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String Quartets in Hemel Hempstead

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Some examples of our string quartets across the UK are shown below. To find string quartets in Hemel Hempstead select your county from the drop down box. This will take you to all of our string quartets that play in your area.

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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:- Brian Nelson (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Panayoti Karoussos (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Christopher DeLaurenti (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Laurent Beeckmans (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Maurice Emmanuel (1861-1938; age 77); Koen Dejonghe (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Jacob Vejslev (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Steve Matchett (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Dun Tan (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Eduardo Camenietzki (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Edward MacDowell (1861-1908; age 46); Benjamin Dale (1885-1943; age 58); Edgar Varèse (1885-1965; age 79); Augustin Barrios (1885-1944; age ca. 59);

Quotations about String Quartets.

Literature has many quotatios about string quartets and their instruments. Here are some quotations:-

Despite Mozart’s gifts as a pianist, his favourite instrument was theviola—appropriately enough, for it lies at the heart of the string quartet. Alec Hyatt King (1911— Mozart Chamber Music, 1968

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Hemel Hempstead

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 String Quartets have extensive repertoires enabling them to play appropriate music for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

Here is some typical repertoire of our string quartets

EXAMPLES OF THE STRING QUARTETS REPERTOIRE

Elgar – Nimrnd; Handel - The arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Massenet – Meditarion; Rossinn - William Tell Overture; Haydn – Serenade; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers Overture; 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;