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String Quartets in  Hazlemere   

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

Select   Hazlemere  String Quartets

Here are some our string quartets in different parts of the UK. To find string quartets in   Hazlemere  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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- 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 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:-  François Brone (1862-1929; age ca. 67); Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921; age 58); Joe L. Alexander (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Joe Wiedemann (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Martín Zalba Ibáñez (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957; age 70); Launy Grondahl (1886-1960; age ca. 74); Daniël Ruyneman (1886-1963; age 76); Eric Coates (1886-1957; age 71); Joaquim Galvao (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Luigi Verdi (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45);

 
 

What has been said about String Quartets.      

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

The significance of chamber music is that in dealing with the intimate it can attain to the ineffable. Chamber music conceives itself as a world of sound that has external boundaries but no internal ones. Hans Werner Henze (1926— Music and Politics, 1982,’Instrumental Composition’, 1963

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Hazlemere   

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

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; With One Look; Gershwin - Let's Call the whole Thing Off; I Dreamed a Dream; Love Changes Everything; Close Every Door (from 'Joseph'); Purcell - Chacony in G minor; Sullivan - The Mikado; Borodin - First Polovtsian Dance; Capua - O Sole Mio; Elgar - Salut d'Amour ; Debussy - Clair de Lune; Mozart - Voi Che Sapette from The Marriage of Figaro; On The Street Where You Live; Summertime; To Life (from 'Fiddler on the Roof); Fawlty Towers; Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé; Ravel – Bolero; Purcell - Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen; Saint-Saens - The Swan from Carnival of the Animals; Dvorak - Humoresque ; Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro; Molly on the Shore; El Relicario – Padilla; Spanish Dance; Brazilian Fiddler; Pasadena; Jealousy Tango; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime