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 Kingscote Barn, Tetbury
For the third time, last Sunday we returned to play at the Kingscote Barn in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Although this venue is not especially local to us we always enjoy playing there as it’s set in such idyllic countryside, the journey there is always a pleasure and venue make us very welcome.
On arrival, we played half [...]
Candlelit Concert, St Giles, Cheddington
On Friday the 11th December we really got into the Christmas spirit with a programme of winter and festive music performed by candlelight in our village Church, St Giles, Cheddington. This is the fourth time we’ve performed in the church and word seems to have got around because by the week of the concert, the organisers [...]
Wedding at Hedsor House
Hedsor house is an impressive Tudor building near Taplow in South Buckinghamshire and on Saturday the string quartet were booked to play for a wedding there. The venue has a stunning central hall with a circular gallery which is ideal for a string quartet to project music from. Before the wedding, we played a selection [...]
Last Minute String Quartet
Early on Monday morning, we received an urgent phonecall from a professional colleague asking for help. Their quartet had been booked by the European Business Assembly for a corporate function in Oxford Town Hall that evening, but due to sudden illness, their principle violinist had been taken into hospital and the group were trying to find another string [...]
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 Sundridge Park Manor
Last week we played at a wedding in Bromley down in Kent. It was a small gathering so the duo combination of violin and viola was absolutely ideal for the occasion. With in the region of 50 guests and the rooms at Sundridge having an 18th century feel, it was like playing chamber music in [...]
Wedding at Quendon Hall
With September proving to be almost as popular a month to get married as August, we’ve still got a full diary every weekend, with Friday’s and Sunday’s being in high demand as well as Saturdays. This weekend, we played for weddings as far afield as in Evesham (Worcestershire) and returned once more to Parklands Quendon [...]
Wedding at Newland Hall
This Saturday we returned once again to Newland Hall to provide a string duo for a wedding service and reception. We entertained guests for an hour before the ceremony with a selection of classical pieces such as Greensleeves, an arrangement for duo of La Donna E Mobile and some lovely chamber duets by Pleyel, Mozart [...]
Borodin - Nocturne from String Quartet no. 2 in D
Performed at the Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket, Oxford - Lunchtime, 20th July 2009
