St Swithuns Strings

The essential element for your special day! St Swithuns Strings are a professional quartet, trio or duo who perform an array of beautiful music to compliment any occasion! From modern Pop to classical, the ensemble have performed at numerous events including in front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!

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Set List / Repertoire

Pop
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
All of Me – John Legend
All You Need is Love – Lennon and McCartney
Always – Bon Jovi
Annie's Song – John Denver
Beautiful Day – U2
Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Can you feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
Can't Help Falling in Love – Elvis
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Don't Stop Believing – Journey
Dream a Little Dream – Wilbur
Everlasting Love – Gaydon
Everything I do, I do it for you – Bryan Adams
Fields of Gold – Sting
Frosty the Snowman – Nelson and Rollins
God Only Knows – Beach Boys
Good Riddance – Time of your Life
Halo – Beyonce
Hello – Lionel Ritchie
Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros
Hotel California – The Eagles
How to Save a Life – The Fray
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
I Got a Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
I'm Yours – Jason Mraz
Iris – The Goo Goo Dolls
Isn't she lovely? – Stevie Wonder
It Must be Love – Madness
It's all about You – McFly
Jingle Bell Rock – Beal and Boothe
Just the Way you Are – Bruno Mars
Just the Way you Are – Billy Joel
Lego House – Ed Sheeran
Let it Snow – Khan and Styne
Loving You is Easy – The Charlatans
Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
Mamma Mia – Abba
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Mr Blue Sky – ELO
Nothing Compares to you – Prince
One Day like This – Elbow
Only You – Yazoo
Over and Over Again – Nate Sykes
Paradise – Coldplay
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Perfect with Pachelbel’s Canon – Ed Sheeran
Pompeii – Bastille
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Gillespie and Coots
Say you won't let go – James Arthur
She – Aznavour and Kretzmer
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Somebody to Love – Queen
Stand by me – Ben E. King
Stand by your Man – Tammy Wynette
Summer – Calvin Harris
Sweet Child of Mine – Guns and Roses
The Man with the Child in his Eyes – Kate Bush
There She Goes – The La’s
True – Spandau Ballet
Viva la Vida – Coldplay
Wake me up – Avicii
We Have All the Time in the World – John Barry
When a Man Loves a Woman – Percy Sledge
When I'm Sixty-Four – Lennon and McCartney
Winter Wonderland – Smith and Bernard
With or Without You – U2
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Wonderwall – Oasis
Yellow – Coldplay
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
You're Beautiful – James Blunt
You're the first, my last, my everything – Barry White

Classical
Albeniz – Tango Op 165 No 2
Arlen – Over the Rainbow from the “Wizard of Oz”
Bach – Air
Bach – Air on a G String from Orchestral Suite No 3
Bach – Jeus Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach/Gounod – Ave Maria
Barber – Adagio
Barber – String Quartet
Beethoven – Ode to Joy
Bellini – Casta Diva from “Norma”
Bizet – Au Fond du Temple Saint from “The Pearl Fishers”
Bizet – Entracte from “Carmen”
Bizet – Carmen Fantasie - a medley of melodies from “Carmen”
Bizet – Habanera from “Carmen”
Bizet – Prelude from Suite from “Carmen”
Boccherini – Minuet
Borodin – First Polovtsian Dance from “Prince Igor”
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”
Charpentier – Te Deum Prelude
Chopin – Mazurka in A minor Op 7 No 2
Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary
Cottrau – Santa Lucia
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Debussy – Golliwogg's Cakewalk from “Children's Corner”
Delibes – Flower Duet from “Lakme"
Delibes – Pizzicato Polka from “Sylvia”
Denza – Funiculi Funicula
di Capua – O Sole Mio
Donizetti – Una Furtiva Lagrima from “L'elisir d’amore"
Dvorak – Humoresque
Dvorak – String Quartet - the American
Elgar – Nimrod from “Enigma Variations”
Elgar – Salut d'Amour
Gershwin – Preludes
Grieg – Norwegian Dance No 2
Grieg – Norwegian Dance No 3
Grieg – Studenterens Serenade Op 73 No 6
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel – Air from the Water Music
Handel – Hornpipe from the “Water  Music” (in D)
Handel – Affetuoso from the “Fireworks Music”
Handel – La Paix from the “Fireworks Music”
Handel – Menuets 1&2 from the “Fireworks Music”
Handel – Bourée
Handel – La Réjoussance from the “Fireworks Music”
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Holst – Jig from St Paul's Suite
Irish Trad. – Londonderry Air
Jenkins – Palladio
Leoncavallo – Vesti la Giubba from “I Pagliacci”
Lloyd-Webber – All I Ask of You from “Phantom of the Opera”
Massenet – Meditation from “Thais”
Mendelssohn – On Wings of Song
Mendelssohn – Sehnsuchtig Op 7 No 6
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night's Dream”
Mouret – Rondeau
Mozart – Divertimento in Bb
Mozart – Divertimento in D
Mozart – Divertimento in F
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Offenbach – Barcarolle from  “Tales of Hoffmann”
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Pachelbel – Gigue
Ponchielli – Cielo e Mar from “La Gioconda”
Puccini – Nessun Dorma from “Turandot”
Puccini – Me Chiamo Mimi from “La Boheme”
Puccini – Nessun Dorma
Puccini – O Mio Babbino Caro from “Gianni Schicchi"
Puccini – Quando m’en vo from “La Boheme”
Purcell – Trumpet Tune
Purcell – Two Rondeaux from “Abdelazar” and “The Fairy Queen”
Satie – Gymnopedie no.3
Schandt and Andree – Dream a Little Dream of me
Schonberg – I Dreamed a Dream from “Les Miserables”
Schubert – Ave Maria
Schubert – March Militaire
Schubert – Serenade
Schumann – Traumerei
Sousa – The Liberty Bell March
Strauss – Waltzes
Sullivan – Three Little Maids from School from “The Mikado”
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from “The Sleeping Beauty”
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from “Swan Lake”
Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
Verdi – La Donna e mobile from “Rigoletto”
Verdi – Libiamo from “La Traviata”
Verdi – The Anvil Chorus from “Il Trovatore”
Vivaldi – Largo from “Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo”
Vivaldi – Largo from “The Four Seasons”
Vivaldi – Nulla in Mundo
Wagner – Wedding March

Jazz/Blues/TV and Movie
A Million Dreams from “The Greatest Showman” – Benj Pasek
All I Ask of You from “Phantom of the Opera” – Lloyd Webber
At Last – Etta James
Downton Abbey theme – John Lunn
Falling Slowly (from Once) – John Carney
Flower of Scotland – The Corries
Gabriel's Oboe – Morricone
Londonderry Air – Trad Irish
Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson
Married Life (Theme from “Up”) – Giacchino
Promenade - Walking the Dog from “Shall
We Dance” – Gershwin
Ragtime Dance – Joplin
She – Aznavour and Kretzmer
Skye Boat Song – Trad.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen
Summertime from “Porgy and Bess” – Gershwin
Sway / Cherry Pink – Beltran/Louis Guy
Swing Low Sweet Chariot – Spiritual
The Entertainer – Joplin
The Folks who live on the Hill – Kern
Theme from "Game of Thrones" – Djawadi
Theme from “Poldark" – Anne Dudley
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails – Berlin
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong / Weiss

Full Biography

The essential element for your special day; St Swithuns Strings!

Each member of the quartet, trio and duo are highly qualified professional musicians having trained at RNCM, RAM and RCM.

St Swithuns Strings consists of great friends who enjoy playing a wide range of musical styles. Performing regularly for functions, parties, weddings and receptions, the group also perform together in concerts. Whatever the event, St Swithuns Strings enjoy sharing their music and enhancing whatever special occasion they are required for. Recently, the group played for a special celebration event at Keech Hospice Care (just outside Luton) which was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!

Your Event
When booking St Swithuns Strings, the group will arrive at your venue 30 mins prior to their performance time to ensure everything runs smoothly! As an acoustic group, set up time is minimal. St Swithuns Strings bring everything they require apart from chairs (this will need to be provided by the client).

The quartet are able to play outside provided there is cover (a gazebo or similar to protect their valuable instruments from either sun or rain!).

Lineup

Default lineup: 4 members

Quartet; Violin x 2, Viola, Cello. 

Performance Times

1 x 60 minutes


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2 x 60 minutes


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3 x 40 minutes


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3 x 60 minutes


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3 x 45 minutes


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Prices

Price from £750 + travel from Bedfordshire

Based on 4 members performing 1 x 60 minute sets

  • East of England From £750
  • East Midlands From £768
  • South East From £781
  • West Midlands From £801

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Fantastic!

5 stars - St Swithuns Strings are Highly Recommended
booked St Swithuns Strings for their Wedding in Cambridgeshire

“ST SWITHUNS STRINGS were fantastic! We hired them for a whole day wedding event from pre ceremony to first dance and they were great. It involved moving around the venue a couple of times which was no problem for them. A nice mixed of music all beautifully played. Highly recommended thank you”


Everything you hear is fully their talent and no electrics/amplifiers and wires ...

5 stars - St Swithuns Strings are Highly Recommended
booked St Swithuns Strings for their Wedding

“They were absolutely fantastic and I feel lucky to have had them playing at our wedding. So many guests commented on the quality and variety of the music they played and how it created a great atmosphere for the event. From the outset we received quick responses from Caroline and a friendly and flexible approach. She was happy to adjust length of time and number of musicians to fit our budget. We had the duo to play as guests were arriving and having welcome drinks , then through the ceremony itself and for most of the drinks reception that followed. We had thought we would be indoors on the day given it was Feb but due to uncharacteristically hot weather , the drinks were taken outside onto the terrace. Caroline and Luke being very flexible moved outside with us which was amazing. The group have a good repertoire to select from so you can have classical for the more formal moments in your day and something more jazzy afterwards to give a party feel. The duo created the perfect level ...”


These guys are beyond perfect.....

5 stars - St Swithuns Strings are Highly Recommended
booked St Swithuns Strings for their Wedding

“These guys are beyond perfect. We do not know how to say thank you. They were amazing, in the heat these guys played consistently and patiently. They were a fantastic touch to our wedding and I strongly recommend that you ONLY book these guys! You will not be disappointed. We are trying to find another occasion to book them for”


They were very professional and easy to communicate with.

5 stars - St Swithuns Strings are Highly Recommended
booked St Swithuns Strings for their Wedding

“St Swituns Strings played at our December wedding. We can’t thank them enough for their performance it helped make our ceremony and drinks reception really special. They were very professional and easy to communicate with. We would highly recommend booking.”


We couldn't have asked for a better service and would highly recommend.

5 stars - St Swithuns Strings are Highly Recommended
booked St Swithuns Strings for their Wedding

“We had a fantastic experience, in the run up to the big day they were brilliant, provided a great list of songs to choose from and even managed to get songs which weren't on the list. They were so professional on the big day, they were at the church early, already had things ready to go and played wonderful music. We couldn't have asked for a better service and would highly recommend. A big thank you to Element string duo whom helped to make our wedding day special. 19th November 2018”

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