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String Quartets in Lichfield

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Select Lichfield String Quartets

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

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Composers throughout history and string quartets

Most composers have written music 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:- David Dzubay (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Augusta Read Thomas (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Otto Olsson (1879-1964; age 84); Jean Cras (1879-1932; age ca. 53); Natanael Berg (1879-1957; age ca. 78); Louise Thompson (1976-still alive 2003; age ca. 27); Frederik Magle (1977-still alive 2003; age ca. 26); Leo Sowerby (1895-1968; age 73); Marius Monnikendam (1896-1977; age 80); Wladimir Vogel (1896-1984; age ca. 88); Maurice Delage (1879-1961; age 81); Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879-1953; age ca. 74); Frank Bridge (1879-1941; age 61); Cyril Scott (1879-1970; age 91); Roger Arve Vigulf (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Elliott Goldkind (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Jordi Vives i Batlle (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Jean Wiéner (1896-1982; age ca. 86);

What has been said about String Quartets.

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

The significance of chamber music is that in dealing with the intimate it can attain to the ineffable. Chamber music conceives itself as a world of sound that has external boundaries but no internal ones. Hans Werner Henze (1926— Music and Politics, 1982,’Instrumental Composition’, 1963

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Lichfield

Weddings - Our String Quartets can set 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 are some examples of the repertoire of our string quartets

TYPICAL REPERTOIRE FOR STRING QUARTETS

Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance; Czardas; The Entertainer; Thunderbirds; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. VIII; Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca; Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz; Elgar - Chanson de Matin; Handel - Departure of the Queen of Sheba; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285 Mozart; Elgar - Chanson de Nuit; Leroy Anderson - Fiddle-Faddle; The Beatles - Penny Lane; Bernstein - Maria from West Side Story; Carillon; Cock Linnet; Gossec - Tambourin ; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik ; Greensleeves; Handel - Allegro from Recorder Sonata; Purcell - Trumpet Tune; Jerusalem; Massenet - Meditation from Thais; Danny Boy; Gershwin - S'Wonderful; I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside; Scott Joplin – Bethena; Scott Joplin - Country Club; Pachelbel – Canon; Puccini - Nessun Dorma; Rossini - William Tell Overture; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K298 – Mozart; Smetana - Dance of the Comedians; Pachelbel's Canon & Gigue [Full version] – Pachelbel; Sullivan - Three Little Maids from School are We; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter; Scott Joplin - The Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite; Verdi - Drinking Song from La Traviata;