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Highly Strung string quartet | ![]() |
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| Elegant all female string quartet
- ideal for wedding receptions and private parties performing from both
a classical and an informal repertoire. Midlands based |
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| Price Guide: £520 + | |||||||||||||||
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| This artist is suitable for/as: | |||||||||||||||
| Wedding music, corporate entertainment, string quartet, music for the wedding ceremony, classical music, classical string quartet performances plus other events. | |||||||||||||||
Profile |
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| 'Highly Strung' formed in Nottingham
in 1996. All the musicians went on to study in London at the Royal College
of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music &
Drama. Highly Strung have a huge profile in the Midlands and London and play an eclectic repertoire - from Beethoven to to the Beach Boys! The quartet regularly performs at a variety of functions and is extremely popular at wedding ceremonies and receptions, garden parties and corporate events. Previous clients include: Boots, Proctor & Gamble, RAF, Capital One, English Heritage, Mercedes-Benz, BBC and the British Business Awards. Highly Strung have played at some of the country's finest venues including Blenheim Palace, Tower Bridge, Ham House, Belvoir Castle and Knebworth House. A typical performance is for up to 2 hours of music within a 3 hour period. Line up & Options: 2 x violins, viola, cello |
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| Testimonials | |||||||||||||||
| "Having played the violin for
as long as I did, I feel qualified to say "you were brilliant!!"
We couldn't thank you enough if we tried!" Caroline and Matthew, Bride and Groom "All the guests have been raving about you and how your music added to the atmosphere tremendously." Jo & Steve, Bride & Groom "Many thanks for a perfect performance. Superb! Splendid! Excellent music, thank you!" The Stantons, Guests at an 80th Birthday Party "We wanted to thank you for your sterling performance. The standing ovation from our guests was richly deserved. Your musical contribution made the day even more special." Kathryn & Nick, Bride and Groom |
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| Selected Repertoire | |||||||||||||||
| A Foggy Day - Gershwin A Hard Day's Night - Paul McCartney A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Manning Sherwin Adagio from 'Spartacus' - Khachaturian Adagio from 'Pathetique' Sonata - Beethoven Air on a G string (Hamlet advert) - J. S. Bach All you need is love - Beatles Allegro from 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' - Mozart Anything Goes - Cole Porter Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel Autumn from the 'Four Seasons' Violin Concertos - Vivaldi Ave Maria - Schubert Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss Bolero - Ravel Bridal Chorus (aka.Here Comes the Bride) - Wagner California Girls - Beach Boys Can't buy me love - Lennon/McCartney Canon - Pachelbel Chaconne - Purcell Chanson de Matin - Elgar Chanson de Nuit - Elgar Cock Linnet - Collins/Leigh Consider Yourself - From 'Oliver' Country Club - Scott Joplin Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky Danse Espagnole - de Falla Divertimento No. 1 - Mozart Divertimento No. 3 - Mozart Duet from the Pearl Fishers - Bizet Embraceable You - Gershwin English Country Garden - Trad. ET (theme from the film) - John Williams Every Time we say Goodbye - Cole Porter Fascinatin' Rhythm - Gershwin Flower Duet from 'Lakme' (BA advert) - Delibes Force of the Destiny - Verdi Forgotten Dreams - Leroy Anderson Four Seasons Violin Concertos - Vivaldi Funiculi Funicula - Denza Golliwog's Cake Walk - Debussy Guantanamera - Arr. Martelli Happy Birthday - Trad Happy Talk - Arr. Martelli Hardy's Wessex (incl.Sailor's Hornpipe) - Traditional Hey Jude - Paul McCartney Hornpipe from Water Music - Handel Humoresque - Dvorak I get a kick out of you - Cole Porter I got plenty of nothing - Gershwin I Got Rhythm - Gershwin Intermezzo - Masagni Irish Sherry (incl. 'Danny Boy') - Trad/O'Carolan arr. Martelli Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach Just one of those things - Cole Porter La Traviata (Drinking Song) - Verdi Leaning on a Lampost - Noel Gay Let's Do It - Cole Porter Love is Here to Stay - Gershwin Lullaby - Gershwin Makin' Whoopee - Donaldson Mamma Mia - Abba arr. Bozmik Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin Maria (from West Side Story) - Bernstein Memory (from 'Cats') - Andrew Lloyd-Webber Minuet in G Major - Beethoven Minuetto - Boccherini Moment Musicale - Schubert Money, Money, Money - Abba Moon River - Henry Mancini Moonlight in Vermont - Suessdorf Morning from 'Peer Gynt' Suite - Grieg Mustang Sally - Arr.Bosmik My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers Night and Day - Cole Porter Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar Non Piu Andrai (from the 'Marriage of Figaro') - Mozart O Sole Mio - di Capua Officer Krupke (from West Side Story) - Arr. Bosmik Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin Passacaglia - Handel Pavane - Faure Pennies from Heaven - Arthur Johnson Penny Lane - Lennon-McCartney Plink, Plank, Plunk - Leroy Anderson Polovtsian Dances 'Prince Igor' - Borodin Prelude to Carmen - Bizet Presto from 'A Musical Joke' - Mozart Ragtime, Serenade and Rumba - Anita Hewitt-Jones Romance - Shostakovich Rondo alla Turca - Mozart Salut D'Amour - Elgar Schindler's List (theme from the film) - John Williams Serenade - Schubert Sheep may safely graze - Bach Slavonic dance No. VIII - Dvorak Somebody loves me - Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin Spring from the 'Four Seasons' Violin Concertos - Vivaldi Summer from the 'Four Seasons' Violin Concertos - Vivaldi Summertime - Gershwin Tango - Albeniz The Man I Love - Gershwin The Ship's Fiddler (incl. Sailor's Hornpipe) - Trad. The Swan - Saint-Saens The Teddy Bear's Picnic - J.W.Bratton They can't take that away from me - Gershwin To a Wild Rose - Macdowell Traumerei - Schumann Voi che Sapete from the 'Marriage of Figaro' - Mozart Waltz - Grieg Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky Waterloo - Abba Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Grieg Wedding March - Mendelssohn What is this Thing called Love? - Cole Porter When I'm 64 - McCartney William Tell Overture - Rossini Winter from the 'Four Seasons' Violin Concertos - Vivaldi Yesterday - Lennon and McCartney You're the top - Cole Porter |
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| Telephone: 0845 675 1311 | |||||||||||||||
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