Glamorous String Quartet
The International String Quartet, Trio and Duo incorporate world-class female musicians for all kinds of events and are passionate about offering the highest level of musicality and elegant presentation, to ensure that your entertainment radiates perfection and becomes the personalized event you deserve.
They have performed for many well-established artists and venues, both within the UK and internationally, and are constantly in demand to perform at events ranging from weddings and corporate functions to parties, recordings and television appearances.
Having played for the Man Booker Prize Awards, the Monte Carlo Television Festival and the National Music Awards in London, this international string act are highly experienced at performing for all kinds of events, and are dedicated to ensuring that their programme creates the perfect atmosphere for your guests.
The string act have performed recitals aboard Holland America's and Cunard's luxury cruise ships, at prestigious venues such as the Grosvenor House and Hilton on Park Lane hotels, and at Westminster Abbey. They have also been invited to perform alongside a host of well-known popular artists, such as Jesse J, Enya, Rod Stewart and Stereophonics.
The group has a wide and varied repertoire, incorporating classical, opera, jazz and pop, and are dedicated to helping you find the perfect music for your event. They are happy to search for music that is not on their current repertoire lists, and can even offer to arrange music that is not in print. They have arranged music by artists such as Snow Patrol, Robbie Williams and The Feeling, and have built up an enviable reputation for performing arrangements of such modern classics.
With an extensive and diverse repertoire, plus a choice of ensembles, you are sure to find the perfect combination to complement your occasion.
String Duo
Their string Duo not only looks beautiful but has a warm, rich sound and is able to move around with ease, if needs be, playing at different locations throughout your event. The duo is a brilliant choice where space is limited, or the fuller sound of a string quartet is not needed. From providing an exquisite selection of classical repertoire to a more informal performance of popular pieces, the versatility of a string duo makes it ideal for setting the atmosphere and entertaining for all kinds of events.
String Trio
Their Trio is a unique and highly popular choice and has a more varied repertoire than the duo. With music ranging from Pachelbel's Canon to Can You Feel the Love Tonight, the trio will always consider arranging personal song choices upon request. The string Trio has a sound that carries beautifully across a room and is credited highly on its exquisite sound, varied repertoire and unique set up.
String Quartet
The Quartet has an extensive repertoire selection and also has the warmest and richest sound of their ensembles. The quartet is an excellent choice for larger scale events or those clients wishing to have a wider and more varied selection of repertoire from which to choose. The string quartet can cater for any sized event and previous clients include Harrods and Claridges in London.
- Adagio- Albinoni
- Air on the G- Bach
- Arioso - Bach
- Ave Maria - Bach ~ Gounod
- Badinerie - Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Bach
- Contrapunctus No.1 - Bach
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
- Fur Elise - Beethoven
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
- Liebestraum - Liszt
- Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
- Pachelbel's Canon in D - Pachelbel
- Pathetique - Beethoven
- Piano concerto no. 21 (Andante) - Mozart
- Radetzky March - Strauss
- Rondo alla Turca - Mozart
- Trumpet Tune in D - Purcell
- Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar & The Fairy Queen- Purcell
- Water Music Extracts - Handel
- Ave Maria - Schubert
- Bolero - Ravel
- Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
- Hungarian Dances (various) - Brahms
- Meditation (from Thais) - Massenet
- O Sole Mio - di Capua
- Salut D'Amour - Elgar
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky
- The Swan - Saint-Saens
- Valse - Chopin
- Waltz from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
- Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
- Czardas - Monti
- Palladio - Jenkins
- Simple Symphony- Britten
- Amazing Grace - Traditional
- English Country Gardens- Traditional
- Londonderry Air - Traditional
- Rule Britannia - Arne
- The Irish Washer Woman- Traditional
- Aria from Xerxes - Handel
- Excerpts from 'Carmen' - Bizet
- H.M.S Pinafore -Sullivan
- Nessum Dorma from Turandot- Puccini
- A Day in the Life of a Fool (Black Orpheus) - Louise Bonfa
- Blue Moon - Richard Rogers
- Blues in The Night (My Momma Done Tol’ Me)- Harold Arlen
- Cry Me a River - Arthur Hamilton
- Everytime We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter
- How High the Moon - Morgan Lewis
- I Only Have Eyes for You - Harry Warren
- It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Ellington
- It's Only a Paper Moon - Harold Arlen
- Makin' Whoopee - Donaldson
- Pennies from Heaven - Arthur Johnson
- Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Maceo Pinkard, Ken Casey & Ben Bernie
- The Folks who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me - Gershwin
- All You Need is Love - Lennon & McCartney
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Chasing Cars - Coldplay
- (Everything I Do) I Do it For You - Kamen
- Greatest Love of All - Michael Masser
- Have I told you lately - Van Morrison
- Hey Jude - Paul McCartney
- If I Fell - Lennon & McCartney
- Money, Money, Money - Abba
- Moonlight in Vermont - Suessdorf
- Norwegian Wood - Lennon & McCartney
- Paperback Writer - Lennon & McCartney
- The Winner Takes it All - Abba
- Tomorrow Never Knows - Lennon & McCartney
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- When I Fall In Love - Victor Young
- Yesterday - Lennon and McCartney
- Cafetin de Buenos Aires - Mariano Mores
- La Cumparsita - Rodriguez
- Por Una Cabeza - Gardel
- As Long As He Needs Me - Lionel Bart
- Anything Goes - Cole Porter
- Empty Chairs and Empty Tables from Les Miserables - Claude-Michel Schonberg
- I Don’t Know How to Love Him- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Leaning on a Lamppost - George Formby
- Love Changes Everything - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Maria from Westside Story - Leonard Bernstein
- Moonfall - Rupert Holmes
- Music of the Night - Lloyd Webber
- Smoke get in your Eyes (from Roberta) - Jerome Kern
- Tonight from Westside Story - Leonard Bernstein
- A Whole New World from Aladdin- Alan Menken
- Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar
- Cavatina from The Deer Hunter- Stanley Myers
- Days of Wine and Roses - Mancini
- Harry Potter theme music- J.Williams
- Jeeves & Wooster theme - Anne Dudley
- Meggies Theme - Mancini
- Moon River - Henry Mancini
- Pie in the Face Polka - Mancini
- She from Notting Hill - Elvis Costello
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen
- Speak Softly Love from The Godfather- Nino Roso
- Star Trek, The Next Generation - J. Goldsmith
- Theme from E.T. - John Williams
- Theme from Molly Manguires - Mancini
- Theme from Schindler's List - John Williams
- Black and White Rag - George Botsford
- Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
- Adagio for Strings- Barber
- Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate - Mozart
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
- Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
- Barber of Seville - Rossini
- Canon - Pachelbel
- Divertimento (Various)- Mozart
- Excerpts from the 'Four Seasons' - Vivaldi
- Hornpipe from the Water Music - Handel
- La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - Handel
- Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar
- Ode to Joy - Beethoven
- Panis Angelicus - Franck
- Pavane - Faure
- Prelude from 'Te Deum' - Charpentier
- Rondeau - Mouret
- Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
- Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
- Wachet Auf - Bach
- Adagio from Violin Concerto No.1 - Bruch
- Barcarolle - Offenbach
- Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) - Wagner
- Gymnopodie No 1 - Satie
- In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
- Norwegian Dance No. 2&3 - Grieg
- Polovtsian Dance - Borodin
- Slavonic Dance No.8 - Dvorak
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
- Traumerei - Schumann
- Waltz - Grieg
- Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Grieg
- Cock Linnet - Collins/Leigh arr. Martelli
- Funiculi, Funicula - Denza
- Pizzicato Polka - Strauss
- A Scottish Selection- Traditional
- Cockles and Muscles- Traditional
- Greensleeves - Traditional
- Nearer My God to Thee- Mason
- Star Spangled Banner - Traditional
- The Minstrel Boy- Traditional
- Libiamo from 'La Traviata' - Verdi
- Flower Duet from 'Lakme' - Delibes
- Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
- Ballata from 'Rigoletto' - Verdi
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Manning Sherwin
- But Not for Me - Gershwin
- Byebye Blackbird- Ray Henderson
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Ellington
- Fly me to the Moon - Bart Howard
- I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
- I've got you under my skin - Cole Porter
- It Had to Be You - Isham Jones
- Let's Do It - Cole Porter
- My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers
- S'wonderful - Gershwin
- Summertime - Gershwin
- Take Five - Paul Desmond
- The Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Angels - Robbie Williams
- Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon
- Eight Days a Week - Lennon & McCartney
- Got to Get You Into My Life - Lennon & McCartney
- Hard Day’s Night - Lennon & McCartney
- Hello Goodbye - Lennon & McCartney
- I Feel Fine - Lennon & McCartney
- Lady Madonna - Lennon & McCartney
- Moondance - Van Morrison
- Nobody Does it Better - M. Hamlisch
- One Day Like This - Elbow
- The Wind Beneath My Wings - Geoff Silbar & Larry Henley
- (They Long To Be) Close to You - Bert Bacharach
- Unchained Melody - Alex North
- What a Wonderful World - Weiss & Thiele
- When I'm 64 - Lennon & McCartney
- You Raise Me Up - Graham & Lovland
- Cristal - Mariano Mores
- La Vi Llegar - Enrique Francini
- Selection of Tangos by George Speckert
- All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina from Evita - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- I Could Have Danced all Night - Lerner & Lowe
- If I Were a Rich Man - Jerry Bock
- Lord of the Dance- Ronan Hardiman
- Lullaby of Broadway - Harry Warren
- Memory from Cats- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Mr. Wonderful - Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcene and George David Weiss
- New York, New York - Leonard Bernstein
- Tea for Two - Vincent Youmans
- Where is Love - Lionel Bart
- All Time High from Octopussy - J. Barry
- Baby Elephant Walk - Mancini
- Charada - Mancini
- Gabriel’s Oboe - Ennio Morricone
- James Bond Theme - M. Norman
- Kissing You (Love theme from Romeo and Juliet) - Des’ree
- Mission:Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
- My Heart Will Go On from Titanic- James Horner
- Schindler's List Theme - John Williams
- Somewhere Out There from An American Tail- James Horner
- Song from 10 (It’s Easy to Say) - Mancini
- The Magnificent Seven- E.Bernstein
- The Throne Room - J. Williams
- Theme from Inspector Clouseau - Mancini
- Theme from Jeeves and Wooster - Julian Kershaw
- Theme from The Thorn Birds - Mancini
- Entertainer - Joplin
- Ragtime Dance - Joplin
- National Music Awards (performing at the VIP lounge)
- Michael Jackson Tribute Concert at the Millennium Stadium
- Britain’s Got Talent (Backing strings)
- Man Booker Prize Awards
- Harrods
- Houses of Parliament
- The Savoy
- Hilton on Park Lane hotel
- Mandarin Oriental
- National Television Awards (performing with Kimberey Walsh)
- Strictly Come Dancing (Backing strings)
- X Factor (Backing strings)
- The Guardian First Book Awards
- The Gherkin
- All England Lawn Tennis Club
- Claridge?s, Mayfair
- Locanda Locatelli
- Old Royal Naval College
" Their standard of playing was amongst the best I’ve heard with their tuning being spot on all the time, unlike many other string ensembles I’ve worked with before. Their high level of professionalism was much appreciated both on stage and off stage. I cannot recommend them highly enough. "
Colin Walker - Tour & Production Manager for Katie Melua
" Thank you so much for playing so beautifully at our wedding. So many people commented on how brilliant you were. You really made the day so special for us. "
Robert Popper, Director of Peep Show
" Thank you for making our event so special, everyone appreciated your music so much. "
Richard Lane, President of Diabetes UK
" Thank you again so much for your professionalism and great performance last week. "
Harrods Event Co-ordinator
" Wonderful and Charming, I didn't want you to stop playing! "
Christopher Biggins, Actor and Media personality
" It was lovely to work with you at the Fête Champêtre & Concours D'Elégance and I look forward to working with you again in the future. "
Jo Morris - House Admin Manager at The Hurlingham Club
" I wanted to say thank you to the Apollo Duo for performing at my wedding on 28th July 2012. They did an amazing job and all the guests loved the music they played. We will definitely be recommending you in the future. "
Shamiran Mary Azi