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String Quartets in  Worcester   

Find available string quartets in   Worcester  on this web site of music groups

Select   Worcester  String Quartets

Below is a small selection of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in   Worcester  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:-  Virgil Thomson (1896-1989; age 93); Hekel Tavares (1896-1969; age 72); Ernest Steffan (1896-1967; age 71); Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963; age ca. 67); John Herbert Foulds (1880-1939; age 58); Guillermo Uribe-Holguín (1880-1971; age 91); Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948; age ca. 67); Béla Bartók (1881-1945; age 64); George Enescu (1881-1955; age 73); Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967; age 86); Jan van Gilse (1881-1944; age ca. 63); Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970; age 73); Lev Zhurbin (1978-still alive 2003; age ca. 25); Mathew Alexander Lowes (1978-still alive 2003; age ca. 25); Ben Hunter (1978-still alive 2003; age ca. 25); Gianluca Cangemi (1979-still alive 2003; age ca. 24); Alejandro Simonovich (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Osmo Tapio Räihälä (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Brian Sager (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Mark Argent (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Shawn Patterson (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Nikolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky (1881-1950; age 69); Sem Dresden (1881-1957; age 76); Marcus Hoffman (1979-still alive 2003; age ca. 24); Carlo Taube (1897-1944; age ca. 47); Arnaldo D'Espósito (1897-1945; age ca. 48); Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984; age ca. 87); Luis Gianneo (1897-1968; age ca. 71); Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948; age 65); Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948; age 65); Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961; age 78); 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); Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957; age 60); Johannes Weyrauch (1897-1977; age 80); Francisco Paolo Mignone (1897-1986; age 88); Xabier Oianguren (1979-still alive 2003; age ca. 24); Barry Griffin (1979-still alive 2003; age ca. 24); Ian Crutchley (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Marcelo Fortuna (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:-

before it can attempt to interpret musical style, a quartet must master the essential style of its own form. It faces a set of problems distinct from either solo or orchestral problems. Quartet playing means four individuals who must make a unified whole yet remain individuals. The soloist is a whole in himself, and in the orchestra individuality is lost in numbers that are held together by the personality of the conductor.

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Worcester   

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

Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Beer Barrel Polka; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' – Gershwin; Theme Song from Molly Maguires – Mancini; When I'm 64 – McCartney; They Didn't Believe Me; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Ave Maris – Gounod; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart; Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; And I love Her – McCartney; Moon River – Mancini; The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Kinderszenen p 15 – Schumann; La Date Dominum – Mozart; String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; Nimrod – Elgar; String Quartet K525 – Mozart; Nutcracker Suite - Arabic Dance – Tchaikowsky; Pizicato Ploka - J Strauss; Presto from Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 – Mozart; Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Haydn; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini;