Wedding at St Ives in Cambridgeshire
Last week, Martin (viola) and myself (violin) played for a wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The ceremony took place in the spacious Methodist Chapel at The Waits in the centre of the town and the generous acoustics enabled the guests to enjoy a selection of more modern tunes before the bride [...]
Law Society Dinner
A week ago, we were delighted to be asked to play for a formal dinner at the Law Society in Chancery Lane, London. The event was organised by some law students and they took great pleasure in booking a string quartet where they were able to choose every single piece themselves. Some quartets with smaller [...]
Music for a Corporate Dinner
December is always a full month for string quartets when it comes to Christmas parties and corporate events. Last week, we had the pleasure of playing for a company who had booked us previously in the year and invited us back again for their Christmas party. The event was held in the Royal Berkshire Conference [...]
Music for an Office Party
On Tuesday last week, we were invited back to a travel management company based near Liverpool Street in London to provide music for their annual Christmas party, held for staff and regular customers. This was the second time we’d played for this particular event and both times a string duo was perfect for the occasion, [...]
Wedding at The Dairy, Waddesdon
On Saturday we returned for the second time in a week to the Dairy at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Again, this was a booking for the quartet and we played excerpts from Vivaldi’s Spring and Summer from the four seasons in front of attentive guests before the bride entered. One special aspect of the ceremony was [...]
Wedding at Great Missenden Abbey
After quite a long drive down to Petersfield on Saturday, on Sunday it was nice to be playing at a somewhat more local venue to us - Great Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire. With a journey time of less than 20 minutes, it really is on our doorstep and a very beautiful venue.
In the wedding ceremony, [...]
Wedding at Gosfield Hall
Gosfield Hall is a magical venue as it has an authentic feel created by the unspoiled interiors. Paintings, lithographs and all manner of objects are present to instill a feeling of unbroken history. With beautiful courtyards, this is one of the loveliest venues imaginable. It was a perfect wedding for a string duo as the [...]
Wedding at Barrington Hall in Cambridgeshire
Last week we provided a string quartet for an outdoor wedding in the picturesque village of Barrington in Cambridgeshire. The ceremony was also outside with the bride arriving in a horse drawn carriage which was very impressive indeed! (and apparently a complete surprise for everyone including the bridal party).
Fortunately the weather remained idyllic, so we [...]
Music for an Autumn Wedding
With such glorious sunshine this month, many couples choosing to get married in the autumn have found that by waiting a couple of months, they can save money on the cost of their wedding venues - as peak costs for summer often don’t apply to this ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’. As the busiest [...]
String Quartet for a Corporate Breakfast
Last week, we were engaged to play for a very early function - a Corporate Breakfast to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading. We began playing at 8.30am as various employees enjoyed a buffet breakfast before a film presentation. Later in the morning, we had two more slots of playing [...]
