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Wedding Quartets in  Preston   

Find wedding quartets who perform in  Preston  on our this web site of wedding music groups

See our  Preston  Wedding Quartets

Below are a few of our wedding quartets across the UK. For wedding quartets in   Preston  choose your county from the drop down box to see the wedding quartets that play in your area.

 
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Composers through history - wedding quartets

Most composers have written music for the Wedding Quartet, which was considered by many of them to the be the perfect musical ensemble. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:-  Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958; age 85); Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956; age 83); Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960; age 88); Arthur Farwell (1872-1952; age 79); Stanislav Moniuszko (1819-1872; age 53); Franz von Suppé (1819-1895; age 76); Clara Schumann (1819-1896; age 76); Aleksandr Nikolayevitch Serov (1820-1871; age 51); Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901; age 81); Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881; age 61); Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883; age 61); Eyvind Alnæs (1872-1932; age 60);

 
 

Wedding Quartets - a quotation:  Preston   

A sample of what has been written about wedding quartets:-

The Devil rides upon a fiddlestick. (Prince Henry) William Shakespeare (1564—1616) Hen ~‘JVPt I, 1596, Act II, Sc IV

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Preston   

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 highly versatile Wedding Quartets also play for a wide spectrum of non wedding events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Here is some typical repertoire of our wedding quartets   

EXAMPLES OF A WEDDING QUARTETS REPERTOIRE

Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Kinderszenen p 15 – Schumann; Anthem from Chess; Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; Cheek to Cheek; I Don't Know How To Love Him; Blue Moon; 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; String Quartet K525 – Mozart; With One Look; Gershwin - Let's Call the whole Thing Off; I Dreamed a Dream; Love Changes Everything; Close Every Door (from 'Joseph'); 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; Standchen – Schubert; On The Street Where You Live; Summertime; To Life (from 'Fiddler on the Roof); Fawlty Towers; Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; 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; String Quartet K546 – Mozart; El Relicario – Padilla;