WEDDING MUSIC
St. Mary, Help of Christians
St. Mary, Help of Christians
Contact Nicholas Liese, Director of Music, at music@sesmschool.com to set up a meeting to plan wedding music. This meeting will take 30-45 minutes, and should be completed at least 3 months prior to your wedding date. We will discuss music selections, hiring of an organist, cantor, or other instrumentalist (ex. trumpet, violin), and printing a wedding program.
Seating of the Parents (choose 1)
[Parents/grandparents who are not escorting the bride and groom down the aisle will be seated before the procession of the wedding party.]
Air on the G String
J.S. Bach
Arioso
J.S. Bach
Prière à Notre Dame
(Prayer to Our Lady)
Leon Boëllmann
Xerxes: "Largo"
Georg Frederic Handel
Andante
From Sonata VI
Felix Mendelssohn
[sung by the cantor as the priest processes to the altar]
"God in his holy dwelling place; the God who causes us to dwell together, one at heart, in his house; he himself will give power and strength to his people."
Processional Music (choose 1)
[A single selection is played for the procession of the wedding party, groom, and bride]
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J.S. Bach
II (Starting at 6:20)
Sonata in D Minor
J.S. Bach
Piece d'Orgue (Starting at 1:34)
J.S. Bach
Voluntary No. 1 in D Minor: Mvt 1
William Boyce
Entrée du Cortège
Theodore Dubois
Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel
Rhosymedre
Ralph Vaughan Williams
O God Beyond All Praising
(BB 545)
Option 1
"Seek first the kingdom of God, and all the rest will be given to you in addition, says the Lord."
Option 2
"In you have I put my trust, O Lord; I said "You are my God, my destiny is in your hands."
Offertory Music (choose 1)
[Following the Offertory Antiphon, a solo piece or congregational hymn is sung while the gifts of bread and wine are brought forward and the altar is prepared]
Selections marked with an * are sung by the cantor alone.
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
For the Beauty of the Earth
Come Down, O Love Divine
Where Charity and Love Prevail
The Call (Vaughan Williams)*
Laudate Dominum (Mozart)*
Ubi Caritas (chant)*
Option 1
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God; blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God; blessed are those who suffer persectuion for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Option 2
"Seek first the kingdom of God, and all the rest will be given to you in addition, says the Lord."
Communion Music (choose 1-2)
[A congregational hymn and/or a vocal solo may be sung during the reception of Holy Communion. Larger weddings may require two selections. Communion hymns begin immediately after the Communion Antiphon is chanted.]
Selections marked with an * are sung by the cantor alone.
Adoro te Devote (chant)
Soul of My Savior
Gift of Finest Wheat (aka You Satisfy the Hungry Heart)
O Sacrament Most Holy
Panis Angelicus (Franck)*
Anima Christi (Frisina)*
[may also be sung in English]
Presentation of the Flowers to Mary (choose 1)
[This is optional, but you may present flowers to Mary and pray as a couple at the side altar after Communion. A setting of Ave Maria is sung at this time.]
Recessional Music (choose 1)
[A recessional is played as the couple and wedding party process out of the church.]
Prelude to the "Te Deum"
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Toccata in G
Theodore Dubois
Festive Trumpet Tune
David German
Tuba Tune
C.S. Lang
Fanfare in D
Jaques Nicolas-Lemmens
Allegro Maestoso
From Organ Sonata No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondeau (Mouret)
Organ Symphony No. 5
V. Toccata
Charles-Marie Widor
Spring from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Wedding Program
A sample wedding program is available below. Rebecca can assist you in customizing this with your music selections and readings.