Good morning everyone,
Here we are today with a new theme we never wrote about in the last months of our blog life: the choice of the music for your day…
We would like to give you a few tips regarding Bon Ton and the music you should choose for a catholic wedding ceremony in Italy, as not necessarily everyone would know the main traditional religious songs for weddings ceremonies…
First thing to remember is that possibilities are endless really! Choirs, instrumental hymns or solo voice: keep in mind that music you would choose would reflect your couple personality and credo…
In a church, you may consider that there are 4 main moments, against which music according to the Italian tradition should be carefully chosen. Here we are with the top traditional classic Catholic wedding ceremonies hymns:
Waiting for the bride and the groom (this is the moment guests are entering the church)
1) Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 147 Corale n. 10
2) Ludwig Van Beethoven: Sonata Chiaro di Luna
3) Georg Friedrich Händel: Largo
4) Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria sulla IV Corda BWV 1068
5) Franz Joesph Haydn: Concerto per violino in La Maggiore
Bride’s entrance
6) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marcia Nuziale
7) Johann Pachelbel: Canone in Re Maggiore
8 ) Antonio Vivaldi: La Primavera
9) Richard Wagner: Coro Nuziale
10) Georg Friederich Händel: Canticorum
Exchange of vows
11) Claude Debussy: Chiaro di Luna
12) Franz Liszt: Sogno d’Amore
13) Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
14) César Franck: Panis Angelicus
15) Charles Gounod: Ave Maria
Bride and Groom church exit
16) Ludwig Van Beethoven: Inno alla Gioia
17) Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto Brandeburghese n. 4
18) Georg Friedrich Händel: The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba
19) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Marcia Nuziale
20) Georg Friedrich Händel: Coro Hallelujah
And you, which music did you choose for your your church wedding ceremony?
Picture courtesy of Mauronster
