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Wedding Quartets in Huntingdonshire

A selection of wedding quartets in Huntingdonshire on this wedding music web site

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Here are some our wedding quartets in different parts of the UK. View wedding quartets in Huntingdonshire select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding quartets that local to your area.

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Wedding music, composers and wedding quartets

Some composers considered the wedding 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:- Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942; age 70); Adolphe Biarent (1871-1916; age ca. 45); Oreste Ravanello (1871-1938; age ca. 67); Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937; age 65); Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872-1956; age 83); Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958; age 85); Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956; age 83); Bart Berman (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Paavo Heininen (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Charles Wuorinen (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Pablo Casals (1876-1973; age ca. 97);

What has been written about Wedding Quartets. Huntingdonshire

Literature has many references about wedding quartets and their instruments. Here are some examples-

The manner of the conveyance of sounds, which is as it were the basis of music, is unintelligible. For what can be more strange, than that the rubbing of a little Hair and Cat-gut together, should make such a mighty alteration in a Man that sits at a distance? Jeremy Collier (1650—1726) 4n Essay ofMus irk, 1702

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Huntingdonshire

Weddings - Create the perfect ambience for the wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast with one of our Wedding Quartets.

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Our talented and adaptable Wedding 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 wedding quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING QUARTETS

Scott Joplin - Country Club; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter; Scott Joplin - The Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; 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; Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. VIII; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca; Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz; Elgar - Chanson de Matin; Handel - Departure of the Queen of Sheba; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285 Mozart; Elgar - Chanson de Nuit; Gossec - Tambourin ; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik ; Greensleeves; Handel - Allegro from Recorder Sonata; Purcell - Trumpet Tune; Jerusalem; Massenet - Meditation from Thais; Pachelbel – Canon; The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; Puccini - Nessun Dorma; Rossini - William Tell Overture;