The Quartet is made up of professional musicians based in the West Yorkshire area.
They specialise in playing for weddings, either during a ceremony, at the reception, or both and performing for weddings and functions regularly at many local venues. However, they are also happy to travel to most locations in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
*This String Quartet also offer mixed quartets including flute, saxophone, clarinet, etc.*
The String Quartet is made up of professional musicians based in the Yorkshire area who specialise in playing for weddings, either during a ceremony, at the reception, or both. The quartet performs regularly at many local venues, including Hazlewood Castle, Bagden Hall, Monk Fryston Hall, Rudding Park and Holdsworth House. However, they are quite happy to travel to any locations in the North of England.
In the event of any player not being available for an engagement, The Quartet has a regular team of deputies who are experienced players and used to playing within the quartet.
4 Piece - Violins, Viola, Cello, also including Flute, Saxophone or Clarinet.
For The Entrance Of The Bride:
Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - Handel
Canon In D - Pachelbel
Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Bridal Chorus ("Here Comes The Bride") - Wagner
For The Signing Of The Register:
Canon In D - Pachelbel
The Virtuous Wife` Suite - Purcell
The Water Music - Handel (Air, Hornpipe, Bouree, Menuet, Etc)
Jesu, Joy Of Man`S Desiring - Bach
Spring - Vivaldi
For The Exit Of The Bride & Groom:
`La Rejouissance` From The Royal Fireworks Music - Handel
`Alla Hornpipe` From The Water Music - Handel
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Musicals & Films:
Aspects Of Love - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Phantom Of The Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
`Somewhere Out There` From An American Tail - James Horner
The Wind Beneath My Wings - Henley & Silbar
The Sound Of Music - Rodgers
On The Street Where You Live (From My Fair Lady)
If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler On The Roof)
Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof)
Songs From `Mary Poppins`
The Beatles:
Hey Jude
Yesterday
Get Back
In My Life
When I`M 64
All You Need Is Love
Here, There And Everywhere
And I Love Her
With A Little Help From My Friends
Folk:
Irish Mist
Cockles And Mussels
The Star O`The County Down
Robin Adair
As Beautiful Kitty
Gentle Maiden
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor
Spanish Ladies
Blow The Man Down
Scottish Jigs
Blaydon Races
1920`S, 30`S & 40`S:
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue
It Had To Be You
You`Re The Cream In My Coffee
Anything Goes
Easter Parade
Putting On The Ritz
Come Fly With Me
Tico Tico
Try A Little Tenderness
Let There Be Love
Button Up Your Overcoat
Black Bottom
All I Do Is Dream Of You
The Birth Of The Blues
TV Themes & Miscellaneous Popular:
Fawlty Towers Theme
The Syncopated Clock - Leroy Anderson
The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson
Sandpaper Ballet - Leroy Anderson
The Entertainer - Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
Rebel Heart - The Corrs
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
Unchained Melody
Your Song - Elton John
Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
[Eveything I Do] I Do It For You (Brian Adams)
A Whole New World (From `Aladdin`)
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When I Fall In Love
The Man I Love - Gershwin
Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone
Match Of The Day
Those Were The Days
Theme From `Poirot` - Christopher Gunning
Ski Sunday Theme (Pop Looks Bach) - Sam Fonteyn
It Must Be Love
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Annie`S Song - John Denver
Con Te Partiro (Time To Say Goodbye)
Jazz:
Blue Monk
Take The A Train
Take Five
I Got It Bad And That Aint Good
The Preacher
In The Mood
Various Classical:
Violin Concerto In G K216; 3rd Movement - Mozart
Slow Movement From Clarinet Concerto - Mozart
Jesu Joy Of Man`S Desiring - Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Solveig`S Song - Grieg
Toreador`S Song From `Carmen` - Bizet
Air On The G String - Bach
Minuet In A - Boccherini
Ballet Music From `Rosamunde` - Schubert
Divertimento In D Major K136 - Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Minuets - Haydn
Salut D`Amour - Elgar
Nimrod, From Enigma Variations - Elgar
Romance - Arthur Sullivan
Collection Of Waltzes - Schubert
Waltz Of The Flowers - Tchaikovsky
La Traviata (Brindisi) - Verdi
Mozart Quartet In G K156
Opening Of Piano Concerto No1 - Tckaikovsky
I Vow To Thee My Country - Holst
Nocturne From String Quartet - Borodin
The Marriage Of Figaro - Mozart
Minuet From The Sorceror - Sullivan
Ave Maria - Schubert
Flower Duet - Delibes
Summertime - Gershwin
Suite From Carmen - Bizet
March - Karel Komzak
Folk Song - Karel Komzak
Waltz From Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
Brandenburg Concerto No3 In G (Excerpt) - Bach
Prince Igor Song Of The Homeland - Borodin
Morning - Grieg
Tambourin - Gossec
Mozart`S Symphony In G No12
March From Scipio - Handel
Waltz In D Schubert
Menuet In E Minor Lully
Andantino In C Minor Weber
Traumerei Schumann
Landler In D Schubert
Minuet In Eb Boccherini
Gavotte From Iphigenie En Aulide - Gluck
Menuet From Symphony In G Minor - Mozart
Little Bach Suite No2
Baryton Trio No1 In A - Haydn
Air, The Harmonious Blacksmith - Handel
Habanera From Carmen - Bizet
Sleepers Wake - Bach
Nessun Dorma - Puccini
Can-Can - Offenbach
Prelude From `Te Deum` - Charpentier
Rondo Alla Turca - Mozart
Ode To Joy - Beethoven
Plus Many More...
Some of the venues that The West Riding String Quartet have played at recently include:
Allerton Castle, Knaresborough; Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Bagden Hall Country House Hotel, Scissett; Bertie`s Banqueting Rooms, Elland; Carlton Towers, Goole; Cave Castle Hotel, South Cave; Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate; Clumber Park Hotel, Worksop; Courtyard Hotel, Tong; Cragwood Country House Hotel, Windermere; Crathorne Hall, Yarm; Doncaster Rovers FC; Dunsley Hall Country House Hotel, Whitby; Edgerton House Hotel, Bolton; Feversham Arms Hotel, Helmsley; Fountains Abbey, near Ripon; Gomersal Park Hotel, Cleckheaton; Haigh Hall, Wigan; Hall Garth Golf & Country Club Hotel, Darlington; Hazlewood Castle, Tadcaster; Headlam Hall, Darlington; Holdsworth House Hotel, Halifax; Huddersfield Town Hall; Imperial Hotel, Harrogate; Last Drop Village, Bolton; Majestic Hotel, Harrogate; Makeney Hall Hotel, Belper; Markenfield Hall, near Ripon; Monk Fryston Hall Hotel, Monk Fryston; Morrit Arms Hotel, Greta Bridge; Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby; Newstead Abbey, near Nottingham; Newstead Priory, near Brigg; Oulton Hall, Leeds; Parsonage Country House Hotel, Escrick; The Priest`s House, Barden Tower, Skipton; Ripley Castle, near Harrogate; The Rock Inn, nr Elland; Rudding House Hotel, Rudding Park, Harrogate; Seaham Hall, Seaham; Shaw Hill Hotel, Chorley; Sun Pavillion, Harrogate; Tankersley Manor Hotel, Tankersley; Waterton Park Hotel, Wakefield; Whitley Hall Hotel, Grenoside, Sheffield; Wood Hall Hotel, Linton, Wetherby; Woodlands Hotel, Gildersome; Woolley Hall, Wakefield.
Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.
North East
- East Riding of Yorkshire - £471.50
- North Yorkshire - £517.50
- South Yorkshire - £471.50
- West Riding of Yorkshire - £471.50
- West Yorkshire - £471.50
North West
- Lancashire - £563.50
