Wedding Music Sound & Video Files
To begin your music selection research, listen to various sound files provided below, and check the additional wedding music informational pages in this web site.
A comprehensive list of music music reference sites & planning information is attached below to download for your reference. It contains a list of:
URLS with sound files
information on wedding programs
Catholic wedding resources (music, ceremony, programs, readings, etc.)
hiring bands
wedding planning software guides, & more general resources
Bagpipers
Prize Winning Bagpiper Nathan Wilds
1) First United Methodist Church Champaign Video
2) UI LAS Commencement Processional Video (Start @1 minute)
Paul Hinson Bagpiper
1) "Amazing Grace" Video Lincolnshire Fields Country Club St. Patrick's Day Party 3/14/2020
Solo Harp Wedding Music Samples
The tempo can be adjusted as needed to fit the moment and spirit. (If the links do not play when you click on the titles below, open the URL above and click on the titles. Then they will play.)
For Processional
Canon in D Major - Pachelbel
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin "Here Comes the Bride"
Hornpipe (from "Water Music Suite") - Handel (could also be recessional music)
Recessional Only
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Hornpipe (from "Water Music Suite") - Handel (could also be processional music)
Duo Sound Files
Red Soda Band Violin & Cello Duos
Cello & Accordion Heart Strings Duo (Barbara Hedlund, Cello, Maria Merkelo, Accordion)
Liszt's Dreams of Love video performed live on the former Mills Breast Cancer Institute Weekly Music Series
Schubert's Serenade Video - performed live on the former Mills Breast Cancer Institute Weekly Music Series
String Quartet Sound Files
More String Quartet Sound files - Check under the heading Sound Files, then scroll down to
Arrangements for Strings. We own and play most of Matt Naughtin's arrangements for string quartet.San Francisco Strings or http://www.sfstrings.com/soundarlekin.htm ( The midi files take a while to start playing once opening the site.)
Trio "When 3 is Not a Crowd" - And This is My Beloved: Music for When You Say I Do
Springer Cultural Center Bach’s Lunch Series Recital (11/18/05) Barbara Hedlund, Violoncello, Ronald Hedlund, Bass-baritone, Gordon Wilson, Piano
Prelude or Gathering Music (music for when guests are being seated) Click on the links to hear the solo cello & piano sound files.
Nocturne from the string quartet AKA “And this is my beloved” from "Kismet " (Borodin)
O mio babbino Caro (Puccini)
Claire de Lune (Debussy)
Flower Duet from Lakme (Delibes)
Vocalise (Rachmaninov)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet)
Music for the seating of the family - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) (cello & piano)
Music for the lighting of the candles - Ich Liebe Dich (I Love You Dear) (Grieg) - Vocal Solo
Music for the entrance of bridal attendants, flower girl, & ring bearer - Canon in D (Pachelbel) (cello & piano)
Music for the Bridal Processional (cello & piano)
Trumpet Voluntary in D (by Jeremiah Clarke - often listed erroneously as composed by Purcell)
Hornpipe/Finale from the Water Music Suite (Handel) (solo cello & piano)
Music for the Bridal Processional at the Temple (cello & piano)
Music for the Unity Candle Lighting, Communion, or Presentation of Gifts to the Holy Mother
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) Vocal Solo with cello & piano
Panis Angelicus (Franck) Instrumental Solo (cello & piano)
Recessional & Postlude Music (cello & piano)
La Rejouissance (The Rejoicing) (Handel)
Spring from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Autumn from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Traditional Recessional Music for the Temple
Simon Tov (cello & piano)
More Wedding Music Sound Files to Explore
Download the wedding music reference list below.