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String Quartets in Bromley London

A selection of string quartets in Bromley London on our live music website

Select Bromley London String Quartets

A small selection of our string quartets across the UK is shown below. To find string quartets in Bromley London 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 the ages and string quartets

Some composers considered the string quartet to the be the perfect musical ensemble and wrote some of their best works for the quartet. 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:- Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981; age 53); Sayat Nova (1712-1795; age ca. 83); Friedrich II der Grosse (the Great) (1712-1786; age 74); Alicia Terzian (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan José Falcon Sanabria (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Vic Nees (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Jacob Druckman (1928-1996; age 67); Jean-Michel Damase (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Anatolii Lyadov (1855-1914; age 59); George Edwuard Bonsor Saint Martin (1855-1930; age ca. 75);

String Quartets - Quotations.

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

There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Samuel Butler (1835—1902) The Will of All Flesh, 1903

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

Weddings - With one of our String Quartets you can be confident of that your special day will be made even more memorable with music for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception or 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 are some examples of the repertoire of our string quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR STRING QUARTETS

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons; Wagner - Here Comes the Bride; For He's A Jolly Good Fellow; Nutcracker Suite – March – Tchaikowsky; Flute & String Quartet op 3 no 1 – Haydn; Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285b – Mozart; Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck; Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; 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; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin;