bridal entry

The list below gives some suggestions for the music that the bride can come in to. The list is based in part on popular choices (and that really is just the Bridal March from Lohengrin by Wagner (Here comes the bride) and the Wedding March from A Midsummer Nights Dream by Mendelssohn). The rest of the list comprises music that provides a good pace for the bride and properly announces to the congregation that the big event is now under way. The walk down the aisle at Saint Giles takes only about 30 seconds even at a slow rate and, allowing for the whole bridal party to come through the door, arrive at the front and settle to their places, there is never more than a minute's worth of music at this stage. Some of the suggestions are, therefore, extracts from the beginning, middle or end of the pieces given. Adagio in A Minor, Bach Agincourt Hymn Dunstable, John Air from The Four Seasons: Spring Vivaldi, Antonio Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite #3 in D Major Bach, Johann Sebastian Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major Bach, Johann Sebastian Allelujah from Exsultate Jubilate Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Arioso Bach, Johann Sebastian Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon Handel, George Frederic Bridal March, Lohengrin, Wagner Canon in D Pachelbel, Johann Con moto maestoso from Organ sonata no. 3 Mendelssohn, Felix Carillion, Murril Carillon Sortie Mulet, Henri Carolan's Draught Turlough O'Carolan Dodi Li Sher, Steven Choral Song Wesley, Samuel Sebastian Coronation March, Walton Crown Imperial, Walton Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copeland Fanfare, Purcell Fantasia in G (middle only), Bach Finale from Organ Symphony no. 1 Vierne, Louis First Movement from Brandenburg Concerto no. 1, F major Bach, Johann Sebastian Four Seasons, Vivaldi Friendship Theme from the movie Beaches Grace, Telemann Grand March, Aida, Verdi Hallelujah Chorus, The Mount of Olives, Beethoven Heme, Saint Anthony Chorale, Brahms Heroic Marches Telemann, George F. Hornpipe from Water Music Handel, George Frederic I Was Glad - Parry La Rejouissance Rejoicing from Music for the Royal Fireworks Handel, George Frederic   Maid Marion from Robin Hood March (from Scipio), Handel Morning from Peer Gynt Grieg O mio babbino caro, Gianni Schicchi, Puccini Ode To Joy Finale from Symphony no. 9 Beethoven, Ludwig van Orb & Sceptre, Walton Overture, The Marriage of Figaro Spring, Mozart Piano Concerto #21 in C Major (2nd movement) from Elvira Madigan Mozart, Wolfgang AmadeusPomp and Circumstance March - Elgar Carillon Murril Prince Of Denmark's March Clarke (sometimes incorrectly called Trumpet Voluntary and attributed to Purcell) Processional to Te Deum Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Psalm XIX Marcello, Benedetto Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Rachmaninoff (18th Variation) Rigaudon Campra, André Rondeau from Fanfares avec une suitte de simphonies Mouret, Jean Joseph Sinfonia (from Wedding Cantata), Bach Sonata in D, Purcell Sonata No 3, First Movement, Mendelssohn Suite Gothique Buxtehude, Dietrich Te Deum (Opening Fanfare only, March and Rondeau), Charpentier Toccata (Finale) from Organ Symphony no. 5, Op. 42, no.1 Widor, Charles Marie Trumpet Minuet Hollins Trumpet Tune and Air - Purcell Entree Pontificale - Bossi Trumpet Tune in D, Purcell Trumpet Voluntary Clarke, Jeremiah Trumpet Voluntary, Suite in D, Stanley Wedding Fanfare Arthur Bliss Wedding March, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn Wedding March, The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music Rodgers, Richard Winter from the Four Seasons Vivaldi