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String Quartets in  Greenwich London   

Find available string quartets in   Greenwich London  on our national live music database

Select   Greenwich London  String Quartets

Below is a small selection of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in   Greenwich London  select your county from the drop down box. The best quartets are in demand and will not travel large distances.

 
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- Interested in our string quartets? Send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.      

 

Composers through history and string quartets

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet, which was considered by many of them 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);

 
 

What has been said about String Quartets.      

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

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe and he called for hisbowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Anonymous Nursery’ rhyme

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Greenwich London   

Weddings - Our String Quartets are experienced setting just the right atmosphere for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception and 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 is some typical 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;