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Wedding Quartets in  Wigan   

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

See our  Wigan  Wedding Quartets

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

 
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Wedding music, composers and wedding quartets

Some composers have written music specifically for weddings, other have had their compositions become a part of the wedding repertoire. The majority of such works have been arranged for use by wedding quartets. . A few examples are given below, as illustrations:-  Guiseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905; age 72); Clément Loret (1833-1909; age ca. 76); Alexander Borodin (1833-1887; age 53); Alphonse Jean Ernest Mailly (1833-1918; age ca. 85); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897; age 63); Hanna Kulenty (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Janet Owen Thomas (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Giorgio Colombo Taccani (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Alain De Ley (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Maurice Ravel (1875-1937; age 62); Albert Heinrich Zabel (1834-1910; age ca. 76); Blodek Vilem (1834-1874; age 39); Michael Gees (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); David Leisner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50);

 
 

Wedding Quartets - a quotation:  Wigan   

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

Entry of the violinists, dancing... Stage direction in a dirertissement by Lullv and Moliere

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Wigan   

Weddings - Our Wedding Quartets can set just the perfect atmosphere for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast.

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;