The Glasgow String Quartet

The Glasgow String Quartet

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The Glasgow String Quartet is a professional Scottish quartet, bringing classical music into the 21st century with a uniquely stylish and vibrant flair.

  • Highlights
  • Bespoke arrangement of your special tune available
  • Broad repertoire featuring traditional music, current chart-toppers and everything in between
  • Performance credits include Gleneagles, Scottish Parliament and Glasgow City Chambers

About


This Glasgow and Edinburgh based collection of freelance musicians regularly performs throughout the country and may be seen playing in national orchestras such as BBCSSO, RSNO and the orchestra of Scottish Opera, or enjoying a bus(king)-man’s holiday on Buchanan Street!

From Bach to the Beatles, Vivaldi to The Verve, The Glasgow String Quartet always strike the right chord. All across Scotland, from large royal weddings to smaller, intimate gatherings, you can be assured of a high-quality performance, tailored especially to make your event unique.

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Repertoire


Charts

  • Hoppipola - Sigur Ros
  • Can't Help Falling in Love - Weiss
  • You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
  • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
  • Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
  • With or Without You - U2
  • Beautiful Day - U2
  • One Day like This - Elbow
  • Hard to Concentrate - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • It Must be Love - Madness
  • Just Like Heaven - The Cure
  • She - Elvis Costello
  • Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
  • Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
  • In my Place - Coldplay
  • Yellow - Coldplay
  • Whatever - Oasis
  • I predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
  • All the Things that I have Done -The Killers
  • Stand by Me - Ben E. King
  • You Raise me Up - Westlife
  • Angels - Robbie Williams
  • Will Young - All Time Love
  • Fields of Gold - Sting
  • Everlong - Foo Fighters
  • Your Song - Elton John
  • Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye/Diana Ross
  • Caravan of Love - House Martins
  • Colorful - Vervepipe
  • Candle in the Wind - Elton John
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon
  • Killing me Softly with his Song - Norman Gimbel
  • Eleanor Rigby - Lennon McCartney
  • When I'm 64 - Lennon McCartney
  • Here Comes the Sun - Lennon McCartney
  • All you Need is Love - Lennon McCartney
  • Imagine - Lennon McCartney
  • Lady Madonna - Lennon McCartney
  • Hello Goodbye - Lennon McCartney
  • World Without Love - Lennon McCartney
  • Hey Jude - Lennon McCartney
  • Yesterday - Lennon McCartney
  • Get Back - Lennon McCartney
  • Good Day Sunshine - Lennon McCartney
  • Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard (from the film ‘Once')
  • Unchained Melody - Alex North (Theme from Ghost)
  • Chapel of Love from Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Everything I Do, I Do It For You - Micheal Kamen from ‘Robin Hood Prince of Thieves'
  • Without You - Peter Ham/Tom Evans
  • Theme from Jurassic Park - John Williams
  • My Heart Will Go On - James Horner from "Titanic"
  • Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet - Nina Rota
  • The Bare Necessities from Disney's The Jungle Book
  • Theme from Schindler's List - John Williams
  • Kissing in the Rain from Great Expectations
  • Kissing You - Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
  • Desiree - Nothing is Gonna Stop us Now - from Mannequin
  • Theme from Fawlty Towers
  • Theme from Black Adder

Wedding Ceremony Favourites

  • Canon - Pachelbel
  • Trumpet Tune - Purcell
  • Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
  • Wedding March - Wagner
  • Largo - Handel
  • Wedding March - Mendelssohn
  • Cantabile - Tartini
  • Traumerai - Schumann
  • Air on a G String - Bach
  • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Hornpipe from Water Music - Handel
  • Fanfare - Lemmens Tuba Tune
  • Ave Maria - Schubert and Gounod
  • Panis Angelicus
  • Hymns available on request

Jazz, Rags & Tangos

  • Country Club - Joplin
  • Paragon Rag - Joplin
  • New Rag - Joplin
  • The Entertainer - Joplin
  • Rag Time Dance - Joplin
  • Easy Winners - Joplin
  • Making Whopee - Donald Son
  • Lets do It - Cole Porter
  • Anything Goes - Cole Porter
  • Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin
  • I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
  • God Bless the Child - Billie Halliday

Traditional Scottish & Irish

  • Secret Wedding from ‘Braveheart'
  • Loch Lomond
  • Cumbrae Cottage - Eric Rice
  • Peter's Reels - Eric Rice
  • The Maaker Speaks - Eric Rice
  • An Air for Phil Cunningham - Eric Rice
  • My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
  • Flower of the Quern
  • Kalinka
  • Amazing Grace
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Skye Boat Song
  • Ae Fond Kiss
  • Wild Mountain Thyme
  • Ashokan Farewell
  • Highland Cathedral
  • Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik -McMozart
  • Irish Sherry Suite - Thorp
  • Carrickfergus
  • It's a Long Way from Clare to Here
  • Brian Boru March

Opera, Ballet & Musicals

  • Habanera from Carmen - Bizet
  • Prelude to Carmen - Bizet
  • Meditation from Thais - Massenet
  • Nessun Dorma from Turandot - Puccini
  • O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
  • Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann - Offenbach
  • Three Little Maids from School from the Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan
  • Non Piu Andrai from the Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
  • Dance of the Cygnets -Tchaikovsky
  • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
  • Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky
  • Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music - Sondheim
  • Broadway Tonight - a Medley
  • Divertimento II in Bb Major - Mozart
  • Divertimento II in F Major - Mozart
  • Selection of Mozart and Haydn quartets
  • Largo from the New World Symphony - Dvorak
  • Intermezzo from Aranjuez Guitar Concerto - Rodriguez
  • Brandenburg III - Bach
  • Chanson de Matin - Elgar
  • Chanson de Nuit - Elgar
  • Salut d'Amour - Elgar
  • Adagietto from 5th Symphony (theme from ‘Death in Venice') - Mahler
  • Theme from Jupiter ( I vow to thee my country) - Holst
  • Flower Duet from Lakme - Delibes
  • Chicago - Theme from the Musical
  • Summertime - Gershwin
  • Fly me to the Moon - Bart Howard
  • Can't take my Eyes off of You - Frankie Valli
  • Moondance - Van Morrison
  • Somewhere Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
  • Feelin' Good - Nina Simone
  • Moon River - Mancini
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen
  • That's Amore - Dean Martin
  • Sway - Michael Buble
  • Dream a little Dream - Mamas and Papas
  • La Comparisita - Rodriguez
  • Tango pour una Cabeza - Gardel
  • Tango Albeniz - Albeniz
  • My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers
  • The Folks who live on the Hill - Kerns
  • Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
  • Moonlight in Vermont - Suessdorf
  • Take the A Train - Billie Strayhorn
  • The Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Jobim
  • Chelsea Bridge - Billie Strayhorn

Classical

  • Spring - Vivaldi
  • Largo from Winter - Vivaldi
  • Pavane - Faure
  • Intermezzo - Mascagni
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
  • Divertimento I in D Major - Mozart
  • Gabriel's Oboe - from the film the Mission - Ennio Morricone
  • Two Rondeau from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen - Purcell
  • Finiculi Finicula - Denza
  • O Sole Mio - Di Capua
  • Palladio - Karl Jenkins
  • Romanze - Shostakovich
  • St Paul's Suite - Holst
  • 2 Waltzes - Dvorak
  • Thunder and Lightning Polka - Strauss
  • Czardas - Monti
  • Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughn Williams
  • Can Can - Offenbach
  • First Polovtsian Dance - Borodin
  • Andantino from the Forces of Destiny - Verdi
  • Golliwog's Cake Walk - Debussy
  • Humoresque - Dvorak
  • Norwegian Dance no.2 - Grieg
  • Somewhere from West Side Story - Bernstein
  • All I Ask of You
  • Music of the Night from ‘Phantom of the Opera' - Lloyd Weber

Christmas

  • Fairytale in New York  - The Pogues
  • Oh I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday – Wizard
  • Merry Christmas Everybody – Slade
  • Do They Know it’s Christmas – Band Aid
  • All I want for Christmas – Mariah Carey
  • Angels – Robbie Williams
  • The Snowman – Howard Blake
  • White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  • Sleigh Ride -  Leroy Anderson
  • 12 Days of Christmas – Traditional
  • Away in a Manger – Traditional
  • Deck the Hall – Traditional
  • Jingle Bells - Traditional
  • Once in Royal David’s City – Traditional
  • Adeste Fideles (Oh come all ye Faithful) Silent Night – Traditional
  • We Three Kings - Traditional
  • We wish you a Merry Christmas - Traditional
  • In the Bleak Mid Winter – Traditional
  • Hark the Herald Angels Song – Traditional
  • The First Noel - Traditional

Trio Playlist

  • Divertimento no.1 - Mozart
  • Three Divertimenti - Haydn
  • Three Fantasies - Purcell
  • Waltz in Ab - BrahmsO Mio Bambino Caro - Puccini
  • Revirado - Piazzola
  • Canon - Pachelbel
  • Largo - Handel
  • Gabriel's Oboe Theme from the Mission - Ennio Morricone
  • Six Tangos - William Ryden
  • Fly me to the Moon - Bart Howard
  • Just the Way you Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
  • Can't take my Eyes off You
  • The Girl from Ipanema - Jobim
  • Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffanys - Mancini
  • You are so Beautiful - Joe Cocker
  • Nights in White Satin - Justin Hayward
  • Eleanor Rigby - Lennon/McCartney
  • Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
  • We've only just Begun - The Carpenters
  • Close to You - The Carpenters
  • You Raise me Up - Westlife
  • All you need is Love - Lennon/McCartney
  • Angels - Robbie Williams
  • Can't Help Falling in Love - Weiss
  • A Fond Kiss - Burns
  • My Love is like a red red rose - Burns
  • Will you go Lassie Go - Trad
  • Ashokan Farewell - Trad
  • Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Music - Prof Teddy Bor
  • Highland Cathedral - Trad
  • Cumbrae Cottage - Eric Rice
  • Loch Lomond - arr Eric Rice
  • Siman tov u Mazel Tov - trad
Line-Up

  • Violin (x 2)
  • Viola
  • Cello

1 Reviews

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Tiffany and Graeme

Event: Wedding
Location: Aberdeen
5/5

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your help, my guests absolutely loved every minute! I would recommend you guys again and again!


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