Wedding at Fanhams Hall, Ware
On Sunday, we returned to another of our regular local venues - Fanhams Hall in Ware, Hertfordshire. The venue kindly supplied us with a gazebo so as it was a lovely day, it was possible to perform outside and entertain guests on the lawn before the wedding ceremony. The bride entered the service to Pachelbel’s [...]
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 [...]
Accompanying the hymns….
On Saturday we were asked to play for a traditional church wedding on the border of Hertfordshire and Essex, then go on to provide music at a nearby venue for the drinks reception.
As usual, we performed some uplifting music as the guests arrived and took their seats, helping to create a romantic atmosphere in the church [...]
Music to walk up the aisle….
One of the main services we provide for weddings and civil partnerships is playing music for the ‘processional’ (walking up the aisle). Very often, couples have a firm idea of what they’d like playing, even before they book a string quartet or duo and there are certainly some popular pieces which can make a wedding seem [...]
Playing for outdoor weddings and events
Just had another busy weekend where we played for two weddings and a birthday party. Despite the weather being a bit unsettled, we still managed to play outdoors on Friday when we returned for another wedding at Notley Abbey near Aylesbury.
Although the wedding ceremony was outdoors, by law the registration process (signing the register etc) has to be conducted under a [...]
Last minute weddings…..
Whereas over the last few years, we’ve usually found couples enquiring about a string quartet for their wedding several years in advance, with 2009 a year of financial uncertainty for many people, it seems that there’s a real trend at the moment for couples to put off booking a wedding until a few weeks beforehand- [...]
A busy bank holiday weekend….and a day in the life of a string quartet
It’s been a busy bank holiday weekend for us with three weddings, one was a wedding at Loseley Park near Guildford, the second wedding was at the Elvetham in Hampshire and a third (much nearer to home), was a wedding at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.
All three had unique requests and in the case of the first two, [...]
Hymns for String Quartet
Some of the more unexpected side effects of the ‘financial crisis’ are the inventive ways in which couples getting married save money on their wedding plans and find ways to get the most out of all their wedding suppliers.
One such example would be a recent trend to get the best value out of the string quartet [...]
Mr Beveridge’s Maggot
We’re often asked whether we can play special requests for wedding ceremonies. Usually it’s a piece of particular significance for the couple getting married.
Yesterday, we played an arrangement of an old English folk tune which was used in the BBC production of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ as well as the recent film adaptation of [...]
