Select Repertoire List – Popular Choices for Wedding
Ceremonies
You
are welcome to pick any pieces you like from my full
repertoire list, or to request a piece that does not
appear. The pieces below are some popular and time
honoured pieces for wedding ceremonies. When choosing
music, do remember that religious music of any kind is
not permitted during civil ceremonies.
Prelude
The
best choices here are relaxing and not too demanding on
the ear – your guests will be arriving and this will
help settle them before the ceremony begins. Typically,
you will need to choose around six pieces of music.
Ideally, the last piece needs to be in the same key as
the processional piece.
Bonny Sweet Robin (Anon, 15th century)
Braes of Locheil (Traditional Scottish)
Eilean Aigais (The Isle of Aigas) (Scotland)
Fagail Liosmore (Traditional Scottish)
Fields of Gold (Sting, Modern)
Gymnopedie No 1 (Satie)
Jamie Come Try Me (Burns, Scotland)
Lady (Lionel Richie, Modern)
Laoidh An Iasgair (Fisherman’s Prayer) (Scotland)
My
Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Burns, Scotland)
Titanic Theme (Modern)
Unchained Melody (Modern)
Processional
The
most important thing is that the bride should feel
comfortable walking to the pace of the processional
piece. Choose tunes with a steady rhythm or stately
marching pace.
An
Honest Man (Traditional Scottish/Irish)
Bridal Chorus (Wagner – the traditional wedding march)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring* (Bach)
Jupiter Theme (Holst, The Planets)**
St
Kilda Wedding March (Traditional Scottish)
Signing of the Register
It’s good to pick something gentle but cheerful here to
keep your guests entertained and upbeat. You will
usually need two or three pieces here.
There are usually only a few seconds in between the
ending of the register signing and the recessional. This
means that ideally, the final piece I play here needs to
be in the same key as the recessional piece.
Closest Thing to Crazy (Katie Melua, Modern)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
Inis Siar (McNulty, Scotland)
Loch Tay Boat Song (Traditional Scottish)
St
Anthony Chorale (Haydn)*
Sheebeg and Sheemore (Carolan, Ireland)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Sweetness of Mary (Traditional, Cape Breton)
Wind Beneath my Wings (Modern)
Recessional
The
final part of the ceremony and the most joyous. The
music here is a celebration of your first steps together
as a married couple.
A
Leita Vita (Gastoldi)
Finale from ‘Music for Royal Fireworks (Handel)
Guilderoy (Scotland)
Margaret’s Waltz (Traditional Scottish)
Miss Margaret Graham of Gartmore’s Favourite (Marshall,
Scotland)
Morrison’s Gig (Traditional Irish)
Peacock’s Feather (Ireland)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Wild Ducks Nest (Traditional Scottish)
Y
Dydd (Traditional Welsh)
* Not suitable for civil wedding ceremonies
** Best to
double check with the registrar regarding civil
ceremonies, as this is also used as a hymn tune
