Classical Music for Ceremony

I should be hearing from our musicians soon, so I will post on here when that happens

I'm glad you posted this!!LOL..what kind of classical music are you referring too? What type of music do you and your FI listen too?

I let my musicians, who were good friends of mine, pick the music they wanted to play.

prelude- some Bach, duets, solo stuff that they chose (I wouldn't choose prelude music. You won't hear it and musicians are generally pretty good at picking this themselves...just tell them how long and if there's anything you DON'T want to hear)

processional- flute Telemann Suite (that was the only processional)

there was an extra piece in the middle on flute

Recessional- march from Aida

I specifically told my musicians I didn't want "wedding music." As a musician myself, I play that stuff ALL the time. It gets stuck in my head and to be quite frank, I'm just a little sick of it. Beautiful music, but not what I wanted to hear at MY wedding.

Let me know if you want some recommendations. This is right up my alley!

@MrsSoonToBeW - we listen to r&b, hip-hop, soul and I am a big Prince fan.

@Robin A - I definitely want "wedding music". This is the only time in my life where I will be able to have it so I am just so excited about it. I could see how you could get tired of it being a musician though. :-)

For the ceremony, I'm having a string trio and here are the songs I've picked so far.

Processional - The Flower Song from Lakme - Leo Delibis

Bridal Processional - Bridal Chorus from Act III of Lohengrin - Wagner

Recessional - Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn

I've picked some other classical tunes that I like (Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach, Trumpet Tune - Purcell) and a couple of pop tunes (At Last, Unforgettable) to give them an idea of what I might want played before and after the ceremony, but I'm not going to hear it so I will leave it up to them what the playlist should be.

I'm having a string trio play at my wedding. I'm a violinist, but I didn't want a lot of the "traditional" classical music you hear in every wedding on TV or in movies.

Here's few songs I'm having played, youtube them

Humoresque - (Dvorak)

Liebeslied - (Kreisler)

Salut d’Amour - (Elgar)

Schön Rosmarin - (Kreisler)

Processional: What a wonderful world

Bridal entrance: Dawn - Piano solo (theme to Pride and Prejudice)

Sand Ceremony: Secret Garden

Recessional: Lucky - Jason Mraz

I listen to classical music all the time but we are not using it in our wedding just because I don't want to. The only one we are using is here comes the bride played on harp. One of the traditional songs often used for processional is Pacabel's Canon in D. There are a lot of good ones out there. good luck.