The Arioso Cello Duo

The Arioso Cello Duo

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Location Manchester
Starting from £502
9 Reviews

Vibrant cello duo that adds sophistication and elegance to any event!

  • Highlights
  • Can arrange and play your special tune with prior notice
  • Diverse repertoire covering a myriad of genres, including a range of Bollywood songs
  • Various outfits available to match the colour scheme or mood of your occasion

Helpful, friendly, took suggestions, made the event extra special.

Ciara Houghton, Manchester

They had put together a lovely play list with something for everyone.

Olivia Redgrave, Shropshire

About


Classically trained musicians, The Arioso Cello Duo have travelled the world with their cellos. Between them they have clocked up an impressive repertoire of experience, performing professionally with orchestras, theatres and bands at festivals around the globe, on television and radio, and in concert as soloists.

The duo have worked with Emeli Sande, Take That, Snow Patrol, Elbow, I Am Kloot and Eliza Carthy, making regular TV appearances on the likes of Top of the Pops, Jools Holland, The X Factor and the Michael Parkinson Show (to namedrop just a few!). Listen closely, and you will hear the duo playing on Elbow's album "Build A Rocket Boys!".

The Arioso Cello Duo aims to provide exactly the right atmosphere for your special event, and are more than happy to arrange 'your song', if agreed in advance. Two ladies with gorgeous instruments playing rich, sonorous music. The Arioso Cello Duo not only sound the part, but look the part: where possible they will dress according to the colour scheme/dress code of your event.

From classical, to jazz, to heavy metal, these ladies have a relentlessly optimistic approach to what's possible with just two cellos!

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FAVOURITES

  • Arioso – J.S. Bach
  • Autumn Leaves - Kosma
  • Barbara Allen – trad.
  • Bare Necessities - Gilkyson
  • Can-Can – Offenbach
  • Hungarian Dance - Brahms
  • Por Una Cabeza – Gardel
  • Que Sera - Livingston/Evans
  • She - Aznavour/Kretzner
  • Summertime – Gershwin
  • The Swan - Saint-Saens

CLASSICAL/ BAROQUE

  • Air (‘on a G string’) – Bach
  • Air (from the Water Music) – Handel
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
  • Autumn – Vivaldi
  • Bach – Double Concerto
  • Canon in D – Pachelbel
  • Celeste Aida – Verdi
  • Clair de Lune - Debussy
  • Fur Elise – Beethoven
  • Greensleeves
  • Hornpipe (from the Water Music) – Handel
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Brahms
  • I Wanna Be Like You – Sherman
  • In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
  • Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach
  • La Rejouissance – Handel
  • Largo from “Winter” (Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
  • Marche Militaire – Schubert
  • Minuet from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” – Mozart
  • Minuet from “Music for the Royal Fireworks” – Handel
  • Nimrod (Adagio) – Elgar
  • Non Piu Andrai (from “Marriage of Figaro”) - Mozart
  • Ode to Joy from “Symphony No. 9” – Beethoven
  • Plovtsian Dance – Borodin
  • Sheep May Safely Graze – J.S. Bach
  • Spring (Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
  • Spring 1 (Recomposed by Max Richter)
  • Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky
  • The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
  • The Silver Swan – Orlando Gibbons
  • To a Wild Rose - MacDowell
  • Trumpet Voluntary – Clark
  • Voi Che Sapete - Mozart
  • Wedding March – Wagner

TRADITIONAL/FOLK

  • Arkansas Traveller
  • Dark Eyes
  • Greensleeves
  • Harvest Home
  • It Was a Lover and His Lass
  • Land of My Fathers
  • Londonderry Air (= Danny Boy)
  • Planxty Irwin
  • Star of the County Down
  • Wedding of William and Mairi

POP/FILM/DISNEY

  • A Dream Is A Wish – Cinderella, Disney
  • A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman
  • A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
  • A Whole New World – Aladdin
  • Addams Family theme
  • Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay
  • Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
  • All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
  • All I Have To Do Is Dream – Everly Brothers
  • All Through the Night – trad. Welsh melody
  • All You Need Is Love - Beatles
  • All of Me – John Legend
  • Always A Woman to Me – Billy Joel
  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
  • Always On My Mind - Elvis
  • Always Remember Us This Way – Lady Gaga
  • Always With Me – Spirited Away
  • Amazing Grace
  • American Pie – Don McLean
  • Amor I Love You – Marissa Monte
  • Angels – Robbie Williams
  • As the World Falls Down – David Bowie
  • At Last – Etta James
  • Baby It’s Cold Outside – Loesser
  • Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
  • Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
  • Basin Street Blues
  • Beautiful Day – U2
  • Beauty and the Beast Theme – Disney
  • Believer – Imagine Dragons
  • Best Day of My Life – American Authors
  • Better Place – Rachel Platten
  • Bittersweet Symphony – Verve
  • Blame It on the Boogie – Michael Jackson
  • Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
  • Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
  • Bring Him Home – Les Miserables
  • Bring Me Sunshine
  • British National Anthem – jazz version
  • Budapest – George Ezra
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – The Lion King (Elton John)
  • Can’t Buy Me Love – Beatles
  • Can’t Help (Lovin’ Dat Man)
  • Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Crewe/Gaudio
  • Careless Whisper – George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley
  • Cha-cha
  • Chim Chim Cher-ee – Mary Poppins
  • Chiquitita - ABBA
  • Clocks – Coldplay
  • Close to You – Carpenters/Bacharach
  • Come Fly With Me
  • Consider Yourself – Oliver!
  • Crazy In Love – Beyoncé
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
  • Dark Eyes
  • Daylight – Taylor Swift
  • Deborah’s Theme – Ennio Morricone
  • Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
  • Do You Think I’m Sexy – Rod Stewart
  • Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
  • Don’t You Worry About a Thing – Stevie Wonder
  • Down By the Sally Gardens
  • Downtown – Tony Hatch
  • EastEnders theme
  • Ebony & Ivory – Stevie Wonder/Paul McCartney
  • Edelweiss
  • Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
  • Empty Chairs at Empty Tables – Les Miserables
  • Endless Love – Lionel Richie
  • English Country Garden floral medley
  • Every Breath You Take – The Police
  • Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
  • Everything I Do (I Do It for You) – Bryan Adams
  • Faith – George Michael
  • Falling In Love Again – Marlene Dietrich (F. Hollander)
  • Fawlty Towers theme
  • Fix You – Coldplay
  • Flintstones theme
  • Fraggle Rock theme
  • Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
  • From This Moment – Shania Twain
  • Game of Thrones theme
  • Get Lucky – Daft Punk
  • Get Me to the Church on Time
  • Ghostbusters theme
  • Glenlogie – Scottish trad.
  • God Only Knows – Beach Boys
  • Goodnight Girl – Wet Wet Wet
  • Great Escape theme
  • Greatest Day – Take That
  • Groovy Kind of Love – Toni Wine
  • Grounds For Divorce – Elbow
  • Habanera – Bizet
  • Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
  • Halo – Beyoncé
  • Happy – Pharrell Williams
  • Happy Birthday
  • Happy Together – The Turtles
  • Harvest Home
  • Havana – Camila Cabello
  • Have I Told You Lately? – Van Morrison
  • Heartbeats – José González
  • Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Belinda Carlisle
  • Here Comes the Sun – Beatles
  • Hernando’s Hideaway – Adler/Ross
  • Hoppipola – Sigur Rós
  • How Deep Is Your Love? – Bee Gees
  • How Long Will I Love You? – Ellie Goulding
  • Howl’s Moving Castle – theme
  • Hushaby Mountain
  • I Have A Dream – ABBA
  • I Just Called To Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
  • I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
  • I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston
  • I Will Survive – Fekaris/Perren
  • I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons
  • I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
  • I’ll Be There For You – theme from “Friends”
  • I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen - Josef Locke
  • Imagine – John Lennon
  • In Hell I’ll Be Good Company – The Dead South
  • In the Flesh – Pink Floyd
  • Invisible String – Taylor Swift
  • Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
  • Isn’t She Lovely? – Stevie Wonder
  • It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
  • It Must Be Love – Madness
  • James Bond theme
  • Just Like Heaven – The Cure
  • Karma Chameleon – Boy George
  • Kiss From A Rose – Seal
  • Kissing You – Des’ree (Romeo & Juliet)
  • Knocking on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
  • L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
  • La Vie en Rose
  • La Vie En Rose – Louiguy
  • Last of the Summer Wine theme
  • Let it Go – Frozen
  • Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) – Cole Porter
  • Let’s Go Fly A Kite – Mary Poppins
  • Levitating – Dua Lipa
  • Life On Mars – David Bowie
  • Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
  • Love Is All Around – Love Actually/Reg Presley
  • Love On Top – Beyoncé
  • Love Story – theme – Francis Lai
  • Love is A Verb – John Mayer
  • Lover – Taylor Swift
  • Lucky – Radiohead
  • Maestro – Hans Zimmer (from “The Holiday”)
  • Make You Feel My Love – Adele
  • Mairi’s Wedding
  • Mamma Mia – ABBA
  • Marry You – Bruno Mars
  • Mary Poppins Medley – Disney
  • Memories – Maroon 5
  • Memory – Cats
  • Mexican Hat Dance
  • Mia and Sebastian’s Theme – La La Land (Hurwitz)
  • Mission Impossible theme
  • Miss Marple theme
  • Mister Sandman
  • Moondance – Van Morrison
  • Moon River – Mercer/Mancini
  • Mr Blue Sky – ELO
  • Mr Brightside – The Killers
  • Mull of Kintyre – McCartney/Laine
  • Muppet Show theme
  • My Baby Just Cares for Me – Kahn/Donaldson
  • My Favourite Things – The Sound of Music
  • My Heart Will Go On – Titanic
  • My Lighthouse – REND Collective
  • Nellie the Elephant
  • Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
  • Night on a Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky
  • Nine to Five – Dolly Parton
  • No Time to Die – Billie Eilish
  • No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley/Ford
  • Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
  • Now We Are Free – Gladiator theme
  • Oblivion – Piazzolla
  • Once Upon A Dream – Sleeping Beauty
  • One Day Like This – Elbow
  • Only You – The Platters
  • Our Last Summer – ABBA
  • Paint It Black – Rolling Stones
  • Palladio
  • Paradise – Coldplay
  • Path of the Wind – Totoro
  • Penny Lane – Beatles
  • Perfect – Ed Sheeran
  • Phantom of the Opera theme
  • Pink Panther theme
  • Pirates of the Caribbean theme
  • Pizzicato Polka
  • Pure Imagination – Willy Wonka main theme
  • Puttin’ On the Ritz
  • Rather Be – Clean Bandit
  • Rehab – Amy Winehouse
  • Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
  • River Deep, Mountain High – Tina Turner
  • River Flows in You – Yiruma
  • Roar – Katy Perry
  • Rock Around the Clock
  • Rolling in the Deep – Adele
  • Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
  • S' Wonderful – Gershwin
  • Salut d’Amour – Elgar
  • Schindler’s List theme – John Williams
  • Seasons of Love – Rent
  • Secrets – OneRepublic
  • Senorita – Camila Cabello
  • Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
  • Shallow – Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper
  • She – Aznavour
  • She Loves You – Beatles
  • She’s Electric – Oasis
  • Shotgun – George Ezra
  • Sign of the Times – Harry Styles
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
  • Simple Gifts
  • Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
  • Sky Full Of Stars – Coldplay
  • Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
  • Speak Softly Love – Godfather theme
  • Stand By Me – King/Stoller/Lieber
  • Stand By Your Man – Wynette/Sherrill
  • Star Trek Voyager theme
  • Star Wars themes
  • Star of the County Down – Van Morrison
  • Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
  • Stop! – Spice Girls
  • Strawberry Fields Forever – Beatles
  • Summertime – Gershwin
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  • Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
  • Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics
  • Sweet Nothing – Taylor Swift
  • Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  • Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
  • Take My Breath Away – Berlin
  • Take the “A” Train
  • Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
  • Teddy Bears’ Picnic
  • Thank You For the Music – ABBA
  • Thanks for the Memory – Robin/Rainger
  • The Final Countdown – Europe
  • The Girl from Ipanema
  • The Lakes – Taylor Swift
  • The Liberty Bell
  • The Lonely Goatherd – The Sound of Music
  • The Look of Love – Dusty Springfield
  • The Lovecats – The Cure
  • The Shire – Lord of the Rings
  • The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
  • The Way You Look Tonight – Fields/Kern
  • This Is Me – The Greatest Showman
  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
  • Thriller – Michael Jackson
  • Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
  • Top of the World – Carpenters
  • Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
  • Two Become One – Spice Girls
  • Under Pressure – Queen
  • Until I Found You – Stephen Sanchez
  • Up – Married Life (Disney)
  • Up Where We Belong – Love Lift Us
  • Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars/Mark Ronson
  • Uptown Girl – Billy Joel
  • Valse à Mille Temps – Brel
  • Video Games – Lana Del Rey
  • Viva La Vida – Coldplay
  • Wallace and Gromit theme
  • We Found Love – Calvin Harris/Rihanna
  • Wednesday Addams Plays the Cello (Paint It Black – Rolling Stones)
  • Wedding March – Mendelssohn
  • Wedding March – Wagner
  • The Wellerman – Nathan Evans
  • Whatever – Oasis
  • When A Man Loves A Woman – Lewis/Wright
  • When I Fall In Love – Heyman/Young
  • When I’m 64 – Beatles
  • When You Wish Upon a Star – Pinocchio
  • Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift
  • With A Little Help From My Friends – Beatles
  • With or Without You – U2
  • Without You – Ham/Evans
  • Wonderwall – Oasis
  • Wouldn’t It Be Lovely? – My Fair Lady
  • YMCA – Village People
  • You Are the Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne
  • You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings
  • You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate
  • You’ll Never Walk Alone
  • You’re My Best Friend – Queen
  • You’re Still The One – Shania Twain
  • You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Toy Story
  • You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine
  • Your Song – Elton John
  • Zombie – The Cranberries

BOLLYWOOD

  • Chand Sitare Phool Aur Khushboo
  • Chhukar Mere Manko
  • Ek Ladki Ko Dekha
  • Kabhii Tumhe
  • Kal Ho Naa Ho
  • Kannazhaga
  • Kaun Tujhe
  • Khabi Kushi Khabie Gham
  • Pal – Jalebi
  • Raabta
  • Sanson Ki Mala
  • Sun Sathiya
  • Tum Hi Ho
  • Tumko Hi Chahenge Hum
Line-Up

  • Cello duo (standard)
  • Cello solo
  • Cello quartet

9 Reviews

Top reviews

Emily Price

Event: Wedding
Location: Cheshire
5/5

Arioso Cello Duo were fantastic; incredibly professional, quick to respond to any queries over the time we've been planning the wedding, they were on time, played beautifully and added so much to the day. Couldn't recommend any more highly.


Rebecca Skade

Event: Wedding
Location: Cheshire
4/5

Easy to book, good communication before the event. Great cellists who played a combo of pop, Disney, classical and Christmas tunes for our wedding.


Graham Wylie- Winslow Rotary Club

Event: Private Party
Location: Durham
5/5

Arioso Duo were absolutely perfect for our private room dinner. They are both very talented musicians and played a great selection of both classical and modern music - even finishing with the first rendition this year of 'We Wish you a Merry Christmas' which almost bought the house down. Booking process was very simple and good communication at all times from Warble. In short - highly recommended!


Ciara Houghton - UK Versity Online

Event: University / School
Location: Manchester
5/5

Helpful, friendly, took suggestions, made the event extra special.


Raman Singh - UK Versity Online

Event: University / School
Location: Manchester
4/5

The night would not have been the same without them.


Ashleigh Gould

Event: Wedding
Location: Lancashire
5/5

The girls are amazing at what they do, they learnt a song for me to walk down the aisle to which was beautiful and the guests really enjoyed their music too. Thank you so much.


Alexandra Tattersall

Event: Wedding
Location: Lancashire
5/5

Very talented artistes. Thank You.


Olivia Redgrave

Event: Wedding
Location: Shropshire
5/5

The Arioso Cello Duo provided the perfect accompaniment at our wedding reception - playing through both the drinks on arrival and our sit down meal. They had put together a lovely play list with something for everyone - including a couple of special requests. They dealt beautifully with the rather enthusiastic audience participation that the family favourite of "Nellie the Elephant" created! Our reception was in a private venue and they arrived set up, played and left with the minimum of fuss or needing any input from those of us enjoying the wedding. We really appreciated them looking after themselves - allowing us to get on and enjoy the wedding. Dealing with Warble was also very easy and straightforward, responding promptly to queries and making everything clear and simple - a company that it was a pleasure to do business with.They contacted us shortly before the wedding to check out all the details and were extremely polite and helpful at every point of contact. We - and everyone at the reception - would whole heartedly recommend the Ariosa Duo for your event. They were a pleasure to deal with, played beautiful music and really helped make our reception the special event we wanted.


Andrea Speight

Event: Wedding
Location: Worcestershire
4/5

Although I did not hear much of the cellists myself, my guests all commented how beautiful the playing was and how it really made the mood for the ceremony.


    Pricing

    We give you a bespoke price based on the exact location of your event. The pricing below is based on a central location for your area so you have an idea of what your price will be. The exact price will be given in the booking process after you’ve provided the location details.

    East Midlands
    • Derbyshire £540
    • Leicestershire £540
    • Northamptonshire £540
    • Nottinghamshire £540
    North East
    • Durham £590
    • East Yorkshire £540
    • Leeds £540
    • North Yorkshire £590
    • South Yorkshire £540
    • West Yorkshire £540
    • Yorkshire £540
    North West
    • Cheshire £520
    • Cumbria £520
    • Lancashire £520
    • Liverpool £520
    • Manchester £502
    • Merseyside £520
    Wales
    • Anglesey £590
    • Wrexham £540
    West Midlands
    • Birmingham £640
    • Shropshire £540

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    FAQs

    Essentials
    Parking and 2 x chairs without arms. If the booking is for two hours or more then some light refreshments are appreciated. If playing outside, most venues have gazebos but we do ask for protection from the elements (we don't mind the sun and rain, but our cellos do!).

    Special Requests
    We always discuss any musical requests beforehand. We arrange most of our own music, so playing a special request is no problem but must be agreed at least three weeks in advance. For more obscure or rare requests there may be an arrangement fee.

    Sound
    We are able to supply our own amplification, so playing in a large room or for 100+ guests is no problem. 

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    We have a varied selection of outfits to match the colour scheme or mood of your occasion, e.g. different colours of gowns to fit in with the colour scheme of a wedding; scary outfits for a Hallowe'en Ball; fairy outfits for festivals etc.

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