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String Quartets in Bracknell

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Below are a few of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Bracknell select your county from the drop down box to view string quartets that play in your area.

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Composers and string quartets

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet. Some only wrote for the quartet once they had become experienced, considering the string quartet to the be the perfect musical ensemble. Other musical works have been transcribed for he quartet, including orchestral, vocal and even pop and jazz pieces. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:- Paolo Tortiglione (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Chris Rupert (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Alfonso Tenreiro (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Joaquin Turina (1882-1949; age 66); Sergey Taneyev (1856-1915; age 58); Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914; age 58); Daniel Dorff (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Sally Beamish (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Thierry Pallesco (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Jan Willem van Dormolen (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Michel Dalle Ave (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953; age 71); Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967; age 84); Ferde Grofé (1882-1972; age 90); Augustin Barie (1883-1915; age ca. 32); Anton Webern (1883-1945; age 61); Christian Sinding (1856-1941; age 85); Edward Elgar (1857-1934; age 76); Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919; age 62); Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944; age 86); Hilda Sehested (1858-1936; age ca. 78); Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944; age 86); Mélanie (Mel) Bonis (1858-1937; age 79); Josef Mattias Hauer (1883-1959; age ca. 76); Francois Evans (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Paul Steenhuisen (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Georges Lentz (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Michio Shirasawa (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Michael Gordon (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Nikolaos Giamalis (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Anthony Glise (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Steven Mackey (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Marc Achille Matthys (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Catharina van Rennes (1858-1940; age 82); Jeno Hubay (1858-1937; age 78); Giovanni Grosskopf (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Arnold Bax (1883-1953; age 69); Alfredo Casella (1883-1947; age 63); José Rolón (1883-1945; age 61); Manolis Kalomiris (1883-1962; age ca. 79); Georges Hüe (1858-1948; age 90); Catharinus Elling (1858-1942; age 83);

String Quartets - Quotations.

An example of what has been written about string quartets. A Quotation:-

‘E’en little things can yield a perfect pleasure, e’en little things can be supremely dear’—so run the lines of a Tuscan song beautifully set to music by Hugo Wolf. And of nothing is that so true as the ‘little things’ of chamber music. One finds in that field no necessary correlation between size and quality. Homer Ulrich (1906—

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Bracknell

Weddings - Whether it is music for your wedding ceremony, the drinks reception or the wedding breakfast, our String Quartets are experienced setting the perfect ambience.

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Whatever your corporate event or party is for, our highly versatile String Quartets will have the right music for the occasion.

Here is some typical repertoire of our string quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR STRING QUARTETS

Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini; Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Guantanamera; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Ave Maris – Gounod; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart; Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Kinderszenen p 15 – Schumann; La Date Dominum – Mozart; String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein;