Crystal Palace
String Quartet
Our Crystal Palace Quartet is the UK's premiere string quartet for hire, providing top quality entertainment on stages worldwide for over eight years. Based in Southeast London, the quartet will travel to wherever you or your clients require first-class musical performances, for corporate functions, weddings, civil partnerships, TV shows, studio recordings, cruises, concerts, or any other kind of event.
The quartet offers a professional, reliable service with a proven track record of giving live musical performances of the highest calibre. They are at home in any venue, from small corporate offices and churches to public buildings and world-class arenas. Their huge repertoire ranges from Bach to Bollywood and from Gershwin to Lady Gaga, and covers every genre in between!
For more information on our Crystal Palace String Quartet, please contact us via our online form, email us at info@eventsorganised.co.uk or call 01747 835433.
Repertoire
Baroque
Albinoni - Sinfonia a Quattro
Bach - Air in D (Air on the G string)
Bach - Badinerie
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Bach - Christmas Oratorio (selections)
Bach - Double Violin Concerto
Bach - Italian Concerto
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)
Boccherini - Minuetto, Ballo Tedesco, Larghetto, Minuetto, Spanish Dance
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Corelli Concerto Grosso in G
Corelli - Menuetto in F
Corelli - Two Correntes
Fiore - Little Symphony
Geminiani - Concerto Grosso in F
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - Concerto Grosso in C
Handel - Lascia Ch‘io Pianga (Rinaldo)
Handel - Royal Fireworks Music (Overture, La Réjouissance)
Handel - Water Music (Air, Bourrée, Hornpipe, Menuet, Rigaudon, Hornpipe)
Mouret - Rondeau
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Purcell - The Old Bachelor
Purcell - Pavane
Purcell - Two Rondeaux (Abdelazar, The Fairy Queen)
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Rameau - Gavotte
Tartini - Symphony in D
Telemann - Six Minuets
Vivaldi - Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Vivaldi - Concerto for two violins in C
Vivaldi - Concerto for two violins in F
Vivaldi - Concerto for two violins & cello in F
Vivaldi - Violin concerto in a minor
Vivaldi - Violin concerto in G
Classical
Arriaga - String Quartet No.1
Beethoven - Andante (Symphony No.1)
Beethoven - Für Elise
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Beethoven - String Quartet in F Op.18 No.1 "Romeo and Juliet"
Beethoven - String Quartet in c minor Op.18 No.4
Beethoven - String Quartet in f minor op.95 "Serioso"
Haydn - String Quartet Op.33 No.1
Haydn - String Quartet Op.33 No.2 "The Joke"
Haydn - String Quartet Op.64 No.5 "Lark"
Haydn - String Quartet Op 76 No.2 "Fifths"
Haydn - String Quartet Op 76 No.3 "Emperor"
Haydn - String Quartet Op.76 No.4 "Sunrise"
Haydn - String Quartet Op.77 No.1 "Compliments"
Haydn - Serenade
Mozart - Alleluja (Exsultate, Jubilate)
Mozart - Ave Verum
Mozart - Divertimento in D K.136
Mozart - Divertimento in B flat K.137
Mozart - Divertimento in F K.138
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - March of the Priests (The Magic Flute)
Mozart - String Quartet in D K.155
Mozart - String Quartet in G K.156
Mozart - String Quartet in C K.157
Mozart - String Quartet in B flat K.458 "Hunt"
Mozart - String Quartet in D K.575 "Prussian"
Romantic & Modern
Bach - Gounod Ave Maria
Barber - Adagio for strings
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Bizet - Carmen Entracte
Bizet - Carmen: Overture (March)
Borodin - Polovtsian Dance No.1
Borodin - String Quartet No.2
Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 4, 5, 8
Britten - Simple Symphony
Chopin - Raindrop Prélude
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Dvorak - Humoreske
Dvorak - String Quartet Op.96 "American"
Dvorak - String Quartets Op.54 & Op.105
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances
Elgar - Chanson de Matin
Elgar - Chanson de Nuit
Elgar - Nimrod (Enigma Variations)
Elgar - Salut d'Amour
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Grieg - Elegaic Melody
Grieg - Morning (Peer Gynt)
Grieg - Elegaic Melodies
Grieg - Holberg Suite (selections)
Holst - St Paul's Suite
Kreisler - Schön Rosmarin
Kreisler - Sicilienne and Rigaudon
Liszt - Nocturne from Liebesträume
Mendelssohn - On Wings of Song
Mendelssohn - String quartet No. 1 in Eb
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Nyman - String Quartet No.2
Puccini - Crisantemi
Ravel - Bolero
Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
Ravel - String Quartet
Respighi - Italiana (Ancient Airs & Dances)
Rimsky - Korsakoff Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden)
Rubinstein - Melody in F
Saint-Saëns - The Swan
Schubert - Ave Maria
Schubert - Marche Militaire
Schubert - String Quartet in a "Rosamunde"
Schubert - String Quartet in d "Death and the Maiden"
Schubert - String Quartet in Eb
Schumann - String Quartet No.3
Shostakovich - String Quartet No.3
Shostakovich - String Quartet No.8
Tchaikovsky - Andante Cantabile (String Quartet No.1)
Tchaikovsky - Romance in F
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky - Song Without Words
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite
Yepes - Jeux Interdits
Dance & Latin
Albeniz - Spanish Dance (Tango)
Anderson - Blue Tango
Bartok - Romanian Dances
Copland - Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No.8
Gardel - Por Una Cabeza (Tango)
Keating - Tea Dance (Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz, Charleston)
Leutwiler - Spanish Serenade
Mancini - Pie In The Face Polka
Monti - Czardas
Rodriguez - La Cumparsita (Tango)
Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss - Emperor Waltz
Strauss - Radetzky March
Strauss - Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tango - Six Argentinian Tangos
Tchaikovsky - Waltz and Scene from Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker)
Opera, Shows, TV & Film Music
Arlen - Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean Theme
Badly Drawn Boy - I Love NYE (About a Boy)
Barry - Goldfinger
Barry - I Had a Farm in Africa (Out of Africa)
Barry - James Bond Theme
Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Bernstein - One Hand, One Heart
Bock - If I Were A Rich Man
Bock - Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Burgon - Brideshead Revisited Theme
Caesar - Tea for Two
di Capua - O Sole Mio
Cory - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Delibes - Flower Duet
Dudley - Jeeves & Wooster
Hammerstein - Lover Come Back To Me
Horner - Titanic theme
Hupfeld - As Time Goes By (Casablanca)
M. Jarre - Doctor Zhivago (Lara's theme)
M. Jarre - Theme from Lawrence of Arabia
Jenkins - Palladio
Lloyd Webber - Any Dream Will Do (Joseph)
Lloyd Webber - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita)
Lloyd Webber - Love Changes Everything
Lloyd Webber - Memory (Cats)
Luhrmann - Song from Moulin Rouge
Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk (Hatari)
Mancini - Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Mancini - Pink Panther
Mascagni - Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Massenet - Meditation (Thais)
Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)
Morricone - The Good the Bad & the Ugly
Mozart - Queen of the Night Aria (Die Zauberflöte)
Offenbach - Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)
Offenbach - Can-Can
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
Puccini - Nessun Dorma
Puccini - Vissi d’Arte
Rodgers - My Favourite Things & Sound of Music medley
Rodgers - Oh What a Beautiful Morning (Oklahoma!)
Rota - The Godfather
Schönberg - I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables)
Sullivan - A Wandering Minstrel I (Mikado)
Sullivan - I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General (Pirates)
Sullivan - Three Little Maids (Mikado)
Verdi - Brindisi (La Traviata)
Verdi - La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)
Verdi - Overture to Forza del Destino (Stella Artois ad)
Warbeck - Pelaggia's Song (Captain Corelli's Mandolin)
Williams - Imperial March (Star Wars)
Williams - Schindler's List
Various - Other popular tunes from Broadway & West End shows
Pop/Rock
Abba - Waterloo
A-ha - Take on Me
Aznavour - She
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Beatles - All You Need is Love
Beatles - Eight Days A Week
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
Beatles - Hey Jude
Beatles - Let It Be
Beatles - Norwegian Wood
Beatles - Penny Lane
Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four
Beatles - Yesterday
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees - Islands In The Stream
Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Fix You
Coldplay - Yellow
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Damien Rice - The Blower’s Daughter
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Des’ree - Kissing You
Elbow - One Day Like This
ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Elton John - Your Song
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold
The Farm - All Together Now
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
John Denver - Annie’s Song
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Lady Gaga - Pokerface
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Lou Reed Perfect Day
McCartney & Wings - My Love
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Oasis - Whatever
Oasis - Wonderwall
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Pinkard Sweet - Georgia Brown
Pixies Here - Comes Your Man
Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Ramones - Baby I Love You
Rolling Stones Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love (Madness)
Sting - Fields of Gold
Sting - Roxanne
Take That - Greatest Day
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Jazz, Standards etc.
Anderson - Belle of the Ball
Anderson - Fiddle Faddle
Anderson - Forgotten Dreams
Anderson - Horse and Buggy
Anderson - Jazz Legato
Anderson - Jazz Pizzicato
Anderson - Plink, Plank, Plunk
Anderson - Sandpaper Ballet
Anderson - Serenata
Anderson - Sleigh Ride
Anderson - Syncopated Clock
Anderson - The Typewriter
Anderson - The Waltzing Cat
Berlin - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Donaldson - Makin’ Whoopee
Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Duke Ellington - Satin Doll
Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington - Take the 'A' Train
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin
Gershwin - A Foggy Day
Gershwin - Embraceable You
Gershwin - I Got Rhythm
Gershwin - Love Walked In
Gershwin - Promenade ("Walking the Dog")
Gershwin - Someone to Watch Over Me
Gershwin - Summertime
Gershwin - The Man I Love
Gershwin - They Can't Take That Away From Me
Howard - Fly Me to the Moon
Hupfeld - As Time Goes By
Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Jones - It Had To Be You
Joplin - Country Club
Joplin - Euphonic Sounds
Joplin - Heliotrope Bouquet
Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
Joplin - New Rag
Joplin - Paragon Rag
Joplin - Pineapple Rag
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Ledbetter - Cottonfields
Nat King Cole - Let's Face the Music
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Porter - Anything Goes
Porter - Every Time We Say Goodbye
Porter - I Get a Kick Out of You
Porter - Just One of Those Things
Porter - Let’s Do It
Porter - Night and Day
Porter - What is this Thing Called Love
Porter - You're the Top
Strayhorn - Chelsea Bridge
Van Heusen - Love and Marriage
Warren - At Last (Etta James)
Warren - That's Amore
Warren - Pasadena
Traditional & Asian
Bollywood song - Aye Ho Meri Zindagi Mi
Bollywood song - Balle Balle (Bride and Prejudice)
Bollywood song - Churaliya
Bollywood song - Dheere Dheere
Bollywood song - Ek Ladki Ko Dekha
Bollywood song - Ghar Aaja Sonja
Bollywood song - Kabhi Kabhie
Bollywood song - Kal ho Na ho - theme tune
Bollywood song - Mein Huu Na
Bollywood song - Monsoon Wedding - title theme
Bollywood song - Teri Meri Pyar Mein
Bollywood song - Teri Ore
Chinese - Full Moon, Blooming Flowers
Chinese - Tian Mi Mi
Collins & Leigh - Cock Linnet
English - Greensleeves
Hungarian - Czardas
Hymn - Wide selection of hymns and carols – please ask
Indian - Bollywood songs
Irish - Irish Sherry
Irish - Molly on the Shore
Jewish - Chosen Kallah Mazel Tov
Jewish - Dodi Li
Jewish - Erev Shel Shoshanim
Jewish - Hava Nagilah
Jewish - Siman Tov and Mazel Tov
Russian - Gipsy Song
Scottish - Ye Bonnie Banks 'n' Braes
Spiritual - Amazing Grace
Spiritual - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Traditional - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Ukrainian Folk Tunes
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"We would like to thank you all for your wonderful performance at Hartsfield on Saturday, during Liam and Alana's Wedding Reception. All the guests we spoke to thoroughly enjoyed your range of music and spirited playing. Thank you for making their day so special."
Wedding
Hartsfield Manor

"Thanks so much for playing so beautifully at my wedding you guys were amazing!!"
Wedding
Gosfield Hall

"We would like to say a big THANK YOU to the Crystal Palace String Quartet for being part of our wedding celebrations. We always wanted to have a string quartet to play on our wedding day and you guys were exceptional! Thank you for all your hard work and beautiful music."
Wedding
Highclere Castle