Wedding Songs

Instrumental Music for Your Ceremony and Reception

If you are looking for some nice instrumental arrangements to match with the most special occasion in your life here are several pieces to choose from. These pieces are good for the prelude, the processional and the recessional parts of your wedding ceremony, but also for your wedding reception. Church weddings play primarily the organ or the piano to provide the wedding music, but you can also include another instrument to get an extra special touch such as a bagpipe, a cello or a guitar.




Here is some instrumental wedding ceremony music for your ceremony moments:

Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin – Here Comes the Bride- by Richard Wagner

Trumpet Tune and Air by Henry Purcell

Ode to Joy by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Guitar Concerto in D Major by Antonio Vivaldi

Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn

Promenade (Pictures at an Art Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky

Cantata No. 156 Arioso by Johann Sebastian Bach

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Laudate Dominum by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Morning (Peer Gynt) by Edward Grieg

Spring (Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi

Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Concerto No.21, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sheep May Safely Graze (Cantata No.208) by Johann Sebastian Bach

Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Finale (from Water Music) by Handel

If you need instrumental music for all your wedding you can also consider the following CDs especially arranged for such occasion:

The Complete Wedding Album: There Is Love is a CD that contains 35 classical songs performed by many instruments such as harp, organ, brass, orchestra and piano.

Forever in Love is a CD that contains both traditional classical and contemporary music. It contains 34 songs, 19 of which are traditional and classical and 15 songs that are contemporary and popular.

A Bride’s Guide to Wedding Music is a set of 3 CD collection containing 61 classical pieces appropriate for wedding that feature organ, trumpet, voice, piano and stringed instruments.

The Knot Collection of Ceremony & Wedding Music is one of the most popular instrumental wedding CDs which features 23 classical songs performed by all types of instruments such as the cello, the organ, the trumpet, strings, violin and choral arrangements.

Classical Wedding Music by The Lumiere String Quartet is another CD to consider for your wedding containing 35 classical songs performed by an elegant string quartet.

Wedding Music: Instrumental Songs for a Perfect Wedding Vol. 1 and A Day to Remember – Instrumental Music for Your Wedding Day are other two good instrumental choices for your wedding recorded by The O’Neill Brothers (Tim and Ryan), an American instrumental piano duo from Minnesota.

The O’Neill Brothers released many albums based on numerous themes such as marriage, Christmas or patriotism as well as traditional Irish music.

Just about any song can be made an instrumental. Instrumental music will bring something magical to your wedding ceremony and reception so good luck in choosing the right music.

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