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String Quartets in Norfolk

Find string quartets who perform in Norfolk on this web site of music groups

Select Norfolk String Quartets

Below is a small selection of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Norfolk 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 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);

What has been said about String Quartets.

Much has been written about string quartets and their instruments. Here are some quotations:-

.It took Haydn a while to make his way into real string quartet composition: indeed, it is not known whether some of his early “quartets” were intended for just four players or were really quartet-symphonies for a small string orchestra and usually performed with clavicembalo. The first “String Quartet” by Mozart (K. 80)—whom we later find, at sixteen, waiting out rainy hours in a coach station on his third Italian journey, composing a “quartet” out of boredom—was certainly not yet a string quartet in our sense.

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Norfolk

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 highly versatile String Quartets play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

Here is some typical repertoire of our string quartets

TYPICAL REPERTOIRE FOR STRING QUARTETS

Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Beer Barrel Polka; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' – Gershwin; Theme Song from Molly Maguires – Mancini; When I'm 64 – McCartney; They Didn't Believe Me; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Ave Maris – Gounod; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart; Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; And I love Her – McCartney; Moon River – Mancini; The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Kinderszenen p 15 – Schumann; La Date Dominum – Mozart; String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; 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; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini;