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String Quartets in Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Find available string quartets in Newcastle-Under-Lyme on our this web site of quartets and other music groups

Select Newcastle-Under-Lyme String Quartets

Some examples of our string quartets across the UK are shown below. To find string quartets in Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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:- 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:-

I live by twa trades, sir ... fiddle, sir, and spade; filling the world, and emptying of it. Walter Scott (1771—1832) The Bride of Lammermoor, 1819

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Newcastle-Under-Lyme

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

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;