I try to make sure you get all the wedding music ideas you need from Wedding Music Unveiled. But you still may need more. That’s when it can be a good time to turn to commercial wedding music compilation CDs for ideas.
Compilation CDs can provide good ideas, but watch out for CDs that only contain the same old choices you probably already know about. Just like other wedding guides that repeat the same handful of wedding music ideas, wedding CDs don’t always provide new ideas.
When I find a decent collection, you can be sure I’ll pass it along to you. Let’ start right now.
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Here’s one that I thought was pretty good: The Power and the Glory—Organ Music for Weddings.
It’s available as a CD outside the U.S., but inside is only available online via both the iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com’s music store.
It has 40 tracks which is both unusually abundant and especially pleasing. Many of the choices are still the same as you’d hear from many other sources. With so many selections, in this case you’ll also get some variety which should help to provide you with ideas.
You’ll benefit from hearing everything played on an organ
Because everything is performed on an organ, it’s much more likely to match your situation. Other CDs simply reuse orchestral recordings from other CDs. You can get an idea for melodies you like, but unless you’re planning to hire an orchestra for your church wedding, the recording isn’t too likely to match what you’d actually hear at your wedding.
For your church wedding, you’re most likely to have an organ as your primary instrument. Getting your wedding music ideas from recordings made on the same instrument you’ll have is valuable, regardless of what music you end up choosing.
What you’ll find
Wedding music ideas on this album include expected choices such as
- Pachelbel’s Canon in D,
- Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary in D,
- Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, and
- Bach’s Air on the G String
But again, all on the organ so you’ll know better what to expect.
You’ll also find plenty of familiar but less common wedding music ideas. Some highlights include:
- Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,
- Handel’s La Rejouissance from the Royal Fireworks Music,
- Vaughan Williams Prelude on Rhosymedre,
- Charpentier’s Prelude to the Te Deum, and
- Walton’s Crown Imperial March.
There’s quite a bit more, including a few pieces I wasn’t aware of!
You might enjoy Norman Cocker’s Tuba Tune, one of the four Pieces for Musical Clock by Haydn, or other unusual (for weddings, at least) pieces.
Note that the collection includes two pieces that I strongly recommend against considering for your church wedding: Wagner’s Wedding March from his opera Lohengrin (also known as “Bridal Chorus” but popularly known as “Here Comes the Bride”) and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from his A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Neither piece is appropriate for a church wedding and many churches specifically prohibit them.
Enjoy the suggestion and I hope you get some additional wedding music ideas!
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