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The Midlands String Quartet
String Quartet
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Based in Nottinghamshire but travels UK wide
The Midlands String Quartet are a popular & elegant all female professional string quartet, performing an eclectic repertoire from Bach to the Beatles, ideal for both wedding & corporate functions. Electric instruments available!
Prices: From £552 +

 
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The Midlands String Quartet's Biography
Line up: Quartet with violin, violin, viola, cello.
The Midlands String Quartet is one of the most renowned and prolific quartets in the Midlands. This all female string ensemble has over twelve years experience of playing at weddings and corporate functions all over the UK and further afield. Formed in Nottinghamshire in 1996 each member studied in London at the top three music conservatoires; the Royal Academy of Music the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music.
Professional and vibrant, The Midlands String Quartet play an eclectic playlist mixing classical music with lighter numbers jazz and popular repertoire. The quartet's versatile repertoire includes music to suit any occasion - from Beethoven to Bohemian Rhapsody! Some of their more modern repertoire has been specially arranged for the quartet and are unique to the quartet.
The Midlands String Quartet has played at weddings and corporate functions in some of the country's finest venues including Tower Bridge, Chatsworth House, Knebworth House, The Royal Courts of Justice, Burghley House and Woburn Abbey. They have even played for weddings on Guernsey and in France a corporate event in Brussels and performed concerts in the Caribbean including one on the exclusive island of Mustique.
The Midlands String Quartet's clients include Mercedes-Benz, Boots, the RAF, Capital One, HSBC, Proctor and Gamble, English Heritage and the BBC.
Individual members of the quartet have played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Ballet, the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (USA), BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Concert Orchestra. They have also performed in concert, on tour and on television alongside Will Young, Shakira, Rod Stewart, Il Divo, Aled Jones, Robbie Williams, Simply Red and Elton John.
Previous engagements include playing in venues such as;
Althorp House, Northampton Barnsdale Hall Hotel, Rutland Beaumanor Hall Hotel, Leicestershire Belton House, Lincolnshire Belton Woods Hotel, Lincolnshire Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire Billesley Manor, Warwickshire Blackbrook House, Belper, Derbyshire Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire Burghley House, Stamford Cathedral Quarter Hotel, Derby Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire Chatsworth House Gardens, Derbyshire Colwick Hall, Nottinghamshire Coombe Abbey Hotel, Coventry Dartmouth House, Mayfair, London East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham Eastwood Hall, Nottinghamshire Episode Hotel, Leamington Spa Ettington Park Hotel, Nr Stratford - upon - Avon Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire Hambleton Hall Hotel, Rutland Hampton Court Palace, London Harewood House, Leeds Sutton Bonington Hall, Leicestershire Swinfen Hall, Staffordshire Tatershall Castle, Lincolnshire Thoresby Hall Hotel, Nottinghamshire Thrumpton Hall, Nottinghamshire Tower Bridge, London Tower of London Tutbury Castle, Derbyshire Whatton House, Leicestershire Woodborough Hall, Nottinghamshire Wroxhall Abbey, Warwickshire
Clients BBC East Midlands - Sports Personality of the Year By Design Group, East Midlands European Sponsorship Committee, Belgium Mercedes-Benz, London Driving Standards Agency Capital One, Nottingham English Heritage HSBC John Lewis, Oxford Street Boots, London & Nottingham Proctor & Gamble Severn Trent Alliance & Leicester British Business Awards Royal Air Force The Ministry of Defence Nottingham Trent University East Midlands Universities Association Chamber of Commerce
Bring a touch of class to your wedding….
The Midlands String Quartet have been entertaining wedding guests since 1997 and have extensive experience of tailoring their repertoire to create the right mood for your special day. Their repertoire is designed to suit church services, civil ceremonies and civil partnership ceremonies and they will gladly offer advice about which music to consider. For church services The Midlands String Quartet can also play hymns.
Here are some suggestions for music for your service / ceremony:
Processional Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) - Wagner Canon in D - Pachelbel Air on a G String (from Suite No. 3) - Bach Ave Verum Corpus * - Bach Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana) - Mascagni She - Elvis Costello Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Signing of the register Pavane - Faure Salut D'Amour - Elgar Romance - Shostakovich Chanson de Matin - Elgar Canon in D - Pachelbel Can't take my Eyes off you - Crewe & Gaudio 2nd movement from Concerto for 2 violins - Bach Voi che Sapete (from the Marriage of Figaro) - Mozart Excerpts from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * - Bach Unforgettable - Nat King Cole Flower Duet (from Lakme)- Delibes Meditation (from Thais) - Massenet Barcarolle - Offenbach
Recessional Hornpipe (from the Water Music) - Handel All you need is Love - Beatles Queen of Sheba * - Handel La Rejouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) - Handel Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke Wedding march (from Midsummer Night's Dream) - Mendelssohn Spring (from Four Season's Violin Concertos) -Vivaldi 'Rondo' from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart Moondance - Van Morrison Come Fly with Me - Jimmy van Heusen
* For civil ceremonies please check with your registrar
Hymns Praise My Soul I Vow to Thee my Country Jerusalem Sing Hosanna Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer Morning has Broken Dear Lord and Father of Mankind All things Bright and Beautiful Love Divine (both versions) Hail, Queen of Heaven Amazing Grace Lord of all Hopefulness How great Thou are O Jesus I have Promised Be still, for the presence of the Lord One more step along the World I go I am the Lord of the Dance
(They can also arrange other hymns for a small fee)
The Midlands String Quartet's Set List / Repertoire
New! Christmas Repertoire! Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Mary's Boy Child I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas Let it Snow Troika Fairy tale of New York Santa Baby The Christmas Song-Chestnuts roasting... Its Beginning to look a lot like Christmas Jingle Bells Sleigh Ride Deck the Hall..... Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas The Holly bears a Berry Winter Wonderland Away in a Manger Ding Dong Merrily on High God rest you merry Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing O Come all Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Once in Royal David's City The First Nowell The Holly and the Ivy Silent Night We three Kings While Shepherds Watched Corelli Christmas Concerto
Classical Adagio from 'Pathetique' Sonata - Beethoven Air from the Water Music - Handel Air on a G string - J. S. Bach Alleluja from ‘ Exultate Jubilate’ - Mozart Andante from Piano Concerto No 1 - Mozart Arioso - Bach Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel Ave Maria - Bach ~ Gounod Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart Badinerie - Bach Barber of Seville - Rossini Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Bach Canon - Pachelbel Chaconne - Purcell Concerto for Two Violins - Bach Divertimento No. 1 - Mozart Divertimento No. 2 - Mozart Divertimento No. 3 - Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart Excerpts from the 'Four Seasons' - Vivaldi Fur Elise - Beethoven Hallelujah Chorus (from 'The Messiah') - Handel Hornpipe from the Water Music - Handel Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - Handel Minuet in G Major - Beethoven Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky Ode to Joy - Beethoven Orchestral Suite No 3 - Bach Pachelbel's Canon in D - Pachelbel Panis Angelicus - Franck Passacaglia - Handel Pavane - Faure Piano concerto no. 21 (Andante) - Mozart Prelude from 'Te Deum' - Charpentier Prince of Denmark's March - Clarke Radetzky March - Strauss Rondo alla Turca - Mozart Sheep may safely Graze - Bach Sleepers Wake - Bach Spring from the 'Four Seasons' Violin Concertos - Vivaldi Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Pergolesi Tambourin - Gossec Trumpet Tune in D - Purcell Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke Tuba Tune in D major - C S Lang Wachet Auf - Bach Water Music Extracts - Handel Where e'er you walk - Handel Zadok the Priest - Handel
Romantic Adagio for String (from string quartet) - Barber Adagio from the ballet 'Spartacus' - Khachaturian Arabesque No 2 - Debussy Ave Maria - Schubert Ballet from 'Petite Suite' - Debussy Barcarolle - Offenbach Bolero - Ravel Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) - Wagner Bridal Procession - Grieg Chanson de Matin - Elgar Chanson de Nuit - Elgar Clair de Lune - Debussy Czardas from Coppelia - Delibes Czardas from Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky Dance of the Swans - Tchaikovsky Danse des Mirlitons - Tchaikovsky Danse Espagnole - de Falla Danse Espagnole - Granados Ecossaise - Schubert Espana - Chabrier Flower Duet from 'Lakme' - Delibes Golliwog's Cake Walk - Debussy Gymnopodie No 1 - Satie Hoe Down (from 'Rodeo') - Copland Holberg Suite - Gavotte - Grieg Holberg Suite - Prelude - Grieg Humoresque - Dvorak Hungarian Dances (various) - Brahms In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg Intermezzo (from the ballet 'Sylvia') - Delibes Intermezzo from 'Carmen' - Bizet Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' - Mascagni Jupiter (Theme from Planets) - Holst Knightsbridge March - Eric Coates Love theme from Romeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky March Militaire - Schubert Mazurka from Coppelia - Delibes Meditation (from Thais) - Massenet Morning from 'Peer Gynt' Suite - Grieg Norwegian Dance No. 2 - Grieg O Sole Mio - di Capua Pie Jesu from 'Requiem' - Faure Polovtsian Dances 'Prince Igor' - Borodin Pulcinella - Overture - Stravinksy Romance (from 'The Gadfly') - Shostakovich Salut D'Amour - Elgar Seguidilla from 'Carmen' - Bizet Sicilienne - Von Paradis Skater's Waltz - Waldteufel Slavonic Dances - various - Dvorak Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky Spanish Dance - Moskovski The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy The Swan - Saint-Saens Thunder & Lightning Polka - J Strauss To a Wild Rose - Macdowell Traumerei - Schumann Trepak (from the Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky Valse Lente from Coppelia - Delibes Violin Concerto-2nd movement - Mendelssohn Waltz - Grieg Waltz from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Grieg Wedding March from 'Midsummer Night's Dream' - Mendelssohn
Light Classical Basse Dance from the Capriol Suite - Peter Warlock Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss Can-Can - Offenbach Cavatina - Myers Champagne Galop - Lumbye Clog Dance from 'La Fil mal Gardee' - Herold Cock Linnet - Collins/Leigh arr. Martelli Czardas - Monti Dance of the Comedians - Smetana Diplomat's Polka - Strauss Emporer Waltz - Strauss Entry of the Gladiators - Fucik Fandango Espagnol - Chabrier Forgotten Dreams - Leroy Anderson Funiculi Funicula - Denza Gold & Silver Waltz - Lehar Gopak - Mousorgsky Irish Sherry (incl. 'Danny Boy') - Trad/O'Carolan arr. Martelli Liberty Bell - Sousa Liechtes Blute Polka - Strauss March of the Devils - Suppe Moonlight and Roses - Lemare Palladio - Jenkins Pizzicato Polka - Strauss Plink Plank Plunk - Leroy Anderson RAF March Past - Walford Davies Roses from the South - J Strauss II Rule Britannia - Arne Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa The Teddy Bear's Picnic - J.W.Bratton The Typewriter - Anderson Washington Post - Sousa William Tell Overture - Rossini
Opera Aragonese from Carmen - Bizet Au fond du temple saint (duet from the Pearl Fishers) - Bizet Brindisi - 'Drinking Song' from 'La Traviata' - Verdi Chorus of the Hewbrew Slaves - Verdi Danse Boheme - Bizet Excerpts from 'Carmen' - Bizet Galop from 'La Vie Parisienne' - Offenbach Give me thy Hand (from Don Giovanni) - Mozart Habanera from Carmen - Bizet I got plenty of nothing - Gershwin Let's call the whole thing off - Gershwin Marriage of Figaro - Non piu andrai - Mozart Marriage of Figaro - Overture - Mozart Marriage of Figaro - Voi che Sapete - Mozart Nessum Dorma - Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini Prelude to Carmen - Bizet Quartet from 'Rigoletto' - Verdi The Bird Catcher (from the Magic Flute) - Mozart Three Little Maids (from 'Mikado') - Arthur Sullivan
Jazz A Foggy Day - Gershwin A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Manning Sherwin All of You - Cole Porter Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter Close to you - Burt Bacharach Come Fly with Me - Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen Concerto for Cootie - Duke Ellington Dancing Cheek to Cheek - Berlin Doin' the Crazy Walk - Ellington Embraceable You - Gershwin Every Time we say Goodbye - Cole Porter Fascinatin' Rhythm - Gershwin Fly me to the Moon - Bart Howard Guantanamera - Pete Seeger Harry Lime Theme - Anton Karas I Got Rhythm - Gershwin I Love You - Cole Porter I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair - Rodgers I've got you under my skin - Cole Porter It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - Ellington It's alright with me - Cole Porter It's de-lovely - Cole Porter Just another Rumba - Gershwin La Bamba - Richie Valens Let's Do It - Cole Porter Let's Face the Music and Dance - Nat King Cole Love is Here to Stay - Gershwin Makin' Whoopee - Donaldson Misty - Errol Garner New York New York - Kander Nice Work if you can get it - Gershwin On the Sunny Side of the Street - McHugh Pennies from Heaven - Arthur Johnson S'wonderful - Gershwin Satin Doll - Duke Ellington Singing in the Rain - Nacio Herb Brown Slap that Bass - Gershwin Somebody loves me - Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin Summertime - Gershwin Swanee - Gershwin Take Five - Paul Desmond Take the 'A' train - Billy Strayhorn That Certain Feeling - Gershwin That's Amore - Harry Warren The Folks who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern The Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim These Boots are made for Walking - Lee Hazelwood They all laughed.... - Gershwin What is this thing called love? - Cole Porter You're the Top - Cole Porter
Popular A Hard Day's Night - Paul McCartney All You Need is Love - Beatles Angels - Robbie Williams Annie's Song - John Denver Back in the USSR - Lennon & McCartney Big Spender - Cy Coleman Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen California Girls - Beach Boys Can't buy me love - Lennon/McCartney Can't take my eyes off you - Crewe & Gaudio Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol Congratulations - Martin & Coulter Crazy for You - Madonna Crocodile Rock - Elton John Dancing Queen - Abba Day Tripper - Lennon & McCartney Eleanor Rigby - Beatles Flying without Wings - Westlife God Only Knows - Brian Wilson Got to get you into my Life - Beatles Greatest Day - Take That Have I told you lately... - Van Morrison Hero - Enrique Iglesias Hey Jude - Paul McCartney How Deep is your love? - The Bee Gees I do I do I do - Abba I Get Around - Beach Boys I'm into something good - Herman Hermits Imagine - John Lennon It Must be Love - Madness It's all about You - McFly Light my Fire - The Doors Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney Love & Marriage - Van Heusen Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley Mamma Mia - Abba Money Money Money - Abba Moondance - Van Morrison Moonlight in Vermont - Suessdorf Mrs. Robinson - Paul Simon Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett Nights in White Satin - Justin Hayward Nobody does it Better - Carly Simon Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison One Day Like This - Elbow Penny Lane - Lennon-McCartney Rule the World - Take That She ("Notting Hill" soundtrack) - Elvis Costello Songbird - Eva Cassidy Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin Stand By Me - Ben E King Strangers in the Night - Bert Kaempfert Summer Holiday - Welch & Bennett Sway - Dean Martin The Winner takes it All - Abba Truely - Lionel Richie Try a Little Tenderness ('from 'The Commitments') - Andrew Strong Unforgettable - Nat King Cole Waterloo - Abba Waterloo Sunset - Ray Davies What a Wonderful World - Weiss & Thiele When I'm 64 - McCartney Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton Yellow Submarine - Beatles Yesterday - Lennon and McCartney Yesterday Once More - The Bee Gees You're Beautiful - James Blunt Your Song - Elton John
Musicals All I ask of you - Lloyd Webber All That Jazz from 'Chicago' - John Kander America from West Side Story - Bernstein Anything Goes - Cole Porter Chicago - Fred Fisher Consider Yourself - From 'Oliver' Get me to the Church on Time - Loewe Happy Talk - Rodgers & Hammerstien Hernando's Hideaway - Alder & Ross I Could Have Danced all Night - Lerner & Lowe Leaning on a Lamppost - George Formby Love Changes Everything - Andrew Lloyd Webber Music of the Night - Lloyd Webber Officer Krupke from West Side Story - Bernstein Puttin' on the Ritz - Berlin Raindrops keep falling on my Head - Bacharach Smoke get in your Eyes (from Roberta) - Jerome Kern Sunrise Sunset (from "Fiddler on the Roof") - Jerry Bock There's no Business like Show Business - Irving Berlin Walking the Dog - Gershwin
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