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Wedding Quartets in  Swanage   

See and hear the wedding quartets in  Swanage  on this UK wide website of wedding musicians

See our  Swanage  Wedding Quartets

A small selection of our wedding quartets across the UK is shown below. To find wedding quartets in   Swanage  choose your county from the drop down box to see the wedding quartets that play in your area.

 
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Wedding quartets and composers

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:-  Johann Georg Heinrich Back(h)ofen (1768-1839; age ca. 71); Wilfried Westerlinck (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Ron Hannah (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Judith Lang Zaimont (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); John Rutter (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909; age 48); Hugo Wolf (1860-1903; age 42); Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956; age 95); Victor Ewald (1860-1935; age 74); Maurice Emmanuel (1861-1938; age 77); Clarence Barlow (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827; age 56);

 
 

Wedding Quartets - a quotation:  Swanage   

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

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

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Swanage   

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

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding quartets   

EXAMPLES OF A WEDDING QUARTETS REPERTOIRE

String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; String Boogie - Phil Green; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Ave Maris – Gounod; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Cabaret; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart; Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Let Me Try Again;