The Midlands String Quartet
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!
Price from £633 + travel
Set List / Repertoire
Classical
Air from Suite No. 3 - Bach (listen)
Alla Siciliana - Handel
Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate - Mozart
Arioso - Bach
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Autumn (extracts from Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Badinerie - Bach
Barber of Seville - Rossini
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Bach
Canon - Pachelbel (listen)
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
I Giorni - Einaudi
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
La Rejouissance - Handel
Minuet in G Major - Beethoven
Musica Notturna di Madrid - Boccherini
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 1 – ‘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’ - Vivaldi
Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Pergolesi
Summer (extracts from Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
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
Winter (extracts from Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
Zadok the Priest - Handel
Romantic
Adagio from Pathetique Sonata - Beethoven
Adagio from Spartacus - Khachaturian
Arabesque No 2 - Debussy
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Maria - Caccini
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
Con te Partiro - Sartori
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 Cavelleria Rusticana - Mascagni
Jupiter (Theme from Planets) - Holst
Knightsbridge March - Eric Coates
Love theme from Romeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky
Mazurka from Coppelia - Delibes
Meditation (from Thais) - Massenet
Morning from ‘Peer Gynt’ Suite - Grieg
Nocturne Op 9 No 2 - Chopin
Norwegian Dance No. 2 - Grieg
O Sole Mio - di Capua
Pas de Deux from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
Pie Jesu from ‘Requiem’ - Faure
Polonnaise Militaire op 40 no1 - Chopin
Polovtsian Dances ‘Prince Igor’ - Borodin
Prelude in E minor op 28 no4 - Chopin
Pulcinella – Overture - Stravinksy
Reverie - Debussy
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 / Dreaming - Schumann
Trepak (from the Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky
Valse Lente from Coppelia - Delibes
Violin Concerto – Adagio - Bruch
Violin Concerto-2nd movement - Mendelssohn
Waltz - Grieg
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
Waltz from Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Grieg
Wedding March from ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - Mendelssohn (listen)
Light Classical
Basse Dance from the Capriol Suite - Peter Warlock
Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
Can-Can - Offenbach
Cavatina - Myers
Champagne Galop - Lumbye
Chi Mai - Morricone
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
Greensleeves - Trad
Irish Sherry (incl. ‘Danny Boy’) - Trad/O'Carolan
Le Onde - Einaudi
Libertango - Piazolla
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
Schon Rosmarin - Kreisler
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 (Pearl Fishers) - Bizet
Brindisi – ‘Drinking Song’ from ‘La Traviata’ - Verdi
Chorus of the Hebrew 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 - Manning Sherwin
All of you - Cole Porter
At Last - Etta James
Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter
Beyond the Sea - Darin
Candyman - Sammy Davis Jnr
Close to you - Burt Bacharach
Come Fly with Me - Cahn & 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
Feeling Good - Newley and Bricusse
Fly me to the Moon - Bart Howard
Guantanamera - Pete Seeger
Harry Lime Theme - Anton Karas
I feel Good - James Brown
I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
I Love You - Cole Porter
I’m gonna wash that man - Rodgers
I’ve got you under my skin - Cole Porter
In the Mood - Glen Miller
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
La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf
Let there be Love - Nat King Cole
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 (listen)
Me and Mr Jones - Billy Paul
Misty - Errol Garner
Mr Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
New York, New York - Kander
Nice Work if you can get it - Gershwin
Night and Day - Cole Porter
On the Sunny Side of the Street - McHugh
Pennies from Heaven - Arthur Johnson
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps - Osvaldo Farres
Pink Panther theme tune - Mancini
Quando Quando Quando - Testa/ Renis
S’wonderful - Gershwin
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
Second Time Around - Cole Porter
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 - Beatles
A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
All I want is you - U2
Angels - Robbie Williams
Annie’s Song - John Denver
Asleep in the Back - Elbow
Baby - Justin Bieber
Back in the USSR - Lennon & McCartney
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Beautiful Day - U2
Beethoven’s 5 Secrets - Piano Guys
Beneath You’re Beautiful - Emilie Sande
Big Spender - Cy Coleman
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Budapest - George Ezra
California Girls - Beach Boys
Can’t Help Falling in Love With you - Elvis Presley
Candle in the Wind - John & Taupin
Cannonball - Damien Rice
Can’t buy me love - Lennon/McCartney
Can’t take my eyes off you - Crewe & Gaudio
Charlie Brown - Coldplay
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Clocks - Coldplay
Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Congratulations - Martin & Coulter
Crazy for You - Madonna
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Dancing Queen - Abba
Day Tripper - Lennon & McCartney
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
Endless Love - Richie
Evergreen - Will Young
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Every Breath you Take - Sting
Fields of Gold - Sting
Firework - Katy Perry
Fix You - Coldplay
Flying without Wings - Westlife
Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA
God Only Knows - Brian Wilson
Good Riddance - Greenday
Got to get you into my Life - Beatles
Gravity - Embrace
Greatest Day - Take That
Grow Old with Me - Tom Odell
Hallelujah - Cohen
Halo - Beyonce
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Happy Together - Turtles
Have I told you lately… - Van Morrison
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Here Come the Girls - Toussaint
Here comes the Sun - Beatles
Here, There & Everywhere - Beatles
Hero - Enrique Iglesias
Hey Jude - Paul McCartney
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
How Deep is your love? - The Bee Gees
How Long will I Love you - Ellie Goulding
I Can See Clearly Now - Nash
I do I do I do - Abba
I Get Around - Beach Boys
I Just Called to Say I love you - Stevie Wonder
I just can’t stop loving you - Michael Jackson
I only want to be with you - Hawker & Raymonde
I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
I Want to Hold your Hand - Beatles
I Will always love you - Dolly Parton
I will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
I’ll be there for you - The Rembrandts
I’ll Stand by You - Chrissie Hynde
I’m a Believer - Monkees
I’m into something good - Herman Hermits
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Imagine - John Lennon
In my Place - Coldplay
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
It Must be Love - Madness
It’s Not Unusual - Sir Tom Jones
It’s all about You - McFly
Just the Two of Us - Bill Withers
Just the Way you are - Bruno Mars
Killing me Softly with his song - Charles Fox
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
Kissing You (Romeo and Juliet Theme) - Desree
Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters
Let it Be - Beatles
Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love - Pink Martini
Light my Fire - The Doors
Linger - Cranberries
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney
Love & Marriage - Van Heusen
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Beatles
Mack the Knife - Darin
Make you feel my Love - Adele
Mamma Mia - Abba
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Money, Money, Money - Abba
Moondance - Van Morrison (listen)
Moonlight in Vermont - Suessdorf
Mr Blue Sky - ELO
Mr Brightside - Killers
Mrs. Robinson - Paul Simon
Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
My Girl - The Temptations
Nights in White Satin - Justin Hayward
Nightswimming - REM
No Place I’d Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Nobody does it Better - Carly Simon
Numb - Linkin Park
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
One Day Like This - Elbow
Only Girl in the World - Rihanna
Only Time - Enya
Ordinary People - John Legend
Paradise - Coldplay
Penny Lane - Lennon-McCartney
Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
Rule the World - Take That
Run - Leona Lewis
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
She (“Notting Hill” soundtrack) - Elvis Costello
Shiny Happy People - REM
Slipping through my Fingers - Abba
Somewhere only we know - Keane
Son of a Preacher - Hurley & Wilkins
Songbird - Eva Cassidy
Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
Strangers in the Night - Bert Kaempfert
Summer Holiday - Welch & Bennett
Sunny Afternoon - Ray Davies
Sunshine on my Shoulders - Denver
Sway - Dean Martin
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses
Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take a Chance on Me - Abba
Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran
Thank you for the Music - Abba
The Chain (Grand Prix theme) - Fleetwood Mac
The First Time Ever I Saw your Face - Leona Lewis
The One I Love - David Gray
The Rose - Amanda McBroom
The Universal - Blur
The Winner takes it All - Abba
Titanium - David Guetta
Top of the World - The Carpenters
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Truely - Lionel Richie
Try a Little Tenderness - Andrew Strong
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Waterloo - Abba (listen)
Waterloo Sunset - Ray Davies
We’ve Only Just Begun - Carpenters
Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow
What a Wonderful World - Weiss & Thiele
Whatever - Oasis
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
When I’m 64 - McCartney
When you were young - Killers
Wherever you will go - Charlene Soraia
Wind Beneath my Wings - Silbar & Henley
Wings - Birdy
With or Without You - U2
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderwall - Oasis
Yellow Submarine - Beatles
Yesterday - Lennon and McCartney
Yesterday Once More - The Bee Gees
YMCA - The Village People
You raise me up - Westlife
You really got me - Kinks
You’re the first, the last, my Everything - Barry White
Young and Beautiful - Lana del Ray
Your Song - Elton John
You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
Latin American / Tangos
Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson
Cherry Pink - Pablo Beltran
Dark Eyes - Trad.
El Choclo - Villoldo
Habanera - Halffter
Jalousie Tango - Jacob Gade
La Cumparsita - Rodriguez
La Paloma - Sebastian Iradier
Por Una Cabeza - Gardel
Tango - Albeniz
Tomo Y Obligo - Carlos Gardel
Musicals
All I ask of you - Lloyd Webber
All that Jazz - Kander
America from West Side Story - Bernstein
Anything Goes - Cole Porter
Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken
Can you feel the love tonight - Elton John
Chicago - Fred Fisher (listen)
Consider Yourself – From ‘Oliver’
Edelweiss - Rodgers and Hammerstein
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
I feel pretty - Bernstein
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
On the Street where you live - Loewe
One Hand, One Heart - Bernstein
Puttin’ on the Ritz - Berlin
Raindrops keep falling on my Head - Bacharach
Smoke get in your Eyes (from Roberta) - Jerome Kern
Sunrise, Sunset - Jerry Bock
There’s no Business like Show Business - Irving Berlin
Think of Me - Lloyd Webber
Tonight from West Side Story - Bernstein
Walking the Dog - Gershwin
Wedding Procession from Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Film & Television
Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet - Craig Armstrong
Concerning Hobbits – Lord of the Rings - Howard Shore
Dambusters March - Eric Coates
Feather Theme from Forrest Gump - Silvestri
Final Countdown - Joey Tempest
Gabriel’s Oboe from ‘The Mission’ - Ennio Morricone
Game of Thrones Theme - Ramin Djawadi
Glasgow Love Theme – Love Actually - Craig Armstrong
Goldfinger - John Barry
Hopipolla - Sigur Ros
I wanna be like you (Jungle Book) - Sherman
I’ll be there for you - The Rembrandts
James Bond theme tune - Barry
Jeeves & Wooster theme - Anne Dudley
Kiss the Girl (Little Mermaid) - Ashman & Menken
Lara’s Theme - Maurice Jarre
Let it Go (from Frozen) - Lopez & Lopez
Mad Dogs & Englishmen - Noel Coward
Moon River - Henry Mancini
My Heart Will Go On from Titanic - James Horner
Once Upon a Time in the West - Morricone
Pink Panther theme tune - Mancini
Pirates of the Caribbean medley - Badelt & Zimmer
Prime Minister’s Love Theme (Love Actually)-Armstrong
Schindler’s List Theme - John Williams
She (“Notting Hill” soundtrack) - Elvis Costello
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen
The Bare Neccesities - Terry Gilkyson
The Kiss (Last of the Mohicans) - Trevor Jones
Theme from Love Story - Francis Lai
Theme from ‘Poirot’ - Christopher Gunning
Theme from ‘Pride and Prejudice’ - Carl Davis
Under the Sea - Menken
Up Where we Belong - Nitzsche & Sainte-Marie
When you Wish upon a Star - Leigh Harlane
Whicker’s World Theme - Graham de Wilde
You Only Live Twice - Barry
Zorba’s Dance - Theodorakis / Trad
Ragtime
Country Club - Scott Joplin (listen)
Easy Winners - Joplin
Elite Syncopations - Joplin
Entertainer - Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin
Ragtime Dance - Joplin
Rialto Ripples – Gershwin
Christmas
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Stop the Cavalry
Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree
I Wish it could be Christmas Everyday
Merry Christmas Everybody
Santa Baby
Happy Christmas (War is Over)
Mary’s Boy Child
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
Let it Snow
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
All I want for Christmas is you
Fairytale of New York
Frosty the Snowman
Santa Baby
The Christmas Song-Chestnuts roasting…
Last Christmas
Its Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bell Rock
Sleigh Ride
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
Deck the Hall
Joy to the World
Angels from the Realms of Glory
The Holly and the Ivy
Silent Night
Troika
We three Kings
While Shepherds Watched
Christmas Concerto (Corelli)
Sleigh Dance (Mozart)
And many more Christmas carols
Full Biography
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)
Lineup
Default lineup: 4 members
Quartet with violin, violin, viola, cello.
Performance Times
Requirements
Required by act...
Prices
Price from £633 + travel from Nottinghamshire
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Performance quality: | 5 stars |
Sound quality: | 5 stars |
Behaviour: | 5 stars |
Communication: | 5 stars |
Audience engagement: | 5 stars |
Value for money: | 5 stars |
They played our favourite piece that we asked for and we just stood and danced i...
Cara-Eve booked The Midlands String Quartet for their Wedding
“We had and amazing string trio playing at our wedding last November. Not only did all of our guests comment on how beautiful it was to have strings playing, everyone commented on how varied the music was. It was also lovely for one of the trio to come and find us when we was having photos as we hadn’t had chance to come and listen. They played our favourite piece that we asked for and we just stood and danced in the middle surrounded by our friends and family. It felt like a first dance rehearsal and one of my fondest memories of our day. Thankyou so much. We would highly recommend.”
Our guests were blown away with their music!
Alex C booked The Midlands String Quartet for their Wedding
“The Midlands String Quartet played at our wedding on 4th June 2022 for our guests arrival, ceremony and reception. They were absolutely fantastic, extremely professional and well organised. Our guests were blown away with their music, we’ve had so many positive comments about the performance. The atmosphere on the day would not have been the same without this group. Thank you so much ladies.”
Now we are desperate to see them again!
Brooke L booked The Midlands String Quartet for their Wedding
“We are so pleased we chose this quartet to play at our wedding. They are super talented and play so beautifully. They played a super set from the ceremony through to the drinks reception and the wedding breakfast (such stamina! and in different locations too!) with a mix of our favourite classical and pop pieces. All I wanted to do during the wedding breakfast was just sit quietly and listen to them!! Communication with Sarah was really easy and she was so accommodating in rearranging the booking and making changes due to covid. And as a special request, they were able to play our absolute favourite piece of classical music that wasn’t on their repertoire but we really wanted for the ceremony, and Sarah arranged that for us no problem. It was so special, thank you. Now we are desperate to see them again!”
The music was beautiful and really added to the atmosphere.
B A booked The Midlands String Quartet for their Wedding
“We would like to say a huge thank you all for playing at our wedding. The music was beautiful and really added to the atmosphere. I would definitely recommend you to others.”
Perfect background music to suit all tastes.
Ami C booked The Midlands String Quartet for their Wedding in Staffordshire
“Perfect background music to suit all tastes and budgets. The strings were great. Really listened to what we wanted and performed. Guest were surprised and enjoyed them immensely.”
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