Music for Civil Ceremonies
Music played at civil ceremonies, either at the register office or other licensed venue should be entirely secular. The choice may include any of your own personal favourites, so long as they do not have any religious connection. This includes music that may not have originally been written with religious ceremonies in mind, but has been adopted for this purpose, such as the Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn.
Possible suggestions include the following pieces:
- Air from the Water Music by Handel
- Air on the G String by Bach
- Canon in D by Pachelbel
- Carmen by Bizet
- Chanson De Matin by Elgar
- Endless Love
- Eternal Flame
- Everything I Do, I Do It For You
- First Movement from Eine Kline Nachtmusik by Mozart
- Fourth Movement from Eine Kline Nachtmusik by Mozart
- Grand March from Aida by Verdi
- I Only Have Eyes For You
- Iche Liebe Dich by Grieg
- It Had To Be You
- Love Changes Everything
- Magic Moments
- Making Whoopee
- Morning from Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg
- Music of the Night
- My Heart Will Go On (Titanic theme)
- One Fine Day (Madam Butterfly) by Puccini
- Overture from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
- Pavane by Fauré
- Salut D'Amour by Elgar
- Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
- Spring from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi
- The Rejoicing from Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- Trumpet Tune by Purcell
- We've Only Just Begun
- What A Wonderful World
- When I fall In Love, It Will Be Forever
Once you have made a decision on the music that you want during the ceremony, it is advisable to submit your selection to the registrar so that they can give their approval.
