WEDDING MUSIC

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.

2024 SESM Wedding Music Guidelines.docx.pdf

Wedding Music Guidelines

SESM Wedding Music Repertoire List.docx.pdf

Music Selections

SESM Wedding planning form.pdf

Liturgy & Music Selection Form

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

Introit (Entrance Antiphon)

[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)

Offertory Antiphon

Option 1

"Seek first the kingdom of God, and all the rest will be given to you in addition, says the Lord."

Offertory Antiphon

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)*

COMMUNION ANTIPHON

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."

COMMUNION ANTIPHON

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

Thanks Be to You, O Lord (Pawel Bebenek)*

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.]