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Wedding Quartets in  London   

Wedding quartets in  London  on this web site of wedding music groups

See our  London  Wedding Quartets

Some examples of our wedding quartets across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding quartets in   London  find your county in the drop down box. This will take you to all of our wedding quartets that play in your locality.

 
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Weddings, wedding quartets and composers

A wedding quartet is really a string quartet whose repertoire is suitable for use at weddings. 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. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:-  Wilhelm Olof Peterson-Berger (1867-1942; age 75); Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867-1945; age 77); Charles Koechlin (1867-1950; age 83); Steven Finch (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Eric Funk (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Christopher Rouse (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866; age ca. 65); Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851; age 49); Bernhard Molique (1802-1869; age ca. 67); Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870; age 68); Hector Berlioz (1803-1869; age 65); Mehmet Aktug (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Quartets.  London   

Wedding Quartets and similar ensembles have been mentioned in novels and plays. Here are some quotations:-

That instrument of mixed sex ... this hermaphrodite of theorchestra. Thomas Beecham (1879—1961) A Mingled Chime, 1944

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  London   

Wedding - With one of our Wedding Quartets you can be sure that your special day will be made even more special with music during the 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 Wedding Quartets will have the right music for your occasion.

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding quartets   

WEDDING QUARTETS - TYPICAL REPERTOIRE

Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; As Time Goes By; Kinderszenen p 15 – Schumann; La Date Dominum – Mozart; String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; Nimrod – Elgar; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Anthem from Chess; 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; Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata K331 – Mozart; Simple Symphony – Britten; Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; Cheek to Cheek; I Don't Know How To Love Him; Blue Moon; With One Look; Standchen – Schubert; String Quartet K155 – Mozart; Suite No 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - J S Bach; The Four Seasons – Winter – Vivaldi; The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams; Traumerei – Schumann; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Gershwin - Let's Call the whole Thing Off; I Dreamed a Dream; Love Changes Everything; Close Every Door (from 'Joseph'); On The Street Where You Live; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite;