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String Quartets in South East England

Find string quartets available in South East England on our live music website

Select South East England String Quartets

Here are some our string quartets in different parts of the UK. To find string quartets in South East England select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets that play in your area.

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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:- Hans Rott (1858-1884; age 25); Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924; age 65); Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931; age 72); Adrian Williams (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Margriet Verbeek (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944; age 60); Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920; age 35); Floro Manuel Ugarte (1884-1975; age 90); Thorsten Wollmann (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Stephen Lias (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Michael Glenn Williams (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); David Lang (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Jeffery Cotton (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Frank van der Stucken (1858-1929; age 70);

What has been said about String Quartets.

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

Difficult do you call it, sir? I wish it were impossible. Dr Samuel Johnson (1709—84) Attributed remark on a violinist’s playing

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in South East England

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

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;