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As a string quartet, naturally we play a lot of "classical" music - Bach, Mozart, Handel - the famous composers of the past whose music everyone has come to know and love. While the classical choice is very popular for weddings, four strings has a wide range of repertoire which encompasses music from the 1600s until the present day.

Browse the lists below, and click on the play buttons to hear our quartet playing.

If you have a special request for a song or piece of music which isn't on our list, please email us. We'll do our best to help you!

If you'd like to hear a piece of music we haven't yet recorded, a quick search on youtube.com will give you an idea of what it sounds like.

Wedding Favourites

Processional (entrance of the bride)
  • Pachelbel's Canon in D
  • Handel's Entrance for the Queen of Sheba
  • Wagner's Wedding March
Signing of the register
  • Bach's Air on the G string
  • Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Schubert's Ave Maria
Recessional (exit)
  • Handel's La Rejouissance
  • Mendelssohn's Wedding March
  • Handel's Entrance for the Queen of Sheba
  • Vivaldi's Spring (first movement)
  • Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary
  • Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro)
Before and after the ceremony
  • Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 (first movement)
  • Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 (third movement)
  • Handel's Water Music: Alla Hornpipe

Classical repertoire (full list)

Bach
  • Air on the G string

  • Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
  • Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 (1st movement)
  • Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 (1st movement)

  • Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 (3rd movement)
  • Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 (1st movement)
  • Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 (1st movement)
  • Concerto in D minor for 2 violins
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  • Mortify us by Thy Grace
  • Sheep May Safely Graze
  • Wachet auf

 
Beethoven
  • String Quartet Op. 18 no. 1

 
Bizet
  • La Toupie from “Jeux d’Enfants”
  • Suite from “Carmen”
  • Prelude
  • Entr’acte (Act III)
  • Habañera
  • Entr’acte (Act IV)
  • Toreador Song
Boccherini
  • Menuett
Brahms
  • Hungarian Dance no. 5
  • Menuetto from "Serenade no. 1"
Bruch
  • Adagio from "Violin Concerto no. 1"
Chopin
  • Prelude in A
Corelli
  • Concerto no. 8 (Christmas Concerto)
Clarke
  • Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy
  • Le Petit Negre
Delibes
  • Czardas from "Coppelia"
  • Divertissement Pizzicati from "Sylvia"
  • Flower Duet from "Lakmé"
  • Mazurka from "Coppelia"
  • Valse Lent from "Coppelia"
Elgar
  • Chanson de Matin
  • Chanson de Nuit
  • Nimrod from the "Enigma Variations"
  • Salut d'Amour

  • The Angel's farewell from "The Dream of Gerontius"
Fauré
  • Après un Rêve
  • Pavane
  • Pie Jesu
Franck
  • Panis Angelicus
Grieg
  • Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Handel
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

  • Aria from "Xerxes"
  • Royal Fireworks:
  1. Overture
  2. Bourrée
  3. La Rejouissance

  4. La Paix
  5. Minuet
  • Water Music Suite no. 1
  1. Bourrée
  2. Minuet
  3. Air
  4. Hornpipe
  • Water Music Suite no. 2
  1. Pomposo
  2. Air
  3. Moderato
  4. Alla Hornpipe
Haydn
  • Serenade (from String Quartet no. 17)
Mendelssohn
  • Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • Wedding March
Mouret
  • Rondeau
Mozart
  • Alleluia from "Exultate Jubilate"
  • Ave Verum
  • Divertimento no. 1 in D major

  • Divertimento no. 2 in B flat major
  • Divertimento no. 3 in F major

  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik:
  1. Allegro
  2. Romanze
  3. Menuetto
  4. Rondo
  • Kinder-Symphonie
  • Quartet no. 2 in D major
  • Quartet no. 3 in G major
  • Quartet no. 4 in C major
  • Rondo alla Turca
Offenbach
  • Barcarolle
Pachelbel
  • Canon in D
Puccini
  • Musetta's Waltz Song
  • Nessun Dorma from "Turandot"
  • O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi"
Purcell
  • Trumpet Tune
Ravel
  • Pavane
Rossini
  • Overture to William Tell
Saint-Saens
  • The Swan from "Carnival of the Animals"
Schubert
  • Ave Maria
Schumann
  • Traumerei
Shostakovich
  • Romance
  • Waltz
Smetana
  • Themes from the Moldau
Strauss
  • Blue Danube Waltz
Tartini
  • Andante Cantabile
Tchaikovsky
  • Czardas from "Swan Lake"
  • Dance of the Swans from "Swan Lake"
  • Suite from "The Nutcracker"
  1. March
  2. Dance of the Reed Pipes
  3. Waltz of the Flowers
  4. Trepak
  • Scene (Pas de deux) from "Swan Lake"
  • Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Vivaldi
  • Concerto alla Rustica
  • Spring (first movement) from "The Four Seasons"
  • Winter from "The Four Seasons"
Von Paradis
  • Sicilienne
Wagner
  • Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride)
Warlock
  • Capriol Suite

Contemporary/jazz/popular repertoire

Albeniz
  • Tango in D
Aznavour
  • She
Ballard
  • Mister Sandman
Barry
  • Somewhere in Time
Bratton
  • The Teddy Bears' Picnic
Cohen
  • Hallelujah
Coldplay
  • Clocks
Cooke
  • The Sunshine of Your Smile
Dido
  • Thank You
Ellington
  • It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
English
  • Six Ribbons
Esposito
  • Wedding Song
Fats Waller
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
Garner
  • Misty
Gershwin
  • Fascinatin' Rhythm
  • Love is Here to Stay
  • Summertime
Gray
  • Please Forgive Me
Hunters and Collectors
  • Throw Your Arms Around Me
Howard
  • Fly Me to the Moon
Jobim
  • The Girl from Ipanema
Kaempfert
  • Strangers in the Night
Kern
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
MacDowell
  • To a Wild Rose
McBroom
  • The Rose
McTell
  • Streets of London
Led Zeppelin
  • Stairway to Heaven
Lloyd
  • Amazing
Lloyd Webber
  • Memory
Movie/musical/TV themes
  • Big Spender from "Sweet Charity"
  • Cavatina from "The Deer Hunter"
  • Gabriel's Oboe from "The Mission"

  • Kissing You from "Romeo and Juliet"
  • Misirlou from "Pulp Fiction"
  • Moon River from "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
  • Speak Softly Love from "The Godfather"
  • Theme from "Chocolat"
  • Theme from "E.T."
  • Them from "Ice Castles"
  • Theme from "New York, New York"
  • Theme from "Amelie"
  • Theme from "Fawlty Towers"
  • Theme from Star Wars"
  • The Pink Panther
  • Tonight from "West Side Story"
Piazzola
  • Libertango
  • Oblivion
Ryden
  • Tango no. 1
  • Tango no. 3
  • Tango no. 4
  • Tango no. 6
Sartori
  • Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)
The Beatles
  • Eleanor Rigby
  • Get Back
  • Hey Jude
  • When I'm 64
  • Yesterday
The Carpenters
  • We've Only Just Begun
The Verve
  • Bittersweet Symphony
U2
  • All I Want is You
  • Beautiful Day
  • With or Without You
Warren
  • At Last
Williamson
  • The Rainbow Connection

Other repertoire

We also have an extensive collection of Irish, Scottish, and English folk music arranged for quartet. For Christmas performances, we have traditional carols from around the world, lesser-known Christmas works, as well as Australian carols and all the popular Christmas songs. If you would like to view these lists, please contact us.
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