This highly experienced String Quartet for hire is one of Yorkshire’s leading ensembles in performance and session work. Although based in Yorkshire, this string quartet is available for hire and will travel nationwide performing at private functions, weddings, drinks receptions, parties and celebrations.
Acoustic String Quartet for hire
This String Quartet for hire is one of Yorkshire’s leading ensembles in performance and session work. The quartet is highly experienced in a variety of musical settings, including private functions weddings, Bollywood events, parties and celebrations, studio recordings and stage performances.
String Duo – Also available for hire are the String Duo, suitable for those working with smaller budgets. The duo’s repertoire is as extensive as the quartet’s, the only difference being the arrangement for two instruments instead of four. The duo provide the perfect level of class for smaller gatherings and venues, designed to add an element of sophistication to any event.
Genres: Classical, Light Music & Jazz, Folk & World, Pop & Rock, Show, Film & TV Themes, Classic Bollywood, Contemporary Bollywood
Price From £POA
Area: Nationwide
What you get…
Classically trained & highly experienced String Quartet
Quartet: Violin x 2, Viola, Cello.
This String Quartet offer 4 different Wedding packages:
Package 1
CEREMONIES WITHOUT HYMNS REQUIRING ACCOMPANIMENT
The string quartet will arrive 30 minutes before the designated start time to arrive, set up and warm up. Please ensure that four armless chairs are placed in the area you would like us to perform.
– Guest Arrival Music: 30 minutes
– Bridal Entrance
– Music for signing of the Register
– Exit Music: 30 minutes
**Music whilst the guests arrive and leave the ceremony can be entirely chosen upon request. The couple will have the opportunity to review the quartet’s entire repertoire list and choose specific music according to their tastes.
Package 2
CEREMONIES WITHOUT HYMNS REQUIRING ACCOMPANIMENT & DRINKS RECEPTION
The string quartet will arrive 30 minutes before the designated start time to arrive, set up and warm up.
– Guest Arrival Music: 30 minutes
– Bridal Entrance
– Music for signing of the Register
– Exit Music: 30 minutes
PLUS
1 x 45 minute set of music after the celebration at the reception venue whilst guests prepare for the Wedding Breakfast/photos are taken.
*Please note that there may be a surcharge for travel to a separate location depending on distance from the ceremony.
Package 3
CEREMONIES WITH HYMNS REQUIRING ACCOMPANIMENT & DRINKS RECEPTION
The string quartet will arrive 30 minutes before the designated start time to arrive, set up and warm up.
– Guest Arrival Music: 30 minutes
– Bridal Entrance
– All hymns (and Christian Mass settings)
– Music for signing of the Register
– Exit Music: 30 minutes
PLUS
1 x 45 minute set of music after the celebration at the reception venue whilst guests prepare for the Wedding Breakfast/photos are taken.
*Please note that there may be a surcharge for travel to a separate location depending on distance from the ceremony.
*We ask that for this package, light refreshments are made available to the quartet.
Package 4
CEREMONIES WITH HYMNS REQUIRING ACCOMPANIMENT, DRINKS RECEPTION AND WEDDING BREAKFAST
The string quartet will arrive 30 minutes before the designated start time to arrive, set up and warm up.
– Guest Arrival Music: 30 minutes
– Bridal Entrance
– All hymns (and Christian Mass settings)
– Music for signing of the Register
– Exit Music: 30 minutes
PLUS
2 x 45 minute sets of music after the celebration. One whilst guests wait for the Wedding Breakfast (usually while photos are taken) and another during the Wedding Breakfast before speeches whilst everyone dines.
*Please note that there may be a surcharge for travel to a separate location depending on distance from the ceremony.
*We ask that for this package, light refreshments are made available to the quartet.
String Duo
Also available for hire are the String Duo, suitable for those working with more intimate venues and smaller budgets. The duo’s repertoire is as extensive as the quartet’s, the only difference being the arrangement for two instruments instead of four. The duo provide the perfect level of class for smaller gatherings and venues, designed to add an element of sophistication to any event.
Repertoire
Classical
Albinoni – Adagio
Bach – Air on G
Bach – Arie
Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach – Prelude from English Suite No.3
Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach – Wachet Auf
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Beethoven – Fur Elise
Beethoven – Mvt. 1 from Symphony No.5
Beethoven – Ode to Joy
Bernstein – America
Bizet – Habanera from Carmen
Boccherini – Menuet
Brahms – Menuetto from Serenade No.1
Brahms – Theme from Symphony No.1
Chopin – Nocturne in E-flat Major
Clarke – Trumpet Tune
Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary
Cooper – Rumba in Moonlight
Debussy – Arabesque No.1
Debussy – Le Petite Negre
Debussy – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Delibes – Flower Duet
Di Capua – O Sole Mio
Dvorak – Finale from Sonatina in G Minor
Dvorak – Humoresque
Elgar – Chanson de Matin
Elgar – Chanson de Nuit
Elgar – Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Elgar – Serenade in E Minor
Franck – Panis Angelicus
Gounod – Ave Maria
Handel – All We Like Sheep from The Messiah
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel – Firework Music
Handel – Halleluia Chorus from The Messiah
Handel – Largo from Violin Sonata in D Major
Handel – Largo from Xerxes
Handel – Water Music
Haydn – Mvt. 4 from Symphony No. 77
Jenkins – Paladio
Joplin – The Cascades
Joplin – The Easy Winners
Joplin – The Entertainer
Massenet – Meditation
Mendelssohn – Wedding March
Mouret – Rondeau
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart – Divertimento in Bb
Mozart – Divertimento in D
Mozart – Divertimento in F
Mozart – Eine Kleine Natchmusik
Mozart – Quartet No.3 In G Major
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Piazzolla – Libertango
Purcell – Rondo from Abdelazar
Rachmaninoff – Adagio from Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel – Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Saint-Saens – Le Cygne (The Swan)
Satie – Gymnopedie No.1
Schubert – Ave Maria
Schubert – Menuet
Schumann – Traumerei aus Kinderscenen
Stanford – Blue Bird
Sullivan – Three Little Maids from The Mikado
Tartini – Cantabile
Telemann – Sonata for String Quartet
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Wagner – Bridal March
Popular
Adele – Make You Feel My Love
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Bart Howard – Fly Me To The Moon
Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Ben E. King – Stand By Me
Clean Bandit – Rather Be
Coldplay – Charlie Brown
Coldplay – Paradise
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
David Bowie – Life On Mars
Elbow – One Day Like This
Elton John – Your Song
Etta James – At Last
Garry and The Peacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone
Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Guns ‘N Roses –Sweet Child of Mine
Henry Mancini – Moon River
Israel – Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
Kylie Minogue – All the Lovers
Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
Oasis – Whatever
Plain white Ts – Hey There Delilah
Queen – Killer Queen
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Ramin Djawadi – Game of Thrones Theme
Richard Ashcroft – Bittersweet Symphony
Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
Smiths – Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
Taylor Swift – Love Story
The Temptations – My Girl
U2 – With or Without You
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Back in Black – ACDC
Twilight – A Thousand Years
Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World
Aerosmith – Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Elton John – Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Jerome Kern – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Status Quo – Rockin All Over The World
Sting – Fields of Gold
Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman