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Wedding Quartets in  Reading   

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

See our  Reading  Wedding Quartets

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

 
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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:-  James Dillon (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Richard Cooke (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865; age 51); Mihaly Mosonyi (1814-1870; age ca. 56); Josephine Lang (1815-1880; age 65); Andrew Ladd (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jos (Jozef Johannes Helena) Smeets (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894; age 24); Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939; age 69); Louis Vierne (1870-1937; age 66); Robert Volkmann (1815-1883; age 68); Robert Franz (1815-1892; age 77); William Sterndale Bennett

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Quartets.  Reading   

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

working. NevilIe Cardus (1889—1975) The Delight_ of Music, 1966

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Reading   

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

I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; Traumerei – Schumann; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Chopin – Valse; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; String Boogie - Phil Green; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Handel - The arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Massenet – Meditarion; Rossinn - William Tell Overture; Haydn – Serenade; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers Overture;