Concert at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Cranfield
On Saturday evening, we were delighted to return once again to give a concert at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Cranfield. This time, the theme of the evening was ‘Music of the Movies’, with the light and entertaining programme consisting of well known classical pieces that have been prominently featured in film soundtracks. [...]
String Duo Music for a military dinner
Last night (Thursday), we performed as a violin and viola string duo for a dinner to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The event was held at Chicksands Officers’ mess where we have played a number of times for similar functions. As on previous occasions, we played as guests assembled downstairs for pre-dinner [...]
Invitation to the Dance!
On Saturday, the quartet gave another concert in the beautiful village Church of St. Mary’s, Eaton Bray. We had played here twice before – with concerts on the theme of ‘Travellers Tales’ and ‘Summers Evenings’. This time, we offered the audience a concert called ‘Invitation to the Dance’ – a selection of pieces representing different types [...]
Wedding at the Sculpture Gallery, Woburn
Last Thursday, we returned once more to a very local venue to us – the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey. Thursday weddings have become increasingly fashionable over the last year or two and the wedding party for this one were rewarded with beautiful sunny weather. We performed as guests took their seats, as well as for the [...]
Wedding at Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire
Yesterday, we played for a wedding in the beautiful Church of St. Botolph’s in Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. Unusually, the bridesmaids entered to a different piece of music to the bride herself, so this required a degree of co-ordination and careful planning. As the bridesmaids reached the front of the Church, we rounded off their piece [...]
Wedding in the Sculpture Gallery, Woburn
Last Friday, we were delighted to return to a regular local venue, the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. We arrived early and set up on the main platform at the end of the gallery. We played a mixture of popular and more sedate classical numbers until the arrival of the bridesmaids. For their [...]
String Quartet For A Wedding at Hinwick House
Last Saturday, the string quartet were delighted to be invited to play for a wedding at Hinwick House in Northamptonshire. It was an event we were particularly looking forward to as we already knew the bride Nina who (in her role as an events co-ordinator) had heard us play several times at other weddings and [...]
String quartet for a wedding at Woburn Sculpture Gallery
Yesterday, the string quartet were booked to play for a wedding held in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn in Bedfordshire. As this venue is very near to us we have played there many times as both a quartet and a string duo for weddings, functions and other celebrations. We were asked to play for the [...]
Battle of Britain Military Dinner
On Thursday, Rachel (cellist) and I were booked to perform a selection of music for string duo during a military dinner celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Britain. As is usual during military functions, we were asked to play the National Anthem and on this occasion, we also played the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ as [...]
Wedding in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn
Yesterday, we returned once more to another local venue to us – the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey. It is always a pleasure to play there as the staff are so hospitable and the venue is so suited to a string quartet. We were asked to provide music for the drinks reception and the bride [...]
