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Wedding Quartets in Tyne & Wear

A selection of wedding quartets in Tyne & Wear 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 Tyne & Wear 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:- Woody Norvell (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Claude Engel (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Dan Welcher (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Tommy Fowler (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861; age 66); Paul Dukas (1865-1935; age 69); Albéric Magnard (1865-1914; age 49); Carl Nielsen (1865-1931; age 66); Paul Lincke (1866-1946; age 79); Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866-1901; age 34); Saverio Rafaele Mercadante (1795-1870; age 75); Franz Berwald (1796-1868; age 71); Carl Loewe (1796-1869; age 72);

What has been written about Wedding Quartets. Tyne & Wear

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

The first requisite for a good ensemble is that each player shall have the sense of the whole. This he can only feel by listening to the others—constantly, whether he knows the music or is reading at sight. With practice, then, he becomes familiar with the other parts and is ready to adjust himself to them or to assert himself so that they can adjust themselves to him, but be can never afford to stop listening. Only by remaining acutely aware of what is being done about him can he be sensitized to the necessary degree

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Tyne & Wear

Weddings - During the wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast, our Wedding Quartets can set just the right atmosphere for your .

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

Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING QUARTETS

String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; Nimrod – Elgar; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; 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; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; 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; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Anthem from Chess; Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; String Quartet K546 – Mozart; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Cheek to Cheek;