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MUSIC APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROCESSIONAL

The Processional is the part of the ceremony where the participants enter.

PROCESSIONAL:    TOP 3

Title
Composer
Pipe Organ
               
Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) Wagner                
Kanon in D Pachelbel
               
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Prince of Denmark) Purcell(Clarke)
               

 

 

PROCESSIONAL:   MOST POPULAR/TRADITIONAL

Title
Composer
Pipe Organ
               
Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) Wagner
               
Kanon in D Pachelbel
               
Psalm 19 Marcello
               
Rigaudon (from Idomenee) Campra
               
Sinfonies des Fanfares: Rondeau Mouret
               
Te Deum: Prelude Charpentier
               
Trumpet Tune in D Stanley
               
Trumpet Tune in C Purcell
               
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Prince of Denmark) Purcell(Clarke)
               

 

 

PROCESSIONAL:  FANFARE/FESTIVE/BOLD

Title
Composer
Pipe Organ
               
Agrincourt Hymn Dunstable
               
Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) Wagner
               
Carillon (ending) Vierne
               
Crown Imperial Walton
               
Fanfare in D Lemmens
               
Water Music: Hornpipe Handel
               
Nuptial March Guilmant
               
Ode to Joy with organ Fanfare Beethoven
               
Procession Lang
               
Processional LeBlanc
               
Psalm 19 Marcello
               
Rigaudon (from Idomenee) Campra
               
Sheep May Safely Graze Bach
               
Sinfonies des Fanfares: Rondeau Mouret
               
Suite Gothique: Introduction (March)

Boellman

               
Te Deum: Prelude Charpentier
               
Trumpet Tune Johnson
               
Trumpet Tune in D Stanley
               
Trumpet Tune in C Purcell
               
Trumpet Voluntary in D
(Prince of Denmark)
Purcell(Clarke)
               

 

 

PROCESSIONAL:  SOFT/MEDITATIVE/CONTEMPLATIVE

SPECIAL NOTE:  Many of the other titles can be played in a softer/slower/less energetic manner.
The titles listed herein are originally composed and intended to be soft and smooth.

Title
Composer
Pipe Organ
               
Air (for the G String) Bach
               
Be Thou Near Us Bach
               
Berceuse Vierne
               
Jesu Joy of Our Desiring Bach
             
Kanon in D Pachelbel
             
Sheep May Safely Graze Bach
             
We Call to Thee (Nun bitten wir) Buxtehude
             

 

 

 

PROCESSIONAL:  NON-TRADITIONAL

Note: Only the more unusual, less-frequently selected titles are listed here.
(All styles/moods are listed.)

Title
Composer
Pipe Organ
               
Agrincourt Hymn Dunstable
               
Air (for the G String) Bach
               
Berceuse Vierne
               
Crown Imperial Walton
               
Fanfare in D Lemmens
               
Nuptial March Guilmant
               
Procession Lang
               
Processional LeBlanc
               
Suite Gothique: Introduction (March)

Boellman

               
We Call to Thee (Nun bitten wir) Buxtehude
             
Processional Fink
               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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