Wedding Reception Songs - The Ceremony part 3

Posted on | June 12, 2010 |

I am also starting this post with a recap of what the songs are for to make it easier for you to refer to. Scroll down for the samples of the songs. Once again there are a bunch of links to You Tube so you can hear the songs. When I started this post I had no idea how time consuming it was going to be linking everything, I hope it is helpful and makes choosing songs easier for you!

Prelude songs are the songs that will be played as your guests arrive and are seated, before the start of the actual ceremony. Everyone has a different time length, but typically about 6 songs are chosen for this time. Classical music is traditionally the music of choice, but the possibilities are endless.

Processional songs come next. Right before the actual ceremony starts your important guests are seated, like parents and grandparents and other immediate family. When these people are to walk down the isle to take their seats the processional songs start playing. These songs will also play as the members of your bridal party walk down the isle.

Bride Entrance song, this one is fairly obvious. The start of this song usually signals the guests to stand as the bride is escorted down the isle.

Interlude songs are played through out the wedding ceremony and during the lighting of unity candles.

Recessional songs are the songs that play at the end of the wedding ceremony as the bridal party leaves, usually to form some sort of receiving line.

Postlude songs signify the end of the ceremony and play as the guests leave the wedding ceremony area.

Here are the last samples of songs for the ceremony:

Oboe Concerto - Heinz Holliger (Mozart)
On Golden Pond - Dave Grusin
Only Hope - Mandy Moore
Our Song - Taylor Swift
Passion (Sanctuary)
Pathetique, pt. 1 - Glenn Gould (Beethoven)
Pictures of You - The last goodnight
Prelude In C - Josef Hoffmann plays Rachmaninoff
Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun - Debussy
Prelude in A Major - Chopin
Promise - Tracy Chapman
Prophet Jones - Lifetime
Ready For Love - India.Arie
Refuge (When its cold outside) John Legend
Ribbon in the sky - Stevie Wonder
Right Here, Right Now - HSM3
Romance Op. 24, No. 9 - Sibelius
Romanza - Bocelli
Rondo - Mozart played by Jascha Heifetz
Sally Gardens
Sarabande - Haendel
Say Yes - Shekinah Glory Ministries
Seasons of Love - Rent
Serenade - Schubert
Share My World - Mary J. Blige
Sheep May safely graze - Bach
Shenandoah - Sissel
Shower The People - James Taylor
Shower me with your Love - Surface
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Sleeper’s awake - Bach by the Philadelphia Orchestra
Some Enchanted Evening - Cesare Siepi
Something Beautiful - The Newsboys
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Somewhere (A Place for Us) - Barbra Stresiand
Stop This World - Ne-yo
Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine
Sunrise Over the Sea - John Butler Trio
Tangled Up In You - Staind
That’s How You Know - Enchanted
That’s the Beat of a Heart - Warren Brothers
The Gift - Jim Brickman
The Other Side Of Me - Michael W. Smith cover
The One - Backstreet Boys
The Rose - Bette Midler
The Reason - Hoobastank
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
The Wedding Song - Darla & Chad Day
Then he kissed me - The Crystals
These Are the Special Times - Christina Aguilera
This I Swear - Nick Lachey
This Kind of Love - Sister Hazel
This Very Moment - K-Ci & JoJo
Today I met the boy I’m going to marry - Darlene Love
To a Wild Rose - Wladimir Selinsky
To Love Somebody - The Bee Gees
To Make You Feel My Love - Billy Joel
Tonight I celebrate my love - Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson
Traditional wedding march - Wagner
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Until The End Of Time - Justin Timberlake
Wachet Auf - J.S. Bach
Wait For Me - Rebecca St. James
Wait for Love - Luther Vandross
Waiting On A Woman - Brad Paisley
We Must Be in Love - Pure Soul
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Weep You No More Sad Fountains - Patrick Doyle Sense and Sensibility
We’ve only just begun - The Carpenters
What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
What you won’t do for love - Bobby Caldwell
When God Made You
When I’m Gone - 3 Doors Down
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss or Ronan Keating
Winter Largo - Vivaldi
With this ring I thee wed - Hank Snow
Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
You Are My Lady - Freddie Jackson
You Belong To Me - Dean Martin or The Duprees
You Bring Me Joy - Anita Baker
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
You Were Meant For Me - Jewel
You and me - Lifehouse
You’ll Never Walk Alone - Jordan Sparks
Younger Than Springtime - Mandy Patinkin South Pacific
Your Call - Secondhand Serenade
Your love amazes me - John Berry

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