Weddings...
Our minimum session time varies depending on where your event is and how long it will take us to travel there. A minimum session of 2 – 3 hours hire time will usually provide music through from seating your guests, to the wedding ceremony itself and then as an accompaniment to your drinks and photos. If you would like us to play for the wedding breakfast and/or after dinner entertainment, you can of course have longer. Our maximum booking time is 5 hours. Our fees include travel within the immediate Southampton area and a personal music planning service. Given sufficient notice, special requests (i.e. pieces which are outside our current repertoire) can be arranged for a small charge.
Please remember that when choosing music for your civil ceremony, no religious items are permitted.
~ Ceremony Favourites ~
Processional or Recessional:
‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ Handel
‘La Rejouissance’ from the Royal Fireworks Music, Handel
‘Hornpipe in D’ from the Water Music, Handel
‘Canon in D’ Pachelbel
‘Grand March from Aida’ Verdi
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, J.S. Bach
‘Trumpet Voluntary’, Stanley
’The Prince of Denmark March’, Clarke
Signing of the Register:
‘The Flower Duet’ Delibes
'Air on the G String' by J. S. Bach
‘Romance from The Gadfly’ Shostakovitch
‘Salut d’Amour’ Elgar
‘Air in F ‘ from the Water Music Suite, Handel
‘Lute Concerto in D’ Vivaldi
Some clients also choose to have a solo spot where the quartet will play a piece of music for you and your guests to listen to. This may be one of your favourite classical pieces or it could be an arrangement made for you, of a popular song that means something special. As making string quartet parts often involves us listening to and transcribing from a CD, we would ask you to allow us at least 8 weeks notice, if you would like us to make an arrangement for you.
~ Special Arrangements ~
Here are a few of the songs that previous clients have requested:
‘Baby Just Cares For Me’ Nina Simone
‘Bittersweet Symphony’ The Verve
‘My Best Friend’ Don Williams
Drinks Reception & Wedding Breakfast:
After consultation with you, the music for the remainder of the wedding is selected by the quartet from our extensive repertoire. This would usually include a mixture of styles to suit guests of all ages or solely classical repertoire if you prefer.
‘The Muppet Theme’ Henson/Pottle
‘The Entertainer’ Scott Joplin
‘In a Sentimental Mood’ Duke Ellington
‘Anything Goes’ Cole Porter
‘Some Enchanted Evening’ Rogers & Hammerstein
-‘Lullaby of Birdland’ Shearing
‘The Dance of the Mirlitons’ Tchaikovsky
‘Meditation’ from Thais, Massenet
‘Love and Marriage’, Sammy Cahn
‘Joska’ Josef Kok
‘Norwegian Dance’ Greig
‘New York, New York’. Bernstein
‘Tangos’ by Albeniz, Villoldo and Zerillo & Howard
‘Eine Kleine Nacht Musick’ Mozart
For a full repertoire list please click here.
If you require other musicians for your ceremony or evening entertainment please just ask us when you make your enquiry, as we can often recommend local musicians to you. For further details please visit our Agency page.
Photos by kind permission of Mike Bell Photography.