MUSIC AND READINGS

The most popular processional (entrance) music

1

The Bridal March ¤ Wagner (Here Comes the Bride)

2

Grand March from Aida ¤ Verdi

3

Pomp and Circumstance ¤ Elgar

4

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba ¤ Handel

5

Trumpet Tune and Air ¤ Purcell

Alternative processional music for a civil ceremony

1

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do ¤ Abba

2

Sleeping Beauty ¤ Tchaikovsky

3

It Had to be You ¤ Harry Connick Jr

4

The Gift of a Thistle ¤ Braveheart

5

Have I Told You Lately? ¤ Van Morrison

Traditional hymns

1

Jerusalem

2

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

3

All Things Bright and Beautiful

4

Lord of All Hopefulness

5

Praise My Soul the King of Heaven

Religious readings

1

The Song of Songs 2.8-10, 14, 16; 8.6-7

2

Genesis 2.18-24

3

Matthew 7.21, 24-29

4

Mark 10.6-9

5

1 Corinthians 12.31-13.8

Non-religious readings

1

How Do I Love Thee? ¤ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

2

Love is a Temporary Madness ¤ Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

3

The Prophet ¤ Kahlil Gibran

4

Sonnet 116 ¤ Shakespeare

5

Love's Exchange ¤ Sir Philip Sidney

Incidental music, before the entrance and during the signing of the register

1

Sheep May Safely Graze ¤ Bach

2

Air from the Water Music ¤ Handel

3

Ave Maria ¤ Schubert

4

Pie Jesu ¤ Andrew Lloyd Webber

5

Panis Angelicus ¤ Franck

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