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Graham Hallett is organist of St Mary's, Putney.

The following guide is intended to help wedding couples make their choice of music for their ceremony.

Each digital audio clip has its own controller. If you don't pause the one you're playing and start another, you will get quite a chaotic experience.

The audio clips will take quite a long time to all download, so be patient.


Digital audio music clips


The following is a short list of some of the most suitable and most requested pieces of music - for the registers, or before the service.

Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
J S Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze
J S Bach
Aria from Suite in D (Air on a G String)
J S Bach
Bist du Bei Mir (F)
J S Bach
Mortify us by thy Goodness
J S Bach
Ave Maria
Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria
Schubert
Andantino in D flat ("Moonlight & Roses")
Lemare
Adagio (F)
Albinoni
Holberg Suite
Grieg
Air & Gavotte
S S Wesley
Chant de Mai
Jongen
Le Coucou
Daquin
Toccatina for the Flutes (Humoresque)
Pietro Yon
Air from the Water Music
Handel
Largo (F)
Handel
Minuet from Berenice
Handel
Aria from Concerto Grosso 12
Handel
Music for Mechanical Clock
Haydn
(Just 2 samples from whole suite) - ditto
Rhosymedre
Vaughan Williams
Gavotte
Arne
Capriol Suite
Warlock
Prière à Notre Dame
Boëllmann
Canon
Pachelbel
Dido & Aeneas (F)
Purcell
Brother James’s Air
Anon.

Jupiter Theme (AllSaints, Eminent electronic organ)

Holst

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