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Welcome to

ST MICHAEL & All ANGELS CHURCH

(Church of England)

St Michael's Green, Warwick Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 2BN

 

 

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Classical music suggestions

Struggling for inspiration? Here are some popular choices for the wedding music

Suggestions for while your guests arrive:

  • Water Music Pachelbel -- Handel
  • Canon in D --
  • Prelude, Air and Gavotte -- Wesley
  • Nimrod from Enigma Variations -- Elgar
  • Sheep May Safely Graze -- Bach
  • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring -- Bach

Tunes for a stately, processional, entrance:

  • Here Comes the Bride, Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin -- Wagner
  • The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba -- Handel Trumpet Tune and Air -- Purcell Entree Pontificale -- Bossi
  • Pomp and Circumstance March -- Elgar Carillon Murril
  • Trumpet Tune -- Stanley
  • Trumpet Voluntary -- Clarke
  • I Was Glad -- Parry

Music during the signing of the register:

  • Ave Maria -- Schubert
  • Ave Maria -- Gounod
  • Air on a G string -- Bach
  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You -- Rutter
  • Panis Angelicus -- Franck
  • Adagio in G minor -- Albinoni
  • Choral Prelude -- Bach
  • Nocturne from String Quartet -- Borodin
  • Largo from Symphony No 9 -- Dvorak

Music for celebratory and triumphant exits:

  • Music for the Royal Fireworks -- Handel
  • Wedding March from a Midsummer Night's Dream -- Mendelssohn
  • Toccata (Symphony no 5) or March Pontificale -- Widor
  • Prelude and Fugue in A -- Bach
  • Trumpet Voluntary -- Clarke
  • Triumphal March Opus 53 no 3 -- Greig
  • Grand March from Aida -- Verdi
  • The Ride of the Valkyrie -- Wagner
  • Ode to Joy -- Beethoven
  • Fantasia in G minor