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String Quartets in  Swanage   

Find string quartets who perform in   Swanage  on our national live music database

Select   Swanage  String Quartets

Below is a small selection of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in   Swanage  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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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:-  Paolo Tortiglione (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Chris Rupert (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Alfonso Tenreiro (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Joaquin Turina (1882-1949; age 66); Sergey Taneyev (1856-1915; age 58); Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914; age 58); Daniel Dorff (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Sally Beamish (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Thierry Pallesco (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Jan Willem van Dormolen (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Michel Dalle Ave (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953; age 71); Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967; age 84); Ferde Grofé (1882-1972; age 90); Augustin Barie (1883-1915; age ca. 32); Anton Webern (1883-1945; age 61); Christian Sinding (1856-1941; age 85); Edward Elgar (1857-1934; age 76); Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919; age 62); Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944; age 86); Hilda Sehested (1858-1936; age ca. 78); Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944; age 86); Mélanie (Mel) Bonis (1858-1937; age 79); Josef Mattias Hauer (1883-1959; age ca. 76); Francois Evans (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Paul Steenhuisen (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Georges Lentz (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Michio Shirasawa (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Michael Gordon (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Nikolaos Giamalis (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Anthony Glise (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Steven Mackey (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Marc Achille Matthys (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Catharina van Rennes (1858-1940; age 82); Jeno Hubay (1858-1937; age 78); Giovanni Grosskopf (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Arnold Bax (1883-1953; age 69); Alfredo Casella (1883-1947; age 63); José Rolón (1883-1945; age 61); Manolis Kalomiris (1883-1962; age ca. 79); Georges Hüe (1858-1948; age 90); Catharinus Elling (1858-1942; age 83);

 
 

What has been said about String Quartets.      

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

Despite Mozart’s gifts as a pianist, his favourite instrument was theviola—appropriately enough, for it lies at the heart of the string quartet. Alec Hyatt King (1911— Mozart Chamber Music, 1968

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Swanage   

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

Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Verdi - Drinking Song from La Traviata; Vivaldi - The Four Seasons; Wagner - Here Comes the Bride; For He's A Jolly Good Fellow; Nutcracker Suite – March – Tchaikowsky; Flute & String Quartet op 3 no 1 – Haydn; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285b – Mozart; Thunderbirds; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck; Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; The Teddy Bears' Picnic - J Bratton; Suite from Oklahoma & The Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein; Pennies from Heaven - A Johnson; Anything Goes - Cole Porter; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart;