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String Quartets in Reigate

A selection of string quartets in Reigate on our live music website

Select Reigate String Quartets

A small selection of our string quartets across the UK is shown below. To find string quartets in Reigate 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:- Hanspeter Kyburz (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jody Nagel (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Osvaldo Golijov (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Ramona Luengen (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Andres Isasi y Linares (1890-1940; age ca. 50); Frank Martin (1890-1974; age 84); Jacob van Domselaer (1890-1960; age ca. 70); Luís Freitas Branco (1890-1955; age 65);

String Quartets - Quotations.

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

There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Samuel Butler (1835—1902) The Will of All Flesh, 1903

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Reigate

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

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; Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; Cheek to Cheek; I Don't Know How To Love Him; Blue Moon; 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;