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String Quartets in South London

Find available string quartets in South London on our national live music database

Select South London String Quartets

Some examples of our string quartets across the UK are shown below. To find string quartets in South London 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 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:- Jason Uechi (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Roxanna Panufnik (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Pawel Lukaszewski (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Charles Coleman (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Tim Ewers (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Gregg Wager (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Igor Panov (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Michel Lysight (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Richard Strauss (1864-1949; age 85);

Quotations about String Quartets.

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

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe and he called for hisbowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Anonymous Nursery’ rhyme

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

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

Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; String Boogie - Phil Green; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Nimrod – Elgar; String Quartet K525 – Mozart; Nutcracker Suite - Arabic Dance – Tchaikowsky; Pizicato Ploka - J Strauss; Presto from Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 – Mozart; Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Haydn; Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata K331 – Mozart; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; 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; Traumerei – Schumann; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Chopin – Valse;