More Ideas for Your Wedding Processional

I want to share more wedding processional music ideas with you.

In some previous articles, I listed many of pieces of music for you to consider for your processional. In other articles (and Wedding Music Unveiled’s Guide to Selecting Memorable Church Wedding Music), I encourage you to choose pieces that sound good together, complementing your expression of joy.

I hear comments from brides-to-be that this can be challenging.

It’s all about putting the pieces together

So rather than just list more pieces, this time I’ll present combinations of different pieces to use as bridal and bridal party processionals (most weddings today, though not all, have separate processional music for the bride). I hope you’ll be inspired with ideas for piecing your ceremony music together!

The goal is to have wedding processional music pieces that when performed together, express your joy in just the way you’d like it expressed.

The pieces don’t need to be in the same style or genre to sound good together. It is possible to pair a stately, majestic piece with something soft and gentle. Such a contrast is what I want to help you with in this article!

One example

A commonly-used pair is Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary in D and Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D.

This a great example of pairing a majestic piece with a quieter, gentler piece. These days, the Canon in D is frequently chosen as the second piece (the bridal processional), but this is only a trend and there’s no reason the order can’t be reversed.

Ignoring how overused both are, the two pieces work very well together. The contrasts in style can be very dramatic.

Many more examples

Here are other example combinations for bridal party and bridal processionals that are exciting because of their contrasts:

Mendelssohn: Andante Con Moto from Prelude in G Major and Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Brahms: St. Anthony’s Chorale and Gounod: Marche Nuptiale
Mouret: Rondeau and Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze”
Bach: Air on the G String and Lully: Air de Trompette
Handel: March from Occasional Oratorio and Handel: Arioso “Thanks Be to Thee”
Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum and Handel: Air from Water Music Suite #1 in F

Do these help?

I hope these examples give you some great ideas and I wish you the very best in putting your wedding music plans together!

Let me know what you think of these examples or if you’d like more.

Leave a comment and share your thoughts. Your comments and feedback are always very much appreciated!

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More Ideas for Your Wedding Processional