Archive for October, 2011
Christmas Concert in London, 15th December 2011
On Thursday the 15th December, we will be returning to the Red Hedgehog in Highgate to perform our Christmas Concert ‘I Saw Three Ships’. As usual, the programme will be light and popular and feature many of the carol arrangements which are on our two Christmas albums plus other festive music evocative of winter. Tickets [...]
Il est Ne, le Divin Enfant – French Carol
This popular French carol has a lively dance-like feel mixed with an elegance that makes it sound just as fresh for a string quartet as a choir. It has a two in a bar feel and my old music master Bill Llewellyn fancied that it would work equally well as a Gavotte. This arrangement starts [...]
Wedding at Ettington Chase Hotel, Warwickshire
Last Saturday, myself and Tim (viola) played for a wedding at the Ettington Chase Hotel near Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire. We started by providing music for the guests arrival and continued to play at various points throughout the ceremony. For the reception drinks, many guests opted to enjoy some late October sunshine whereas the [...]
Wedding in Daventry United Reform Church
Last Friday we played for a wedding that took place in the United Reform Church in Daventry. This venue is tucked away in the centre of the town and is a charming 18th century chapel. The guests all arrived and took their seats very early so the string duo (consisting of a violin and viola) kept [...]
Wedding at Gaynes Park, Essex
On Thursday, we returned once again to play for a wedding held at Gaynes Park, near Epping in Essex. Although it was a bright, sunny day, it was just a little too cold to play outside so for the pre-ceremony music, we set up and performed in the ceremony room itself as guests were arriving. [...]
Wedding at Sopwell House, St Albans
Last Saturday, the quartet played in the local venue of Sopwell House in St Albans. We were positioned at the front and to the right of the spacious ceremony room and proceeded to play as the guests entered. We continued to play pieces which the bridal couple had selected for the ceremony before joining the guests [...]
Sussex Carol – English Traditional
This year has once again been very busy with the arranging and recording of a second volume of Christmas carols. The album is entitled ‘It Came Upon The Midnight Clear and other carols’ and is available from our website as well as on itunes, CD baby and Amazon in time for Christmas 2011. Deciding which carols to include in this second [...]
Wedding At St Edward’s School, Oxford
Last Saturday the string quartet played for a wedding at the tasteful setting of St. Edward’s School in Oxford. We have been having a late burst of good weather so despite being in October, this was one of the finest Saturdays of the year. The whole event was enclosed within the school grounds with it’s [...]
Wedding at Aldermaston Manor, Berkshire
Last Saturday, Becky and I played for a wedding in the splendid setting of Aldermaston Manor, near Reading in Berkshire. We started playing as guests arrived for the reception drinks and were positioned at the bottom of a large staircase adjacent to the bar. As guests passed through, they were able to hear the music [...]
