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String Quartets in Mid Wales

A selection of string quartets in Mid Wales on our this web site of quartets and other music groups

Select Mid Wales String Quartets

A small selection of our string quartets across the UK is shown below. To find string quartets in Mid Wales select your county from the drop down box. This will take you to all of our string quartets that play in your area.

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:- Maurice Ohana (1914-still alive 2003; age ca. 89); Dimitris Dragatakis (1914-still alive 2003; age ca. 89); Anton Diabelli (1781-1858; age 76); Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829; age 47); Jacques (Féréol) Mazas (1782-1849; age 66); Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871; age 89); Nicoló Paganini (1782-1840; age 57); Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981; age 53); Jacob Druckman (1928-1996; age 67); Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630; age 44); Jacob Praetorius (1586-1651; age 65); Francesca Caccini (1587-1640; age ca. 53); John Field (1782-1837; age ca. 55); Jacques Bouffil (1783-1868; age ca. 85); Jean Louël (1914-still alive 2003; age ca. 89);

String Quartets - Quotations.

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

Chamber music is at once one of the most enjoyable and the most dignified of literatures. The musical amateur often makes it his hobby and considers it the mainspring of his musical existence . . . The professional musician turns to it for relaxation and for a kind of pleasure that no other field offers. Homer Ulrich (1906— Chamber Music 1948)

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Mid Wales

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

Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Guantanamera; Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata K331 – Mozart; Simple Symphony – Britten; Standchen – Schubert; String Quartet K155 – Mozart; Suite No 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - J S Bach; The Four Seasons – Winter – Vivaldi; The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; Traumerei – Schumann; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Chopin – Valse; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; String Boogie - Phil Green; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring;