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String Quartets in Britain

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

Select Britain String Quartets

Below are a few of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Britain select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets that play in your area, so minimising travel costs.

Quotation and Booking

- If you are interested in one of 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);

String Quartets - Quotations.

An example of what has been written about string quartets. A Quotation:-

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 Britain

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 - Whatever your corporate event or party is for, our highly versatile String Quartets will have the right music for the occasion.

Here is some typical repertoire of our string quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR STRING QUARTETS

Kreisler – Leibeshed; Bach - Air on a G-string ; Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus; Bizet - Menuett from L'Arlesienne; Kreisler - Leibesfreud ; Bizet - Intermezzo and Adagietto; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; Mozart - Magic Flute C)verture; Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March; Mozart - 29th Symphony 1 ~ movt.; Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Mozart -3 Divertimenti; Borodin – Nocturne; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Gounod - Ave Maria ; Mozart - 10 celebrated Quartets; Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5; Fauré – Pavanne; Mendelssohn - Midsummer night's Dream; Pachelbel - Canon in D; Puccini - Musetta's Waltz; Anthem from Chess; Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; Cheek to Cheek; I Don't Know How To Love Him; Blue Moon; Mozart - Three Divertimenti ; Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze ; Handel - Hornpipe from the Water Music; Bizet - Habanera from Carmen; Mendelssohn - Wedding March; Boccherini - Minuet ; Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture;