Arlen

It’s Alright With Me ............................................................

Cole Porter

I’ve Got You Under My Skin ............................................

Cole Porter

Just the Way You Are ......................................................

Bruno Mars

La Cumparsita .....................................................................

G. Rodrigue