Skip to main content
ARE YOU A VENDOR?

Post content has been hidden

To unblock this content, please click here

NextChapterReady
Super October 2019

Catholic Wedding Music?!?

NextChapterReady, on June 5, 2019 at 9:58 AM Posted in Planning 0 6
Saved
Reply

We have to start figuring out the music for our Catholic ceremony and I'm having so much trouble picking out songs! Particularly for when I walk down the aisle and for the recessional. Can anyone share your music? (It has to be hymns or limited classical options and cannot be secular)

6 Comments

Latest activity by NextChapterReady, on June 5, 2019 at 11:50 AM
  • MOB So Cal
    January 2019
    MOB So Cal ·
    • Flag
    • Hide content

    I think both Ode to Joy and Canon in D are gorgeous classical pieces. I'd guess both might meet the church's requirements. Either would also be amazing on an organ!

    • Reply
  • Mrs. S
    Master November 2019
    Mrs. S ·
    • Flag
    • Hide content
    Agree with pp, plus Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, Ave Maria (Bach or Schubert), Arioso by Bach, La Rejouissance, Rondeau by Mouret, Be Thou My Vision are all good options
    • Reply
  • NextChapterReady
    Super October 2019
    NextChapterReady ·
    • Flag
    • Hide content
    View Quoted Comment

    Oh that's a good point! We are having an organ and I definitely want to use it to it's fullest haha! Smiley smile

    • Reply
  • NextChapterReady
    Super October 2019
    NextChapterReady ·
    • Flag
    • Hide content
    View Quoted Comment

    Thank you! We are using Ave Maria in the ceremony itself an Be Thou My Vision was one I was considering! I'll have to listen to the others!

    • Reply
  • Kate
    Devoted November 2019
    Kate ·
    • Flag
    • Hide content

    I'm also having a Catholic wedding and have been thinking about "O God Beyond All Praising" for the recessional. A friend used it for her recessional at a Catholic wedding several years ago, and I loved it! It is set to the same tune as the main theme of the 4th movement (Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity) from Gustav Holst's The Planets. The 1st & 3rd verses are traditional for weddings.

    I played piano for a friend's Christian wedding in 2015, and used the main theme from Xerxes (opera) for the processional, and Simple Gifts (from Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring) for the recessional.

    • Reply
  • NextChapterReady
    Super October 2019
    NextChapterReady ·
    • Flag
    • Hide content
    View Quoted Comment

    That sounds very interesting, especially the "O God Beyond All Praising!" I'll have to listen to that! I appreciate the advice Smiley smile

    • Reply

You voted for . Add a comment 👇

×
WeddingWire celebrates love ...and so does everyone on our site! Explore how we embrace diversity

Groups

Show more

WeddingWire article topics