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Blond String Quartet String quartet for weddings, private parties and corporate entertainment  
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Blond String Quartet was formed as an innovative approach, an ensemble who would perform music outside that of the standard string quartet repertoire. Ideal for private and corporate entertainment. London based.
 
Price Guide: £550 +  
 
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Wedding music, corporate entertainment, string quartet for the reception, classical music, classical string quartet performances, plus other events.  

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Blond have performed at embassies, corporate events and festivals as well as having been the resident string quartet of The Ritz Hotel, London. The unique talent and vision of these ladies will add a touch of sparkle and elegance to any event.

A typical performance lasts for up to 2 hours within 3 allowing for short breaks.

Line up & Options:
2 x violins, viola and cello.

 
     
Testimonials
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"Thank you for your superb work and professionalism. It has been a great pleasure to work with you all."
Yves Wencker. Ritz Hotel, London.

"Everyone who wached your performance were inspired and charmed."
Kathi Scott. 'Friends of the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund.'"

"A highly preofessional performance. You were the highlight of the day."
John & Theresa Perry.

"Thank you very much for making our wedding reception so memorable."
Andrew and katherine.

"Charming, composed and very professional performance. Quintessentially classic!!"
Lucy Mcredi, Diana, The Work Continues.
 
 
Repertoire  
Baroque and Classical

Air - from suite no. 3 (Bach)
Alia Sicialana (Handel)
Alia Turka (Mozart)
Allegro 1 - from sonata opi no.l 1 (Handel)
AUelujah - from Exultate Jubilate (Moazart)
Andante - from Piano concerto no.21 (Mozart)
Arietta - (Pergolesi)
Arioso (Bach)
Arrival of the Queen ofSheba (Handel)
Ave Maria (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G (Bach)
Canon and Gigue (Pachelbel)
Cantata no. 140 ("Wachet Auf") (Bach)
Chacony (Purcell)
Christmas Concerto (Corelli)
Concerto Grosso in D minor (Vivaldi)
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor (Bach)
Chorale Prelude "Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier" (Bach)
Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme" (Bach)
Didos Lament (Purcell)
3 Divertimento (Mozart)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Fireworks Music (Handel)
The Four Seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring (Vivaldi)
Hornpipe (Handel)
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (Bach)
Larghetto - from piano concerto in C minor (Mozart)
Largo (Handel)
Loure - from the cello suites (Bach)
Music for a While - from Oedipus (Purcell)
Prelude and Fugue no. 12 (Bach)
Rondo - from Abdelezar (Purcell)
Sarabande and 2 variations (Handel)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Quartet in G KV 80 (Mozart)
Quartet in D KV 155 (Mozart)
Quartet in G KV 156 (Mozart)
Quartet in C KV 157 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto in E major, 1st movement (Bach)
Violin Sonata no.4 in D major (Handel)

Broadway, Popular and Latin

All I Ask Of You - from Phantom (Lloyd-Webber)
America - from West Side Story (Bernstein)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Sherwin)
Annie Highlights (Strouse)
Anything Goes (Porter)
Ashokan Farewell - from The Civil War (Ungar)
Bachianas Brazileiras no.5 (Villa-Lobos)
Begin The Beguine (Porter)
Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve)
Blue Tango (Anderson)
But Not For Me (Gershwin)
Charleston Times. Includes: Indiana, The Charleston, There's Nothing New Under the Sun, Oh Joe, I
-wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
Chicago (Fisher)
Come In From The Rain (Manchester)
Country Club (Joplin)
Dancing Queen (Abba)
Danzas Argentinas no.2 (Ginastera)
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (Bacharach)
Do It Again (Gershwin)
El Chocio Tango (Villoldo)
Eleanor Rigby (Lennon)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
The Entertainer (Joplin)
El Relicario (Padilla)
E.T - film theme (Williams)
Evergreen (Streisand)
Everytime We Say Goodbye (Porter)
Fascinatin' Rhythm (Gershwin)
Fawlty Towers - TV theme
Feelings (Albert)
Fly Me To The Moon (Bacharach)
Foggy Day (Gershwin)
The Folks Who Live On The Hill (Kern)
For Just a Moment - from St Elmos Fire
Goodbye To Love (Carpenters)
The Greatest Love Of All (Masser)
Hang On To Me (Gershwin)
Have I told You Lately ( Morrison)
He Loves and She Loves (Gershwing)
Hey Jude (McCartney)
I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
I Feel Pretty - from West Side Story (Bernstein)
If You Could Read My Mind (Lightfoot)
I Got Plenty O'Nuttin (Gershwin)
I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise (Gershwin)
I Love Paris (Porter)
In The Mood (Garland)
It Aint Necessarily So (Gershwin)
Jalousie - Tango (Gade)
Jeeves and Wooster - TV theme
The King and I Highlights
La Bamba (Valence)
La Cumpasita (Rodriguez)
Laura (Raksin)
Latin American Ludwig
Leaning On A Lampost (Gay)
Lets Do It (Porter)
Leaving On A Jet Plane (Denver)
Loony Tunes Fugue (Naughtin)
Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin)
Love Supreme (Robbie Williams)
Makin Whoopee (Gershwin)
The Man I Love (Gershwin)
Manha de Camavel - from Black Orpheus (Bonfa)
Maria - from West Side Story
Memory - from Cats (Lloyd-Webber)
Misty (Gamer)
Mood Indigo (Ellington)
Money, Money, Money (Abba)
Moonlight and Roses (Lemare)
Moon River (Mancini)
The Music Of The Night - from Phantom (Lloyd-Webber)
Music To Watch Girls By (A Williams)
My Funny Valentine (Rogers)
My Heart Stood Still (Rogers/Hart)
My Heart Will Go On - from Titanic (Homer)
New York, New York (Bernstein)
New York, New York (Kander)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin)
Noites Cariocas (Bandolim)
No Strings (Berlin)
One Hand, One Heart - from West Side Story (Bernstein)
The Orange Blossom Special (Rouse)
Over The Rainbow (Arlen)
Paragon Rag (Joplin)
Peacherine Rag (Joplin)
Penniew from Heaven (Johnson)
Por Una Cabeza Tango - from Scent Of A Woman (Gardel)
Purple Haze (Hendrix)
Ragtime Dance (Joplin)
Red Sails In The Sunset (Williams)
Romeo and Juliet Love Theme (Rota)
San Jose (Bacharach)
Send In The Clowns (Sondheim)
Seven By The Beatles. Includes: Day Tripper, Hard Days Night, Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine,
Yesterday, When I'm 64 and Back In The USSR
She's The One (Robbie Williams)
Slap That Bass (Gershwin)
Solace (Joplin)
Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin)
Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
Somewhere - from West Side Story (Bernstein)
Sophisticated Lady (EUington)
Speak Softly Love - theme from The Godfather
Stormy Weather (Arlen)
Suddenly (Diamond)
The Summer Knows - theme from The Summer of 42' (Legrand)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Swanee (Gershwin)
S'wonderful (Gershwin)
Syncopated Clock (Anderson)
Tango (Albeniz)
Tanguedia 3 (Piazolla)
They Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin)
Tico - Tico (Abreu)
Tonight - from West Side Story (Bernstein)
Truly (Ritchie)
Upstairs, Downstairs - TV theme
Village Inn (Mancini)
Whats New (Haggart)
What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life? (Legrand)
We've Only Just Begun (Carpenters)
When I Fall In Love (Young)
Your Light Up My Life (Brooks)
You're The Inspiration (Foster)
Yesterday (McCartney)
Your Took Advantage Of Me (Rogers/Hart)
You Took Advantage Of Me (Rogers/Hart)
You Are Too Beautiful (Rogers/Hart)
You Say It Best (Keating)
ZuhalterbaUade (Weill)

Romantic / Modern

Adagio for Strings (Barber)
Adagio Cantabile - from The Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven)
Allegretto (After Bocherini) (Kreisler)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Berceuse (Faure)
Bolero (Ravel)
Chanson De Matin (Elgar)
Chanson De Nuit (Elgar)
"Che Gelida Manina" - from La Boheme (Puccini)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
Czardas - from Die Fledermaus (J Strauss Jr)
Danse De Mirlitons (Tchaikovsky)
Dance of the hours (Ponchelli)
Duet - from The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
Entr'acte to Act 3 of Carmen (Bizet)
Entr'acte to Act 4 of Carmen (Bizet)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
Flower Song - from Carmen (Bizet)
Force ofDesiny (Verdi)
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Golliwogs Cake-Walk (Debussy)
3 Gymnopedies (Satie)
Gypsy Life (Herbert)
Habenera - from Carmen (Bizet)
Hoe-Down - from Rodeo (Copland)
Humeresque (Dvorak)
Hungarian Dances: nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11 &21 (Brahms)
Intermezzo (Capua)
Largo - from The New World Symphony (Dvorak)
La Spagnola (Di Chiara)
Meditation - from Thais (Massenet)
Menuet - from Le Tombeau de Couperin (Rave)
Minuet (Boccherini)
Morning - from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Nessun Donna (Puccini)
Nimrod (Elgar)
Nocturne (Borodin)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Offenbachiana (Medley from the operettas of Offenbach)
The Old Refrain (Kreisler)
0 Sole Mio (Capua)
Overture, Waltz and Can Can (Offenbach)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pavane (Faure)
Pavane Pour Infante Defunte (Ravel)
Pizzicato Polka (J Stauss)
Polovtsian Dance (Borodin)
Prelude no.2 (Gershwin)
Romance - from The Gadfly (Shostakovich)
Romanza Andaluza (Sarasate)

Waltzes

Belle of the Ball (Anderson)
Blue Danube (J Strauss, Jr)
Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
Chopin Waltzes op. 18, op.64 and op. 64 no.2
Danube Waves (Anniversary Waltz) (Ivanovici)
Die Fledermaus Waltzes (J Strauss, Jr)
Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Merry Widow Waltzes (Lehar)
Midnight BeUs Waltz (Kreisler)
Musettas Waltz - from La Boheme (Puccini)
Richard Rogers Waltzes. Includes: The most beautiful girl in the -world, Falling in Love, My favourite
things, carousel -waltz
Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes (R Strauss)
Saturday Night Waltz - from Rodeo (Copland)
Schon Rosmarin (Kreisler)
Skaters Waltz (Walderfel)
Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
Tales From The Vienna Woods (J Strauss, Jr)
Two Hearts in Three-Quartet Time (Stoz)
Valse (Chopin)
Waltz - from Symphony no. 8 in G (Dvorak)
Waltz (Greig)
Wiener Blut Waltzes (J Strauss Jr)

 
 
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