Berkshire String Quartet
Superb string quartet, duo and trio for your special occasion! With a personal approach rare in the music industry The Berkshire String Quartet will tailor their playlist to your requirements to make the music for your event truly memorable.
With over a decade of experience playing at the most prestigious and elegant venues in the South-East including Buckingham Palace, Highclere Castle, Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons and Stationers’ Hall, the Berkshire String Quartet can provide perfect background music for your special event.
Members of the quartet studied at the Royal Academy of Music & the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and have played for orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera thus ensuring the highest standards of musicianship and professionalism. They have a huge repertoire ranging from classical favourites to a unique collection of contemporary material and offer a fully bespoke service for civil and church wedding ceremonies.
Corporate clients include Waitrose, Pitman Training, and Liberty's of Regent Street. We cover London, Berkshire, Wiltshire and adjoining counties.
For more information on our Berkshire String Quartet, please contact us via our online form, email us at info@eventsorganised.co.uk or call 01747 835433.
Repertoire
Classical
Albeniz - Tango
Albinoni - Adagio
Bach - Air on the G string, Anna’s Minuet Arioso, Bandinerie, Brandenburg Concertos, Cantata “Wachet Auf”, Concerto for Two Violins, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, Sheep May Safely Graze
Beethoven - Adagio Cantabile from Pathetique Sonata, Fur Elise
Bizet - Excerpts from “Carmen”
Boccherini - Minuet
Borodin - Polovtsian Dance from “Prince Igor”
Bridg - Spring Song
Bruch - Adagio (from the violin concerto)
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Debussy - Clair de Lune, Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Golliwog’s Cakewalk
De Falla - Ritual Fire Dance
Delibe – Humoresque
Elgar - Beau Brummel, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Salut d’Amour
Faure – Berceuse, Cantique de Jean Racine, Pavane
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Granados - Spanish Dance, Grie, Suite from “Peer Gynt”, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Handel, Alleluja Chorus, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Largo from “Xerxes”, Music for the Royal Fireworks, Pastoral Symphony, Water Music, Zadok the Priest
Jenkins - Palladio
Khachaturian - Adagio from “Spartacus”
Kreisler - Allegretto after Boccherini, Schön Rosmarin, Tambourin Chinois
Liadow - Mazurka
Mascagni - Intermezzo
Massenet - Meditation from “Thais”
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Mozart – Divertimenti, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Elvira Madigan, The Impressario Overture, Marriage of Figaro Overture, Marriage of Figaro Wedding March, Rondo alla Turca
Offenbach - Barcarolle
Pachelbel - Canon
Paradis - Sicilienne
Ponchiel - Dance of the Hours, Puccini, Che Gelida Manina (from La Bohème), Minuets, Nessun Dorma
Rachmaninov - 18th Variation (Paganini Variations)
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture
Sarasate - Romanza Andalucia
Satie - Three Gymnopedies
Shostakovitch - Romance from “The Gadfly”
Strauss - Blue Danube & other waltzes, Pizzicato Polka, Thunder and Lightening
Sullivan - Three Little Maids
Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Nutcracker March, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Waltz of the Flowers
Verdi - Andante from “The Force of Destiny”
Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Gloria, Violin concerto in a minor
Wagner - Wedding March
Trad - Greensleeves
Standards
As Time Goes By Leaves
Begin the Beguine
Belle of the Ball Waltz
Blue Tango
Cheek to Cheek
Chicago
Come Fly With Me
Con te Partiro
Embraceable You
English Country Gardens
The Entertainer
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Fly Me to the Moon Forgotten Dreams Funiculi Funicular
I Could Have Danced All Night
I Got Rhythm
I Love Paris
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
It’s Only a Paper Moon
La Bamba
The Lady is a Tramp
Lady Be Good La Paloma Laura
Let’s Do It
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Love and Marriage Love is Here to Stay Makin’ Whoopee The Man I Love Misty
Moonlight in Vermont
Moonlight Serenade
Moon River
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Will Go On
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
O Sole Mio
Over the Rainbow
Pennies from Heaven
She
Singin’ in the Rain Autumn
Spread a Little Happiness
Summertime
Take Five
Tango Por Una Cabeza
Tea for Two
Tico Tico
Viva Tonight
Strangers in the Night
What’ll I Do?
When You Wish Upon a Star
That’s Amore
Film Themes & Show Tunes
All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera
Bali Hai - South Pacific
Favourite Things - Sound of Music
He’s a Pirate – theme from Pirates of the Caribbean
I Feel Pretty – West Side Story
Maria – West Side Story
Memory - Cats
Music of the Night –Phantom of the Opera
Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
Tonight - West Side Story
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Harry Potter Theme
James Bond – various themes
The Lord of the Rings
Midnight Cowboy
Mission Impossible
Molly (from Wonderland – Michael Nyman)
Now We Are Free (from Gladiator)
Portuguese Love Theme (Theme from Love Actually)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Schindler’s List
Star Wars
The Third Man
Theme to “Downton Abbey” Theme to “Poirot”
Theme to “Pride & Prejudice”
Theme to “Brideshead Revisited”
Modern
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
Amazed - Lonestar
Angels - Robbie Williams
Annie’s Song - John Denver
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
At Last - Etta James
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Clocks - Coldplay
Crazy for You - Madonna
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis
(Land) Down Under - Men at Work
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Every Breath You Take - Police
Fields of - Katy Perry
God Only Knows (What I’d be Without You) - The Beach Boys
Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day
Greatest Day - Take That
Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
How Long Will I Love Yo - Ellie Goulding
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Imagine - John Lennon
It Must be Love - Madness
Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Kiss from - Des’ree
Love is All Around - The Troggs
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Moondance - Van Morrison
Music to Watch Girls B - Andy Williams
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
One Day Like Thi - Elbow
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Skyfall - Adele
Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen/Keane
Songbird - Eva Cassidy
Sway - Pussycat Dolls
Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
Sweet Dreams - Annie Lennox
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Thank you for the Music - Abba
The Rose - Westlife
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Toxic - Britney Spears
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Vida la Vida - Coldplay
When I’m Sixty-Four - The Beatles
When I Need You - Leo Sayer
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Writing’s on the Wall - Sam Smith
You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
Your Song - Elton John