Wedding at Prested Hall, Essex
On Thursday, Adrian and I performed as a string duo for a wedding held at Prested Hall in Essex. This was the first time we’d played at this charming venue and it was a fine, warm day. Although Thursday isn’t the obvious choice of day for a wedding, it worked really well as an intimate gathering [...]
Wedding at Wivenhoe House
On Saturday we had quite a long drive to go and play at Wivenhoe House Hotel near Colchester in Essex. The hotel itself is an 18th century building which is within the grounds of Essex University, and it used to be the headquarters of the SAS!
Despite the patch of variable weather we’ve had over the last [...]
Summer weddings have arrived…..
With beautiful weather this weekend, the quartet had our first ‘outdoor’ engagement of 2009 at Layer Marney Tower in Essex. It’s always a pleasure to play at Layer Marney because the staff are so incredibly helpful and really look after the musicians so that we can get on with our job and play as much music as possible. [...]
Beat the intro….
Every year, our group play for over a hundred weddings in addition to all our concerts, recitals and other engagements. With very few exceptions, the weddings are really lovely occasions and we wholeheartedly enjoy playing for people - but some weddings really do stand out as being quite unique, and one good example would be [...]
