Archive for June, 2011
Returning to Horwood House
Last Saturday, we returned as a string duo to Horwood House which is one of our most local wedding venues in Buckinghamshire. This time the couple getting married had their service a local church at Waddesdon so we provided music for their drinks reception as well as the first hour of the wedding breakfast.
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Beethoven Violin Concerto in Oxford
On Saturday June the 25th, at 7.30pm, I shall be performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D with the St Giles Orchestra. The concert will take place in St Andrews Church, Summertown, Oxford. The orchestra will also be performing Tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony and a Gopak by Mussorgsky.
Tickets are £9 (full) or £7 (concessions) and can [...]
Wedding at Orsett Hall, Essex
Yesterday the quartet were asked to play for a wedding held at Orsett Hall, near Grays in Essex.
We started by playing a handful of pieces as guests waited in the ceremony room before launching into Pachelbel’s Canon in D for the entrance of the bride. After the ceremony itself, guests assembled in the adjacent bar [...]
Playing aboard the Naticia
Last night the quartet were booked to provide music for a retirement party held aboard the boat ‘Naticia’ as it cruised up the Thames. The gentleman who was retiring was a company director and most of the guests were his work colleagues who enjoyed the cruise starting at Embankment and passing many of the most [...]
Wedding at Notley Tythe Barn in Buckinghamshire
On Saturday June 11th we returned to one of our favourite venues, the Notley Tythe Barn set in beautiful countryside on the Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire border.
The quartet entertained the guests as they entered the ceremony room and awaited the the entrance of the bride. Music was also provided for the signing of the register as well as [...]
Wedding in Gloucestershire
On Saturday, the quartet were booked to perform at a wedding in rural Gloucestershire. The event took place in a barn with the quartet setting up at the back to provide music as the guests arrived for the ceremony. We co-ordinated the timing of the music with the registrar so that we began as the [...]
Wedding at Yaxley Hall, Suffolk
On Friday, the quartet played at the Elizabethan Manor House in Yaxley. Although this venue is not exactly on our doorstep (being a 250 mile round trip), it was nevertheless a beautiful venue to play at.
We started by playing beneath a gazebo as the guests arrived and were seated. The Pachelbel Canon in D was [...]
Wedding at the Oakley Court Hotel near Windsor
Last Saturday, we played for the drinks reception and wedding breakfast at the Oakley Court Hotel in Water Oakley, Berkshire. We began by playing in a decked area directly outside the bar, sheltered by umbrellas. Unfortunately, it was a fairly windy day so we had to retreat to a sheltered passageway nearby where our music [...]
