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String Quartets in Brentwood

A selection of string quartets in Brentwood on this web site of music groups

Select Brentwood String Quartets

Here are some our string quartets in different parts of the UK. To find string quartets in Brentwood select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets that perform in your part of the country.

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Composers through the ages and string quartets

Some composers considered the string quartet to the be the perfect musical ensemble and wrote some of their best works for the quartet. 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:- Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909; age 57); Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883; age ca. 30); André-Charles Messager (1853-1929; age 75); George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931; age 76); Michael Repoulis (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Joseph Marx (1882-1964; age 82); Haydn Wood (1882-1959; age 76); Jurgen De Pillecyn (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Kevin Franz Josef Harris (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Ian Crutchley (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38);

What has been said about String Quartets.

Much has been written about string quartets and their instruments. Here are some quotations:-

Chamber music is at once one of the most enjoyable and the most dignified of literatures. The musical amateur often makes it his hobby and considers it the mainspring of his musical existence . . . The professional musician turns to it for relaxation and for a kind of pleasure that no other field offers. Homer Ulrich (1906— Chamber Music 1948)

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Brentwood

Weddings - With one of our String Quartets you can be confident of that your special day will be made even more memorable with music for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception or wedding breakfast.

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Our highly versatile String Quartets play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

Here are some examples of the repertoire of our string quartets

TYPICAL REPERTOIRE FOR STRING QUARTETS

When I Fall In Love; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love; Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Summertime – Gershwin; It Ain't Necessarily So – Gershwin; Beer Barrel Polka; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' – Gershwin; Theme Song from Molly Maguires – Mancini; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; When I'm 64 – McCartney; They Didn't Believe Me; And I love Her – McCartney; Moon River – Mancini; The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Clair de Lu - Debussy; Humoreske – Dvorak; String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert;