THE LISTENING ROOM

THE LISTENING ROOM - PROCESSIONALS

MUSIC APPROPRIATE FOR THE RECESSIONAL

The Recessional is the exit of the wedding party after the vows, ring, and pronouncement.

Many of the titles recomended for Processionals are applicable for Recessionals, but we break them out again specifically for this usage in your ceremony.

• QUICKSTART - In a hurry?  Choose from the most commonly selected top 3 titles.
  
  
• RECESSIONALS :

  • MOST POPULAR/TRADITIONAL
  • FANFARE/FESTIVE/BOLD (including "Trumpet Tunes")
  • SOFT/MEDITATIVE/CONTEMPLATITVE (SOFTER REPERTOIRE RARELY USED AS RECESSIONALS)
  • NON-TRADITIONAL - CUTTING EDGE - "A LITTLE DIFFERENT"

RECESSIONAL:     TOP 3
Title	Composer	Pipe Organ
Ode to Joy with organ Fanfare	Beethoven
Sinfonies des Fanfares: Rondeau	Mouret
Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream)	Mendelssohn

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RECESSIONAL:     MOST POPULAR/TRADITIONAL HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Title	Composer	Pipe Organ
Carillon (ending)	Vierne
Water Music: Hornpipe	Handel
Ode to Joy with organ Fanfare	Beethoven
Psalm 19	Marcello
Rigaudon (from Idomenee)	Campra
Sinfonies des Fanfares: Rondeau	Mouret
Te Deum: Prelude	Charpentier
Symphony 5: Toccata	Widor
Trumpet Tune in D	Stanley
Trumpet Tune in C	Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Prince of Denmark)	Purcell(Clarke)
Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream)	Mendelssohn

 

 

RECESSIONAL:  FANFARE/FESTIVE/BOLD
Title	Composer	Pipe Organ
Agrincourt Hymn	Dunstable
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
Sinfonies des Fanfares: Rondeau	Mouret
Suite Gothique: Introduction (March)	Boellman
Te Deum: Prelude	Charpentier
Symphony 5: Toccata	Widor
Trumpet Tune	Johnson
Trumpet Tune in D	Stanley
Trumpet Tune in C	Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Prince of Denmark)	Purcell(Clarke)
Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream)	Mendelssohn

 

 

RECESSIONAL:  SOFT/MEDITATIVE/CONTEMPLATIVE (RARELY USED AS RECESSIONALS)
Title	Composer	Pipe Organ
Jesu Joy of Our Desiring	Bach
Kanon in D	Pachelbel
Ode to Joy with organ Fanfare (*)	Beethoven
Rigaudon (from Idomenee) (*)	Campra
Sheep May Safely Graze	Bach
Sinfonies des Fanfares: Rondeau (*)	Mouret
Trumpet Tune in D (*)	Stanley
Trumpet Tune in C (*)	Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Prince of Denmark) (*)	Purcell(Clarke)
(*) Note: These are demonstrated herein as a stately/festive musical selection, but can be adapted by the musician for a softer/gentler performance.

 

 

RECESSIONAL:  NON-TRADITIONAL BUT OH-SO-NICE! * Asterisk means more cutting-edge usage for Recessionals
Title	Composer	Pipe Organ
Agrincourt Hymn	Dunstable
Carillon* (ending)	Vierne
Crown Imperial*	Walton
Fanfare in D	Lemmens
Nuptial March*	Guilmant
Ode to Joy with organ Fanfare	Beethoven
Procession*	Lang
Processional*	LeBlanc
Psalm 19	Marcello
Rigaudon (from Idomenee)	Campra
Suite Gothique: Introduction (March)	Boellman
Symphony 5: Toccata**	Widor
Trumpet Tune	Johnson

 

 

 

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