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String Quartets in Harrow London

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Select Harrow London String Quartets

Below is a small selection of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Harrow London 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 and string quartets

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet. Some only wrote for the quartet once they had become experienced, considering the string quartet 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:- Gerard Bunk (1888-1958; age 70); Josué Bonnín de Góngora (1970-still alive 2003; age ca. 33); Anthony Bonello (1970-still alive 2003; age ca. 33); Stefan Meylaers (1970-still alive 2003; age ca. 33); Norbert Wissing (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Steve Martland (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Robert Scott Thompson (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Annie Gosfield (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jan Willem Frans Brandts Buys (1868-1933; age 65);

What has been said about String Quartets.

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

In came a fiddler—and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. Charles Dickens (1812—70) A Christnzas Carol, 1843

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

Weddings - Whether it is music for your wedding ceremony, the drinks reception or the wedding breakfast, our String Quartets are experienced setting the perfect ambience.

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

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;