CIVIL WEDDING CEREMONY
• Music to
accompany the entrance of the Bride
• Music for the Signing of the Register
• Music for the
exit of the Bride and Groom
DRINKS RECEPTION
Music for your guests to enjoy
as you pose for photos
WEDDING BREAKFAST
Two hours of beautiful relaxing music presenting the perfect back-drop to
conversation over dinner.
SELECTING MUSIC FOR A CIVIL CEREMONY
You will need to choose three pieces of music for your Civil Ceremony; one for the entrance of the Bride (Processional), the Signing of the Register and for the Bride and Groom at the end of the Ceremony (Recessional). It is probably worth bearing in mind that the Processional and Recessional pieces of music will be very short so you may wish to save your favourite song for the Signing of the Register. Although you are not allowed to choose any religious music there is still a huge choice available to you.
We have listed below some ideas which are acceptable to the Registrars for a Civil Ceremony. Of course, you are welcome to choose a song which is not on the list, just let us know and we will advise you whether it will be permissible to the Registrars and whether it can be played on the piano.
If you do not wish to choose the music yourself, we will be most happy to do it for you.
POPULAR PIECES FOR CIVIL CEREMONIES
Traditional
Bridal March
from ‘Lohengrin’
Richard Wagner
Air From Suite No. 3
J S Bach
Trumpet Voluntary
Jeremiah Clarke
Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Felix Mendelssohn
Gymnopedie No. 1
Erik Satie
Canon In D
Johann Pachelbel
Popular / Easy
Listening
What A Wonderful World
Weiss/Thiele
Cavatina
Stanley Myers
Way You Look Tonight
Jerome Kern
Sleepy Shores
Johnny Pearson
Fly Me To The Moon
Bart Howard
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Harold Arlen
We've Only Just Begun
Carpenters
It Had To Be You
Jones/Kahn
As Time Goes By
Dooley Wilson
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Stevie Wonder
Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel
When I Fall In Love
Heyman/Young
Let There Be Love
Rand/Grant
Wind Beneath My Wings
Henley/Silbar
Ballade Pour Adeline
De Senneville
S'Wonderful
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Summertime
Our Love Is Here To Stay
George Gershwin
All You Need Is Love
The Beatles
Memory
Lloyd Webber
Songs
Frequently REJECTED by Registrars
Jupiter - Holst (I Vow To Thee My Country), Ave Maria, Ode To
Joy (Beethoven), Amazing Grace, Chapel Of Love, Londonderry Air
(aka Danny Boy), Jesus Christ Superstar musical.