Classic Strings

String Quartet:

• 2 violins
• 1 viola
• 1 cello

String Trio:

• 2 violins
• 1 cello

String Duo:

• 1 violin
• 1 cello

String Quartet & Soprano:

• 2 violins
• 1 viola
• 1 cello
• Soprano singer

CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

• Albeniz: Tango
• Albinoni: Adagio for Strings
• Bach: Air on a G String
• Ave Maria (Gounod)
• Double Violin Concerto 
• 1st & 2nd movements
• Gavotte
• Jesu Joy
• Brandenburg No.3
• Sheep May Safely Graze
• Arioso
• Wachet Auf
• Bist du bei mir
• Violin Concerto in A Minor 1st movement
• Berlioz The Shepherds Farewell
• Bizet Prelude to Carmen
• Boccherini Minuet
• Borodin First Polovtsian Dance
• Boyce: Symphony No 1 Extracts
• Trumpet Voluntary
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
• Hungarian Dance No.6
• St Anthony Chorale
• Bruch Violin Concerto Adagio
• Burns My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
• Charpentier Prelude from Te Deum
• Chopin: Cantabile
• Nocturne Op 9 No 2
• Corelli Christmas Concerto
• Da Capua O Sole Mio
• Debussy: Girl with the flaxen hair
• Golliwog's Cakewalk
• Clair de Lune
• Le Petit Negre
• Delibes Flower Duet
• Dvorak: Serenade Op.44
• Largo from New World Symphony
• Slavonic Dance No. VIII
• Elgar: Salut D'Amour
• Chanson de Matin
• Serenade for strings
• Nimrod
• Faure: Pavane
• Pie Jesu
• Franck Panis Angelicus
• Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits
• Grieg Morning from Peer Gynt
• Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
• Hornpipe, Sarabande & Bourree
• La Paix
• La Rejouissance
• Lascia ch’io pianga
• March from Occasional Oratorio
• Movements from Water Music
• Minuet from Berenice
• The Eternal Source of Light Divine
• Ombra Mai Fu
• Zadok the Priest
• Water Music Hornpipe
• Haydn Movements from Quartet No 3
• Holst Brook Green Suite
• Humperdinck Prayer from Hansel & Gretel 
• Ivanovici Waves of the Danube (The Anniversary Waltz)
• Jackson: Reels
• Walkin' up Town
• The Keel Row
• Staggerin' back from town
• Jenkins Palladio
• Joplin: Bethena
• The Easy Winners
• Country Club
• Khachaturian Adagio from Spartacus
• Lehar Merry Widow Valse
• Macdowell To a Wild Rose
• Mahler Adagietto from Symphony 5
• Massenet Meditation from Thais
• Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana
• Mendelssohn: O For The Wings of a Dove
• Wedding March
• Mouret Rondeau
• Monti Czardas
• Morricone Gabriel's Oboe
• Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• Ave Verum Corpus
• Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate
• Divertimento in D major
• Divertimento in F
• Excerpts from Quartet No.1
• Excerpts from Quartet No.9
• Menuetto & Adagio from 'Gran Partita'
• Excerpts from Quartet No.17
• Offenbach: Barcarolle
• Can Can
• Pachelbel Canon in D 
• Paradis: Sicilienne
• Piazolla Libertango
• Puccini: Nessun Dorma 
• O Mio Babbino Caro
• Purcell: Chaconne & Rondeau
• Rachmaninov 18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini
• Rameau Entree (Les Boreades)
• Satie Gymnopedie No 1
• Satori Time to Say Goodbye
• Shostakovich Romance from Gadfly
• Schubert: Ave Maria
• Rosamunde Entr’acte
• Serenade
• Schumann Traumerei
• Stanley Trumpet Voluntary
• Sousa The Washington Post
• Stolz Two hearts in 3/4 time
• Strauss: Mein Herr Marquis
• Emperor Waltz
• Pizzicato Polka
• Tales from Vienna Woods
• Thousand and One Nights
• The Blue Danube
• Shawl-Polka
• Radetzky March
• Lust’ger Rath Polka
• Tartini Cantabile
• Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Waltz
• Trad: Calon Lan
• Carrickfergus
• Country Gardens
• Drink to me only
• Greensleaves
• Loch Lomond
• Londonderry Air
• Moreton Bay
• Shenandoah
• The Ash Grove
• The Double Lead Through
• The Water Is Wide
• Ye Banks & Braes
• Suite of Irish Dances
• Ungar Ashokan Farewell
• Vivaldi Excerpts from Spring & Largo from Winter
• Verdi La donna e mobile
• Wagner Bridal March

POP MUSIC

• A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
• Alejandro - Lady Gaga
• All My Life - KC & JoJo
• All Of Me - John Legend
• All you need is love - Beatles
• And I love you so - Don McLean
• Annie’s Song - John Denver
• Angels - Robbie Williams
• A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
• Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
• Back in Black - ACDC
• Back in the USSR - Beatles
• Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
• Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
• Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
• Blue Monday - New Order
• Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers
• Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure
• Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
• Candle in the Wind - Elton John
• Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
• Can’t Stop - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Can’t Take My Eyes off You - Valli
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - Elton John
• Charlie Brown - Coldplay
• Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
• Chi Mai - Morricone
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
• Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
• Come on - Eileen Rowland
• Copacabana - Barry Manilow
• Counting Stars - One Republic
• Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
• Dancing Queen - Abba
• Day Tripper - The Beatles
• Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis
• Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey
• Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
• Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
• Empire State Of Mind - Alicia Keys /Jay Z
• Eskimo - Damien Rice
• Everlasting Love - Love Affair
• Everything I Do I Do It For You - Kamen
• FC Porto Anthem FC Porto Football Song
• Firework - Katy Perry
• Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
• Everything - Lifehouse
• Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine 
• Fields of Gold - Sting
• Fix You - Coldplay
• Forget You - Cee Lo Green
• God Only Knows - Beach Boys
• Greatest Day - Take That
• Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
• Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
• Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
• Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
• Here There and Everywhere - The Beatles
• Hernando’s Hideaway / Light My Fire Jerry Ross / The Doors
• Hey Jude - Beatles
• Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
• Human - The Killers
• I do, I do, I do, I do, I do - Abba
• I Feel Good - James Brown
• I Got A Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
• I just called to say I love you - Stevie Wonder
• I Know You By Heart - Eva Cassidy 
• I’ll Stand By You - Chrissie Hynde
• I’m Still Standing - Elton John
• I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
• In My Life - Beatles
• In My Place - Coldplay
• Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
• Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
• It Must Be Love - Madness
• It’s Not Unusual - Tom Jones
• I Want You Back - Jackson 5
• I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic at the disco
• Kids - MGMT
• Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
• Kiss from a Rose - Seal
• Kissing You - Des’ree
• Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
• Let Her Go - Passenger
• Love Is All Around - Wet, Wet, Wet
• Love will tear us apart - Joy Division
• Lullaby - Billy Joel
• Make You Feel My Love - Adele
• Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
• Marry You - Bruno Mars
• Masterplan - Oasis
• Medley - Michael Jackson
• Money, Money, Money -Abba
• Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
• Michelle - Beatles
• Mr Brightside - Killers
• Nights in White Satin - Hayward
• Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
• One - Shapeshifter
• One Day Like This - Elbow
• Paradise - Coldplay
• Perfect Day - Lou Reed
• Please, Please Let me get what I want - The Smiths
• Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
• Roll With It - Oasis
• Rule The World - Take That
• Run - Snow Patrol
• Samson - Regina Spektor
• Sex on fire - Kings Of Leon
• Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
• Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
• Stern Des Sudens Bayern Munich FC Song
• Songbird - Eva Cassidy
• Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
• Starlight - Muse
• Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns and Roses
• Take My Breath Away - Berlin
• Take On Me - A-ha
• Ten Storey Love Song - Stone Roses
• The Blower’s Daughter - Damien Rice
• The Book Of Love - Peter Gabriel
• The Final Countdown - Joey Tempest
• The Long & Winding Road - The Beatles
• The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• The Prayer - Celine Dion
• The Luckiest - Ben Folds
• The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
• The Winner Takes It All - Abba
• The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy
• This Charming Man - The Smiths
• Toxic - Britney Spears
• True Colours - Phil Collins
• Turning Page - Sleeping At Last
• Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
• Untitled No.3 - Sigur Ros
• Viva La Vida - Coldplay
• Whatever - Oasis
• When I’m Sixty-Four - The Beatles
• Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
• Wonderwall - Oasis
• Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
• Yesterday - Beatles
• Yellow - Coldplay
• Yellow Submarine - Beatles
• Your Song - Elton John
• Wake Me Up - Avicii
• Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
• Waterloo - ABBA
• Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
• Watermark - Enya
• We Found Love - Rhianna
• What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
• With or without you - U2
• When I Fall In Love - Victor Young
• When You Were Young - The Killers
• Without You (I can’t Live) - Mariah Carey
• You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
• You’ve Got The Love - Florence & The Machine
• Z Cars Everton Football Song

LIGHT / JAZZ

• A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - Sherwin
• Andaluza - Granados
• Anything Goes - Cole Porter
• As Time Goes By - Hupfeld
• At Last - Etta James
• Autumn Leaves - J Kosma
• Aura Lee - Elvis
• Bee Gees / Carpenters Medley Bee Gees & Carpenters
• Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter
• Bluesette - Jean Thielemans
• Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers
• Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
• Bring me sunshine - Morecambe & Wise
• Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
• Caravan - Duke Ellington
• Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis
• Chattanooga Choo Choo - Harry
• Cheek To Cheek - Irving Berlin
• Chelsea Bridge - Billy Strayhorn
• Chicago - Fred Fisher
• Close To You - Bacharach
• Come in from the Rain - Legrand
• Come Fly with Me - Heusen
• Dear Heart - Mancini
• Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Do It Again - Gershwin
• El Esquinazo - Gregorio Villoldo
• Embraceable You - Geshwin
• Foggy Day in London Town - Gershwin
• For Just A Moment - Foster
• Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
• Every Time We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter
• Ever Green - Barbara Streisand
• Feelings - Albert
• Forgotten Dreams - Anderson
• Foxtrot - Anon
• Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Goodbye to Love - Bettis & Carpenter
• I Love Paris - Porter
• I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
• If You Could Read My Mind - Lightfoot
• It Don’t Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
• It Had to be you - Jones
• In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
• In The Mood - Garland
• Just for a moment - David Foster
• La Bamba Trad. Mexican
• La Cumparsita Blaya
• Laura Raskin
• La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
• Let’s Do It - Cole Porter
• Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole
• Life In A Looking Glass - Mancini
• L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
• Love and Marriage - James van Heusen
• Love is here to stay - Gershwin
• Love walked in - Gershwin
• Lullaby of Birdland - George Shearing
• Misty - Eroll Garner
• Moon River - Mancini
• Moondance - Morrison
• Mr Lucky - Mancini
• My Funny Valentine - Rodgers
• New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
• Noites Cariocas Bandolim
• Orinoco Flow - Enya
• Pennies from Heaven - Johnson
• Por Una Cabeza - Gardel
• Satin Doll - Johnny Mercer
• Smile - Charlie Chaplin
• Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Arlen
• Stormy Weather - Arlen
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - J. Kern
• Sunrise, Sunset - Bock
• Summertime - Gershwin
• Sway/Cherry Pink - Beltran
• That’s Amore - Harry Warren
• The Sound of Silence - Simon
• The Man I love - Gershwin
• The Summer Knows - Legrand
• The Windmills of your Mind - Michael Legrand
• Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
• Volare - Modugno
• What are you doing the rest of your life? - Legrand
• When I Fall In Love - V Young
• Wonderful World - Armstrong
• You’re The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White

BOLLYWOOD

• Aaj Mera Yaar Ki Shadi
• Aye ho meri zindagi me
• Balle Balle
• Churaliya
• Do Dil Mil Rahe Hai
• Dheere Dheere
• Dil To Pagal Hai
• Ed ladki ko dekha
• Kabhie Kabhie
• Kal ho na ho
• Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Mein Hu na
• Monsoon Wedding
• Pardesi Pardesi
• Teri meri pyar mein

CHRISTMAS

• All I want for Christmas is you
• All I Want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth
• Angels from the Realms of Glory
• Angels we have heard on high
• Away in a manger
• Carol of the bells
• Deck The Halls
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Good King Wenceslas
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Holly & the Ivy
• I’ll be home for Christmas
• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
• I Wish It Could Be Xmas Everyday
• Jingle Bells
• Joy To The World
• Last Christmas
• Let it snow! Let is snow! Let it snow!
• Merry Xmas (War is Over)
• O Christmas Tree
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• O Come, O Come Immanuel
• O Little Town of Bethlehem
• O Holy Night
• Once in Royal David’s City
• Pat a Pan
• Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
• Silent Night
• Silver Bells
• Sussex Carol
• The Little Drummer Boy
• The Christmas Song
• The Christmas Waltz
• The Coventry Carol
• The Holly and The Ivy
• The First Nowell
• The 12 days of Christmas
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• Wexford Carol
• While Shepherds Watched
• White Christmas
• Winter Wonderland

• Coutts Bank
• Jet2
• Rolex
• The Co-Operative
• Bentley Motors
• Willmot Dixon
• HSBC
• Manchester City Football Club
• BBC
• Granada ITV
• Finnair

Do you play for weddings? 
Yes, we are extremely experienced at playing for weddings and have performed at hundreds! 

How far in advance do I need to book you? 
The sooner the better. Our bookings work on a first come first served basis and we are currently taking bookings up to 2 years in advance.

How much do you charge for over time? 
We will always try and be as flexible and accomodating as possible and can offer you an extra 15 minutes of free music if events run late. If the delay is any longer than this, or you decide that you would like us to stay a little longer, we would need additional 'over-time' payment. This works out as £10 per player per 15 minutes.

How far do you travel? 
We have groups based in Manchester, Birmingham & London and we're happy to travel up to around 100 miles from each. Every case is different though so get in touch :-) 

Are you happy to play outside? 
Yes and no... Our instruments are very precious and shouldn’t be placed in direct sunlight. We would need a shaded area or small shelter (around 3m x 3m). In the event of rain we regret we cannot play outside even if shelter is provided. It may be useful to ask your venue if they have any large umbrellas or a gazebo. 

Do you play as a Trio or Duo too? 
Classic Strings are available to hire as a Quartet, Trio, Duo or even larger ensemble if that is what your event requires.

Do we need to provide anything for you? 
Armless chairs, good light and refreshments if playing for more than 1.5 hours. 

I'm hosting a big event - are you happy to play with microphones/can you advise me? 
Yes but we don't own any of the equipment required. We work with a fantastic company who have the best sound engineers we've ever come across so if you're looking into hiring anyone, we can help. They have all the equipment you will need and know just what to do when it comes to miking up strings. (We are, however, also happy to use any other companies you have in mind..) 

How often do you need to take breaks? 
We will need a short break of 5 or 10 minutes for every hour of playing. We can be flexible though and are willing to negotiate our breaks around your timetable. 

What if you are delayed / cannot get to us on the day?
In the event of severe weather conditions it may sometimes not be safe for us to travel. We will always look at every possible option to get us to you and will give you as much notice as we can if we are at all concerned. Under these circumstances should we have to cancel the booking you would not have to pay any of the agreed fee. This has never happened before though! 

Do you have liability insurance? 
Yes. We have public liability insurance with cover up to £10 million. 

Popular wedding packages include:

• Just Ceremony (30 minutes as guests arrive, arrival of Bride, music during signing of the register, exit music)
• Ceremony + 1hr (as above + extra hour for drinks reception)
• Ceremony + 2hrs
• Just 2 hrs background

Contact Warble Entertainment about your event and talk to an agent to find a way to work together to find a bespoke package and timings best suited to you.

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.