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String Quartets in  Hull   

Find available string quartets in   Hull  on our live music website

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Some examples of our string quartets across the UK are shown below. To find string quartets in   Hull  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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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:-  Franz Schmidt (1874-1939; age 64); Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947; age 72); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37); Ramona Luengen (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jan Vriend (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Gunther Tautenhahn (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); William Ryden (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); John McCabe (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64);

 
 

Quotations about String Quartets.      

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

Think of the forward motion of music as of a river. Tempo, as we shall see, is the current. Each player should feel his voice a tributary stream winding in and out and in again, part of a greater whole. He must enter without beginning and cease without stopping. He should feel as though that whole were emanating from his own mind, only his fingers being limited to his particular instrument.

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Hull   

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 - 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

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5; Fauré – Pavanne; Mendelssohn - Midsummer night's Dream; Pachelbel - Canon in D; Puccini - Musetta's Waltz; Close Every Door (from 'Joseph'); On The Street Where You Live; Summertime; To Life (from 'Fiddler on the Roof); Fawlty Towers; 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; Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; El Relicario – Padilla; Spanish Dance; Brazilian Fiddler; Pasadena; 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; Jealousy Tango; Making Whoopee; Sunrise, Sunset; if You Knew Susie; Dad's Army; 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; Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Moonlight and Roses;