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Wedding Quartets in  Tewkesbury   

Find available wedding quartets in  Tewkesbury  on our national live wedding music database

See our  Tewkesbury  Wedding Quartets

Some of our wedding quartets across the UK. To view wedding quartets in   Tewkesbury  select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding quartets that local to your area.

 
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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:-  Adrian Williams (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Margriet Verbeek (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Michael Glenn Williams (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); David Lang (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); William Albright (1944-1998; age ca. 54); Karl Jenkins (1944-still alive 2003; age ca. 59); Paul Lansky (1944-still alive 2003; age ca. 59); Willem Breuker (1944-still alive 2003; age ca. 59); James Dashow (1944-still alive 2003; age ca. 59); François Devienne (1759-1803; age 44); Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842; age 81); Jeffery Cotton (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Quartets.  Tewkesbury   

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

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  Tewkesbury   

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 - 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

The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; Girl – McCartney; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Guantanamera; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Clair de Lu - Debussy; Humoreske – Dvorak;