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String Quartets in Coventry

A selection of string quartets in Coventry on our live music website

Select Coventry String Quartets

Here are some our string quartets in different parts of the UK. To find string quartets in Coventry select your county from the drop down box. The best quartets are in demand and will not travel large distances.

Quotation and Booking

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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:- Lee Gannon (1960-1996; age ca. 36); Stefan Hakenberg (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Aldo Brizzi (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Daron Hagen (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Joseph Jongen (1873-1953; age 79); Claude Champagne (1891-1965; age 74); Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892-1971; age 79); Arthur Honegger (1892-1955; age 63); Leo Ornstein (1892-2002; age 109); Arthur Vincent Lourié (1892-1966; age 74); Déodat de Séverac (1873-1921; age 47); Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (1874-1956; age 81); Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874-1953; age 78); Oscar Nedbal (1874-1930; age ca. 56);

What has been said about String Quartets.

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

There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Samuel Butler (1835—1902) The Will of All Flesh, 1903

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Coventry

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

Nutcracker Suite - Arabic Dance – Tchaikowsky; Pizicato Ploka - J Strauss; Presto from Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 – Mozart; Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Haydn; Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata K331 – Mozart; Match of the Day; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Simple Symphony – Britten; Standchen – Schubert; String Quartet K155 – Mozart; Suite No 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - J S Bach; The Four Seasons – Winter – Vivaldi; The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams; Traumerei – Schumann; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; String Boogie - Phil Green; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; String Quartet K546 – Mozart; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Anything Goes; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Chopin – Valse; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Match of the Day;