Prelude Wedding Ceremony Music

The prelude is the music that welcomes your guests when they arrive at the ceremony venue.

Generally 15 to 20 minutes – around 6 songs.

Traditional Prelude Wedding Ceremony Music

Song Title	Composer	Listen
A Rose is Gently Blooming (Op.122, No.8)	Brahms	Listen
Adagio for Strings	Barber	Listen
Air (from The Water Music)	Handel	Listen
Air on the G String	Bach	Listen
Aria, Bist du bei mir (BWV 508)	Bach	Listen
Ave Verum Corpus	Bach	Listen
Benediction Nuptiale (“Wedding March”)	Saint-Saens	Listen
Carolan’s Welcome	Irish Traditional	Listen
Chorale in A Minor, Adagio	Franck	Listen
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op.3, No.6, Vivace	Handel	Listen
Concerto in D Minor, Adagio	Albinoni	Listen
Gymnopedie No.1	Satie	Listen
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring	Bach	Listen
Largo (from Xerxes)	Handel	Listen
Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier (Blessed Jesus, We Are Here), BWV 633	Bach	Listen
Minuet	Boccherini	Listen
Nessun Dorma (from Turandot)	Puccini	Listen
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)	Elgar	Listen
Nocturne in E Flat, Op.9, No. 2	Chopin	Listen
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Adagio	Marcello	Listen
Perfect Love	Barnby	Listen
Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun	Debussy	Listen
Rhosymedre	Vaughan Williams	Listen
Romance, Op.44, No.1	Rubenstein	Listen
Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren	Bach	Listen
Serenade (from String Quartet) Op. 3 No. 5	Haydn	Listen
Sheep May Safely Graze	Bach	Listen
Sonata in G Minor for Flute and Organ	Handel	Listen
Sonata in E Flat, Adagio	Mozart	Listen
Toccata in E Minor	Pachelbel	Listen
Violin Concerto No.2 in E Major, Allegro assai	Bach	Listen
Vocalise	Rachmaninoff	Listen
Water Music	Handel	Listen