Wedding Music
String Quartet Ceremony Recommendations
Below are some popular choices for classical wedding music. You can of course choose any music from our playlists, or contact us for special requests.
For civil ceremonies, please confirm all song choices with your registrar as religious music cannot be included.
Entrance of the Bride
- Canon in D by Pachelbel
- Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin by Wagner
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel
- Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) by Clarke
- Trumpet Voluntary by Stanley
Signing the Register
- Air in D (Air on the G String) by J.S. Bach
- Largo from Winter (The Four Seasons) by Vivaldi
- Air from Water Music by Handel
- Romanza from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart
- Minuet and Trio from String Quintet in E by Boccherini
- Flower Duet from Lakme by Delibes
- Claire de Lune by Debussy
- Träumerei by Schumann
- Salut d'Amour by Elgar
- Chanson de Matin by Elgar
Additional pieces for church ceremonies
- Sheep may Safely Graze by Bach
- My Heart Ever Faithful by Bach
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
Exit Music
- Wedding March by Mendelssohn
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel
- La Rejouissance by Handel
- Spring from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi
- Trumpet Tune by Purcell
- Prelude from Te Deum by Charpentier
String Duo Ceremony Recommendations
Entrance of the Bride
Canon in D by Pachelbel
Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) by Clarke
Prelude from Te Deum by Charpentier
Signing the Register
Air in D (Air on the G String) by Bach
O for the Wings of a Dove by Mendelssohn
Air from Water Music by Handel
Andante from Berenice by Handel
O mio babbino caro by Puccini
Minuet from String Quintet in E by Boccherini
Exit Music
Grande Valse Brillante, Op. 18 by Chopin
Hornpipe in D from Water Music by Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel
Prelude from Te Deum by Charpentier
Music Playlists
String Quartet
Pop & Rock
Abba
Money, Money, Money
Aerosmith
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Beach Boys
God Only Knows
Beatles
All You Need is Love
Eleanor Rigby
Here There and Everywhere
Bob Dylan
To Make you Feel my Love
Bruno Mars
Marry you
Carpenters
Close to You
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
Coldplay
Viva La Vida
Don McLean
And I Love You So
Elbow
One Day Like This
Elton John
Your Song
Elvis Presley (written by other people…)
Falling in Love With You
Eric Clapton
Wonderful Tonight
Four Seasons
Working My Way Back to You
Jason Mraz
I’m Yours
John Legend
All of Me
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
Masser (Whitney Houston)
The Greatest Love of All
Oasis
Whatever
Plain White T’s
Hey There Delilah
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
Van Morrison
Have I Told You Lately
Moondance
Take That
Greatest Day
The Flood
Taylor Swift
Love Story
The Verve
Bittersweet Symphony
The Wannadies
You and Me Song
Tony Christie
Is This the Way to Amarillo
Shows, Film, TV
Beaches
Wind Beneath My Wings
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Moon River
Cinderella
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Deer Hunter
Cavatina
Evita
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
Fawlty Towers
Theme
Fiddler on the Roof
If I were a Rich Man
Jesus Christ Superstar
I Don’t Know How to Love Him
Jurassic Parc
Theme
Les Misérables
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Master and Commander
Theme
Moulin Rouge
Come What May
My Fair Lady
I Could Have Danced All Night
Notting Hill
She
Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You
Pirates of the Caribbean
Theme
Poirot
Theme
Pride and Prejudice
Theme by Carl Davis
Rocky
Theme
Romeo and Juliet
Love Theme (A Time for Us)
Sound of Music
Edelweiss
Starwars
Theme
Superman
Theme
The Third Man
Harry Lime Theme
Wallace & Gromit
Theme
West Side Story
I Feel Pretty
Maria
One Hand One Heart
Somewhere
Tonight
Wizard of Oz
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Z Cars
Theme
Disney
Beauty and the Beast
Be Our Guest
Jungle Book
The Bare Necessities
Lion King
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Video Games
Final Fantasy VII
Super Mario Brothers
Jazz & Easy Listening
Ellington
It Don’t Mean a Thing
Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Summertime
Glover-Kind
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
Henderson
Black Bottom
Howard
Fly Me to the Moon
Iradier
La Paloma
Jones
It Had to be You
Joplin
Country Club
Maple Leaf Rag
Paragon Rag
Roseleaf Rag
The Entertainer
Kern
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Leigh and Collins
My Old Man (Cock Linnet)
Mancini
Moon River
Porter
Anything Goes
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Strayhorn
Take the ‘A’ Train
Weiss and Thiele (Louis Armstrong)
What a Wonderful World
Traditional & Christmas
Traditional
- Calon Lân
- Myfanwy
- Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
- Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
- Irish Washerwoman (“Irish Jig”)
- Irish Sherry Suite
- Greensleeves
- Nearer my God to Thee
Christmas
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory
- Away in a Manger
- Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
- God rest ye merry, gentlemen
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- I Heard the Bells
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- O, Christmas Tree
- Silent Night
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Classical
S. Bach
Air in D (Air on the G String)
Arioso
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Double Violin Concerto
Sheep May Safely Graze
Wachet Auf
Barber
Adagio for Strings
Bartok
Rumanian Folk Dances
Beethoven
Für Elise
Ode to Joy
Boccherini
Minuet and Trio from String Quintet in E
Theme from Master and Commander
Borodin
Notturno
Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Charpentier
Prelude from Te Deum
Chopin
Grande Valse Brilliante, Op. 18
Grande Valse Brillante Op. 34, No. 2
Valse Op. 70 No. 3
Clarke
Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)
Debussy
Cake-Walk
Clair de Lune
Delibes
Flower Duet from Lakme
Dvorak
Humoresque
Largo from New World Symphony
Elgar
Chanson de Matin
Chanson de Nuit
Salut d’Amour
Gounod
Ave Maria
Grieg
Morning from Peer Gynt Suite
Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
La Rejouissance
Water Music Suites
Jenkins
Palladio
Mahler
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Mendelssohn
Wedding March
Monteverdi
Sinfonia and Final Duet from L’incoronazione di Poppea
Monti
Czardas
Mozart
Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate
Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21
Divertimento in D K. 156
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
String Quartet in C Major K. 157
Pachelbel
Canon in D
Gigue
Puccini
Nessun Dorma
Rimsky-Korsakov
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Schubert
Ave Maria
Schumann
Träumerei
Stanley
Trumpet Voluntary
Strauss
Blue Danube Waltz
Radetzky March
Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Swan Lake Waltz
Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker)
Vivaldi
Largo from Winter (The Four Seasons)
Spring from The Four Seasons
Wagner
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
String Duo
Pop & Rock
Aerosmith
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Beatles
All You Need is Love
Coldplay
Viva La Vida
Ellie Goulding
How Long Will I love You
Love Me Like You Do
Jazz & Light Music
Gershwin
A Foggy Day
I Got Rhythm
Someone to Watch Over Me
Summertime
Hill
Glory of Love
Joplin
Country Club
Reflection Rag
Search-Light Rag
Swipesy Cakewalk
Kern
Smoke gets in Your Eyes
The Way You Look Tonight
McHugh
Exactly Like You
Miller
Moonlight Serenade
Stohart and Ruby
I Wanna be Loved by You
Villoldo
El Choclo: Tango Argentine
Waller
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Warren
Keep Young and Beautiful
Shows, Film & TV
Fawlty Towers theme
Climb Ev’ry Mountain from The Sound of Music
Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
Traditional & Classical
Traditional
Myfanwy
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Greensleeves
Sailor’s Hornpipe
Star of County Down
World in Union
Classical
Arne
Amoroso
S. Bach
Air in D (Air on the G String)
Beethoven
Three duos (originally for clarinet and bassoon)
Boccherini
Minuet from String Quintet in E
Charpentier
Prelude from Te Deum
Chopin
Grande Valse Brillante, Op. 18
Clarke
Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)
Granados
Spanish Dance No. 2
Handel
Air from Water Music
Andante from Berenice
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bourrée from Water Music
Courante from Theodora
Gavotte from Il Pastor Fido
Gavotte in A from Oreste
Gavotte in G from Oreste
Gige from Partenope
Hornpipe in D from Water Music
Hornpipe in F from Water Music
Jigg from Oreste
Larghetto from Theodora
March from Rinaldo
Minuet from Arminio
Minuet from Il Pastor Fido
Minuet from Imeneo
Rondeau from Ariodante
Sinfonia from Giustino
Sinfonia from Scipione
Mendelssohn
O for the Wings of a Dove
Pachelbel
Canon in D
Puccini
O mio babbino caro
Scarlatti
March in C from Tigrane
March in D from Tigrane
Telemann
Wedding Divertissement
Vivaldi
Largo from Winter (The Four Seasons)
Wagner
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin