The Manchester Cellist

The Manchester Cellist

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Location Manchester
Starting from £260
3 Reviews

With a fantastic choice of music and a wealth of experience, this act's musicality and friendly manner will bring top-quality entertainment to your event.

  • Highlights
  • Can arrange and play your special tune with prior notice
  • Will aim to match her dress to your theme or occasion
  • Has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium and Abbey Road Studios

About


Known for her professional approach, The Manchester Cellist will liaise closely with clients to create a perfectly tailored package that meets all requirements. For larger audiences, a small amp provides the solution to creating volume if necessary. With a selection of different outfits, The Manchester Cellist will even aim to match her dress to your occasion!

The Manchester Cellist's colourful career as a freelance cellist includes performances on TV, radio, with orchestras, ensembles and in theatres. She has worked closely with some amazing musicians including: Snow Patrol, Elbow, Jools Holland, Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra, The Maccabees, Dutch Uncles, The Coral, Beth Orton, I Am Kloot, Roy Wood, The Cinematic Orchestra and Emily Sande. These performances have taken place in some beautiful venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium and Abbey Road Studios. When not performing or teaching, she works with various charities that promote music in hospitals.

 

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Repertoire


Classical

  • Suite for solo cello no. 1 in G major - J.S. Bach
  • Suite for solo cello no. 2 in D minor  - J.S. Bach
  • Suite for solo cello no. 3 in C major - J.S. Bach
  • Air – water Music – Handel
  • Après un Reve – Fauré 
  • Ave Maria - Bach-Gounod
  • Ave Maria - Schubert
  • Barcarole - Offenbach
  • Berceuse from “Jocelyn” - Godard
  • Canon in D - Pachelbel
  • Elegie – Fauré
  • Elegie – Massenet 
  • Gabriel’s Oboe - Morricone
  • Habanera from “Carmen” – Bizet  
  • Hornpipe - Handel
  • Humoresque - Dvorak
  • Intermezzo Sinfonica from “Cavalleria Rusticana” - Mascagni
  • Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach
  • La Réjouissance – Firework Suite - Handel
  • Largo from “Winter” (Four seasons) – Vivaldi
  • Méditation – Jules Massenet
  • Melody in F - Rubinstein
  • Minuet in G – Beethoven
  • Musetta’s Waltz - Puccini
  • Non so Piu – Mozart
  • O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
  • On Wings of Song – Mendelssohn
  • Pachelbel’s Canon in D
  • Pavane – Fauré
  • Prayer (from Jewish Life) - Bloch
  • Salut d’Amour – Elgar
  • Serenade – Poulenc 
  • Sicilienne - Von Paradis
  • Sonata Boni, Pietro
  • Sonata in E minor - Brahms
  • Song Without Words - Mendelssohn
  • The Swan - Saint-Saëns
  • To A Wild Rose - MacDowell
  • Träumerei – Schumann
  • Tumpet tune - Purcell
  • Un Bel Di Vedremo (Madame Butterfly) – Puccini 
  • Voi Che Sapete –Mozart 
  • Wedding March – Wagner
  • Wedding March – Mendelssohn  

Jazz

  • A Couple of Swells
  • A Fine Romance
  • As Time Goes By
  • Autumn Leaves 
  • Basin Street Blues
  • Bess you Is My Woman Now  
  • Can’t Help lovin’ that man
  • Cheek to cheek
  • Come Fly With Me 
  • Don’t sit under the Apple tree
  • Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue
  • Fly Me To the Moon 
  • Georgia  
  • Happy Talk
  • I Get A Kick Out Of You
  • I got Plenty o’ nuttin’ 
  • It Don’t Mean A Thing
  • The Lady Is a Tramp
  • La Vie en Rose - Piaf, Edith
  • Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  • Love and Marriage 
  • Love Me Or Leave Me
  • Lullaby of Birdland  
  • Mad About The Boy
  • Makin’ Whoopee
  • Manhattan
  • Mister Sandman
  • Misty
  • Moon River 
  • My Funny Valentine
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 
  • Someone to watch over me 
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • Spread A Little Happiness
  • Star Dust
  • Summertime 
  • That Old Devil Called Love
  • They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  • What’ll I Do?

Popular

  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
  • A Thousand Years – Christina Perri 
  • Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay
  • All of Me – John Legend 
  • All My Loving - The Beatles 
  • All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
  • American Pie – Don McLean
  • Angels – Robbie Williams
  • Annie’s Song – John Denver
  • At Last – Etta James
  • Beautiful Day – U2
  • Best Day of My Life – American Authors
  • Blackbird - The Beatles
  • Budapest – George Ezra
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – Lion King
  • Candle in the Wind - Elton John
  • Can’t Buy Me Love – Beatles 
  • Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
  • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
  • Clocks – Coldplay 
  • Close To You - Carpenters (Bacharach/David)
  • Crazy In Love – Beyonce
  • Crazy Little thing called love – Queen
  • Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
  • Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
  • Eternal Flame - 
  • Every Breath You Take – Sting
  • Everything I Do – Bryan Adams 
  • Fields of Gold – Sting 
  • Game Of Thrones theme
  • Girl From Ipanema - Jobim/Gimble/de Moraes
  • God Only Knows – Beach Boys
  • Groovy Kind of Love – Toni Wine
  • Grounds For Divorce - Elbow
  • Halo – Beyonce 
  • Happy –Pharrell Williams
  • Havana – Cabello
  • Have I Told You Lately? – Van Morrison
  • Here comes the sun - The Beatles
  • Hey Jude – Beatles
  • I Have Dream - ABBA
  • I Know Him So Well – Andersson/Ulvaeus 
  • I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
  • Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
  • It Must Be Love - Madness
  • It’s All About You – McFly 
  • Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
  • I will always love you –Whitney/Dolly Parton
  • I Say a Little Prayer - Hal/Bacharach 
  • I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton/Whitney
  • I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons
  • Kiss From A Rose - Seal
  • Lazy Sunday Afternoon - Small Faces 
  • Love Is All Around – Love Actually/Reg Presley
  • Love is  A Verb – John Mayer
  • Make you feel my love – Adele
  • Mama Mia! – ABBA
  • Marry You – Bruno Mars
  • Michelle - The Beatles
  • Mister Sandman – Ballard
  • My Heart Will Go on (“Titanic”) – Celine Dion
  • My Lighthouse – REND collective
  • One Day Like This – Elbow
  • Our Last Summer – ABBA
  • Paradise – Coldplay
  • Perfect – Ed Sheeran
  • Rather Be – Clean Bandit
  • Roar – Katy Perry
  • Rock Around the Clock – Freedman
  • Secrets – One Republic
  • Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
  • She – Charles Aznavour
  • She’s the one – Wallinger 
  • Shotgun – George Ezra
  • Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
  • That’s Amore - Brooks/Warren
  • Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran 
  • Top of the World – Carpenters 
  • Uninvited – Alanis Morrisette
  • What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong 
  • Whatever -Oasis
  • What the World Needs Now - Carpenters (Bacharach/David)
  • When I’m 64 – Beatles 
  • With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles 
  • With or without you – U2 
  • Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  • Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
  • You are the Wind Beneath My Wings 
  • You’re My best friend – Queen
  • Your Song - Elton John

Folk & Traditional

  • Amazing Grace
  • Ashokan Farewell
  • Barbara Allen
  • Danny Boy
  • Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (English Air)
  • Down By the Salley Gardens
  • The Drunken Sailor
  • Greensleeves
  • Hava Nagila
  • Hungarian folk songs - various
  • Italian folk songs - various
  • Loch Lomond
  • Londonderry Air (“Danny Boy”)
  • Morgan Magan
  • My Bonnie Lies over the ocean
  • O Susanna 
  • Salley Gardens 
  • Scarborough Fair
  • Steal Away 
  • Swallowtail Jig 
  • Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  • Teddybears’ Picnic

Film

  • A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman
  • Annie – Tomorrow
  • Big Spender – Sweet Charity
  • Fawlty Towers – Theme tune
  • Fiddler on the Roof – If I were a rich man 
  • Fiddler on the Roof – Sunrise, Sunset 
  • For the love of a Princess – Braveheart
  • Game of Thrones - theme
  • Gladiator Theme –Hans Zimmer
  • Glasgow love theme (from film “Love Actually”) – Craig Armstrong 
  • The Godfather Theme – Speak Softly Love
  • Harry Potter – Hedwig’s Theme
  • Imperial March – Star Wars (Darth Vader’s theme)
  • James Bond – Main theme
  • Jean de Florette theme
  • Love is all around – love actually 
  • Mission Impossible – Main theme
  • Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  • My Heart Will Go on (“Titanic”) – Celine Dion
  • Romeo & Juliette  - Love theme
  • Schindler’s List – Main Theme
  • Somewhere over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
  • The Eternal Vow – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • The Sound of Music – Do-re-mi
  • The Sound of Music – Edelweiss
  • Star Wars – Main theme
  • This is Me – Greatest Showman

Disney & Musicals

  • A Dream Is A Wish – Cinderella
  • All I Ask Of You - Phantom of the Opera 
  • The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book 
  • Beauty and the Beast – Main Theme
  • Cabaret – Main Theme
  • Can you feel the love Tonight? Lion King 
  • Chim chim Cheree - Mary Poppins 
  • Consider yourself  - Oliver! 
  • Do You want to Build a Snowman? - Frozen
  • Edelweiss – The Sound of Music 
  • Get me to the church on Time  - My Fair Lady
  • How Far I’ll Go – Moana
  • Hushaby Mountain - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 
  • I Dreamed a Dream – Les Miserables
  • I Just Can’t Wait to be King – Lion King
  • I Wanna Be Like You - The Jungle Book 
  • Kiss the Girl - Little Mermaid 
  • Let It Go - Frozen
  • Lonely Goatherd – Sound of Music
  • Memories - Cats
  • Once Upon A Dream - Sleeping Beauty
  • Somewhere over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
  • Up – Married Life (theme)
  • When You Wish Upon A Star - Pinocchio 
  • Where Is Love? - Oliver! 
  • A Whole New World - Aladdin 
  • You’ll be in my Heart – Tarzan
  • Zip-a-dee-doo-dah - Song of the South (Disney) 

Christmas

  • All I want for Christmas
  • Away In a Manger
  • Coventry Carol
  • Deck the Halls
  • Ding Dong Merrily On High
  • Fairytale of New York
  • The First Nowell
  • Frosty the Snowman
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Hark! The Herald Angles Sing
  • The Holly and the Ivy
  • In Dulci jubilo
  • In the Bleak midwinter
  • I Saw Three Ships
  • It came upon the midnight clear
  • Jingle Bells
  • O Christmas Tree
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem
  • Once in Royal David’s City
  • Silent Night
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Line-Up

  • Solo
  • Duo (2 cellos OR cello and harp)
  • Quartet (4 cellos)

3 Reviews

Top reviews

Michael Bowtell

Event: Wedding
Location: Cumbria
5/5

Communications before the event were excellent, The Manchester Cellist gave us an extensive list of music to choose from, and offered to learn anything that wasn't on her list. She arrived in plenty of time, was wonderfully friendly, calm and professional, and her music was simply fantastic!!! All our guests commented on how lovely she played. If you need a cellist, stop right here, you've found the one for you.


Richard McGurn

Event: Wedding
Location: Cumbria
5/5

Highly talented Cellist with a great repertoire. A joy to communicate with. We couldn't have asked for more. Excellent performance and presentation, both before our ceremony and during. Obviously very experienced in weddings and ceremony processes. Professional communication with Registrars made for a seamless and classy performance throughout. Exceeded our expectations all round. Understood the ambience we were looking for and delivered to a very high standard. Highly recommend.


Billy and Rowena

Event: Wedding
Location: Liverpool
5/5

We wanted to thank you for your stunning playing at our wedding! Your music brought tears to our eyes. Thanks for suggesting the perfect pieces too, we would have been clueless without you.


    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 £260
    • Leicestershire £260
    • Lincolnshire £260
    • Northamptonshire £260
    • Nottinghamshire £260
    • Rutland £260
    Foreign Locations
    • Europe £310
    • Rest of the world £620
    North East
    • Durham £273
    • East Yorkshire £273
    • Leeds £260
    • North Yorkshire £260
    • Northumberland £273
    • South Yorkshire £260
    • Tyne and Wear £273
    • West Yorkshire £260
    • Yorkshire £260
    North West
    • Cheshire £260
    • Cumbria £260
    • Lancashire £260
    • Liverpool £260
    • Manchester £260
    • Merseyside £260
    Scotland
    • Aberdeen £310
    • Ayrshire £310
    • Dumfriesshire £310
    • East Lothian £310
    • Edinburgh £310
    • Fife £310
    • Glasgow £310
    • Inverness £310
    • Lanarkshire £310
    • Midlothian £310
    • Perth £310
    • Stirlingshire £310
    • Sutherland £310
    • West Lothian £310
    South East
    • Bedfordshire £273
    • Berkshire £298
    • Buckinghamshire £298
    • East Sussex £298
    • Essex £310
    • Hampshire £298
    • Hertfordshire £298
    • Isle of Wight £310
    • Kent £310
    • London £310
    • Middlesex £310
    • Oxfordshire £298
    • Surrey £298
    • Sussex £298
    • West Sussex £298
    South West
    • Bath £273
    • Bristol £273
    • Bristol £273
    Wales
    • Anglesey £273
    • Brecon £298
    • Cardiff £310
    • Wrexham £273
    West Midlands
    • Birmingham £273
    • Gloucestershire £273
    • Herefordshire £273
    • Shropshire £273
    • Staffordshire £273
    • Warwickshire £273
    • Worcestershire £273

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    FAQs

    What do you require on the day?
    Parking space for one car and a chair without arms; access to a nearby socket. If the event is to take place outside I require protection from the elements (Personally I don't mind the sun, wind or rain, but my cello does!). 

    Do you take requests?
    I always discuss any musical requests beforehand. I also arrange a lot of cello 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.

    Do you need refreshments on the day?
    I kindly request that a glass of water is provided; for bookings longer than 2 hours a light snack is appreciated.  

    Do you provide your own PA?
    I am able to supply my own amplification, so playing in a large room or for 100+ guests is no problem. 

    How will you dress for the event?
    I have a varied selection of outfits to match the mood of your occasion, from classical ball gowns in all colours, to vintage, to a more "urban" look. I love any excuse to dress up and relish any opportunity to wear scary outfits for a Halloween Ball, fairy outfits for Festivals etc. If there is a colour theme to your event please let me know.

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