String Duo for a Wedding at Dodmoor House, Northamptonshire
Today Reiad and I played for a couple who were having a blessing ceremony at Dodmoor House in Northamptonshire. We play at this venue very regularly both as a string duo and as a string quartet and it’s always a real pleasure because the staff are so welcoming with the ambiance of the venue being [...]
Wedding at the Holiday Inn, Newport Pagnell
On Saturday, Reiad (viola) and I played as a string duo for a wedding in Newport Pagnell, just outside Milton Keynes. We began with playing for the drinks reception that took place in a conservatory area just off the main bar. The range of music was very varied and we had several guests coming up [...]
String duo for a Surprise Party
Occasionally we are booked for a ’surprise’ event where the client wishes to keep us a secret until moments before we are due to play and on Sunday we had a good example of this where we were engaged as a string duo (violin and viola) for a 50th wedding anniversary party held at Chesham [...]
Wedding at Hitchin Priory, Hertfordshire
Hitchin Priory is located in the centre of Hitchin and comprises of impressive Georgian buildings with a generous lawn at the back. As this was another wedding for a string duo, we set up quickly outside in a courtyard so that we could entertain guests during the reception drinks. This was an occasion where it [...]
Wedding at Ettington Park, Warwickshire
On Sunday, Adrian and I performed as a Violin/ viola string duo for a wedding and blessing ceremony held in the historic venue of Ettington Park near Alderminster in Warwickshire.
We provided music as guests entered the ceremony room as well as music for the various points during the ceremony itself. Immediately after the civil ceremony, [...]
Concert at St Pancras Church, London
Yesterday, Reiad and I performed a lunchtime concert as part of the Thursday series at the Church of St Pancras opposite Euston station in London. As we specialise in Violin / Viola repertoire it was difficult choosing just 45 minutes worth of chamber music to include in this short programme.
We decided to start with a [...]
Wedding at Great Fosters Hotel, Egham
Last Friday we were asked to perform at a wedding held at the Great Fosters Hotel in Egham, Surrey. Whereas the evening before we had played as a string duo consisting of a violin with cello, this time it was a violin with viola that had been requested.
Almost all of our repertoire is arranged for [...]
Music for a joint 60th birthday party….
At the weekend, Adrian (viola) and I were asked to play for a joint 60th birthday celebration. The party was held at the Management Development Centre which is part of Cranfield University as one of the couple who were celebrating their birthday works there. We performed a selection of classical and light music with a [...]
Wedding at Hinchingbrooke House
On Friday we were presented with a slight problem. One of our viola players who was due to be playing at yesterdays wedding at Hinchingbrook House (as part of a string duo with myself on violin) called us from Northern Ireland to say that as the planes were all grounded due to volcanic ash (from [...]
Music on Mondays - St Michael at the North Gate
On Monday we were very happy to return once more to the lovely church of St Michael at the North Gate in Oxford to perform a short recital as part of the ‘Music on Mondays’ series which takes place every Monday lunchtime. Musicians perform without charge but are able to nominate a good cause or [...]
