Professional Piano Entertainment for
Weddings, Parties & Events

This page is dedicated to helping decide which music might be played duing your Civil
Wedding Ceremony. Just about any choice of music is permissable during Civil and
Civil Partnership Ceremonies other than music of a religious nature. It's sometimes
difficult to define where 'religious music' and certain pieces of 'classical' and 'popular'
music have their boundaries, suffice to say that Registrars will not allow pieces which
refer to words such as 'God' or 'Jesus' in their titles or lyric. A piece, therefore, such as
'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring' would certainly not be considered acceptable by law. It
was recently reported that 'Angels' by Robbie Williams was turned down for use during
a Civil Ceremony but, questionable as that decision appears, it's usually the case that
Registrars are fairly relaxed these days as to what can be played. Outlined below
are the four aspects of the Civil Ceremony for which you might want to choose music.

 

 

2. The Processional

Canon in D Major (Pachelbel) - Suggestion for Processional

Couples generally find it much easier to settle upon a choice of music to be played during the signing of the Register. Either favourite songs, or songs with a special 'significance' tend to be chosen. The song list on this site (click here ) often proves helpful to couples, very often the bride and groom have a very definite idea of what they'd like to be played. Within reason, any songs can be chosen for this part of the proceedings so long as it's considered that the song will sound appropriate when played on a solo piano. There's usually time to play two, sometimes three pieces during the Register signing and subsequent photographs. Popular choices would be pieces such as 'Have I Told You Lately' by Van Morrison and The Carpenters 'We've Only Just Begun' as well as romantic instrumental pieces such as 'Cavatina' by John Williams.