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String Quartets in  Broadstairs   

Find available string quartets in   Broadstairs  on our live music website

Select   Broadstairs  String Quartets

Below is a small selection of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in   Broadstairs  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets that perform in your part of the country.

 
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- Interested in 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 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:-  Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983; age 90); Thomas Nassi (1892-1964; age 72); Oscar van Hemel (1892-1981; age 88); Slawomir Zamuszko (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Peter Machajdik (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Matthew Fields (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37);

 
 

What has been said about String Quartets.      

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

Think of the forward motion of music as of a river. Tempo, as we shall see, is the current. Each player should feel his voice a tributary stream winding in and out and in again, part of a greater whole. He must enter without beginning and cease without stopping. He should feel as though that whole were emanating from his own mind, only his fingers being limited to his particular instrument.

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Broadstairs   

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 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

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; With One Look; Gershwin - Let's Call the whole Thing Off; I Dreamed a Dream; Love Changes Everything; Close Every Door (from 'Joseph'); Purcell - Chacony in G minor; Sullivan - The Mikado; Borodin - First Polovtsian Dance; Capua - O Sole Mio; Elgar - Salut d'Amour ; Debussy - Clair de Lune; Mozart - Voi Che Sapette from The Marriage of Figaro; On The Street Where You Live; Summertime; To Life (from 'Fiddler on the Roof); Fawlty Towers; Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé; Ravel – Bolero; Purcell - Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen; Saint-Saens - The Swan from Carnival of the Animals; Dvorak - Humoresque ; Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro; Molly on the Shore; El Relicario – Padilla; Spanish Dance; Brazilian Fiddler; Pasadena; Jealousy Tango; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime