Violin is one of the most requested instruments for wedding ceremonies. It works well if you are on a restricted budget and still want your event to be embellished by a romantic and sentimental music during the bridal entrance, signing and postlude.
The prelude music is performed while the guests arrive and it is around 30 minutes long. The repertoire may consist of pieces from the Baroque, Classical, and 19th century Romantic eras mixed with modern pop classics performed “wedding style.” Please see below a sample list of standards for violin wedding music but you can also requests songs that you like to hear and we will arrange it for you.
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
A Thousand Years
Frequently Requested Pieces
- Ave Maria (Shubert)
- Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner)
- Canon in D
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
- Promenade (Musgorsky)
- Rondeau (Mouret)
- Royal Fireworks – Processional(Handel)
- Water Music (Handel)
- Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell)
Other Classical Pieces
- Adagio (Senaille)
- Air from the Third Orchestral Suite (Bach)
- Album Leaf (Grieg)
- Allegro Spirituoso (Senaille)
- Amazing Grace (traditional)
- Andante (Diabelli)
- Andante (Gluck)
- Andante from the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto (Bach)
- Andantino (Kreisler)
- Aria from Cantata 208 (Bach)
- Aria (Uccellini)
- Arioso (Scarlatti)
- Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Ave Verum (Mozart)
- Bist Du Bei Mir (Are You With Me) (Bach)
- Bourrée from the Sixth Violin Sonata (Bach)
- By The Sea (Schubert)
- Children’s Prayer from Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Minuet and Romanze (Mozart)
- Flower Song (Lange)
- Four Seasons themes: Allegro from Autumn; Allegro from Spring; Danze Pastorale from Spring, Largo from Winter (Vivaldi)
- Fruhlingstraum (Spring Dreams) (Schubert)
- Gavotte I and II from the Second Orchestral Suite (Bach)
- Gavotte II from the First Orchestral Suite (Bach)
- Gigue from the Third Orchestral Suite (Bach)
- Greensleeves (English Traditional)
- Hymne (Vangelis)
- Liebestraum (Liszt)
- Madrigal (Ortiz)
- Minuet II from the First French Suite (Bach)
- Minuet I from the Fourth English Suite (Bach)
- Minuet in A (Boccherini)
- Moment Musicale (Schubert)
- Morning Has Broken (Traditional)
- Ode to Joy (slow version) (Beethoven)
- O Perfect Love (Barnby)
- O Promise Me (Dekoven)
- Panis Angelicus (Franck)
- Preludio from the Second Cello Suite (Bach)
- Rondo in D (Mozart)
- Romantic Piece (Dvorak)
- Romanze in F (Busch)
- Romance (Rubinstein)
- Romance (Sitt)
- Salute d’Amour (Elgar)
- Sarabande from the Second English Suite (Bach)
- Sarabande from the First French Suite (Bach)
- Sarabande (Bohm)
- Sarabande (Corelli)
- Siciliano (Kreisler)
- Serenade (Gounod)
- Serenade (Schubert)
- Simple Aveu (Thome)
- Simple Gifts (American Shaker)
- Sinfonia (from Cantata No. 156)
- Song Without Words (Mendelssohn)
- Spring Song (Mendelssohn)
- Sunrise, Sunset (Bock)
- The Bells (Rebel)
- The Flower (Hauser)
- The Lord’s Prayer
- The Peace from Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)
- The Swan (Saint-Saens)
- Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
- Traumerei (Schumann)
- True Love (Grieg)
- You are My Peace (Schubert)
The above list is only to give you a rough idea about a possible wedding ceremony repertoire. Keep in mind that you can select your own pieces or songs.