Wedding at St Ives in Cambridgeshire
Last week, Martin (viola) and myself (violin) played for a wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The ceremony took place in the spacious Methodist Chapel at The Waits in the centre of the town and the generous acoustics enabled the guests to enjoy a selection of more modern tunes before the bride [...]
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 [...]
Wedding at Dodmoor House
Last Thursday we returned once more to Dodmoor House - a wedding venue in Northamptonshire. We provided music for both the reception drinks and for the wedding breakfast until it was time for the speeches. Once again the couple had offered for a string duo, with the popular combination of violin with viola - these [...]
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 Notley Abbey
It’s always a delight to return to the spacious and splendid grounds of Notley Abbey which is a wedding venue right on our doorstep here in Buckinghamshire. Notley has a long and distinguished history and everything has an understated and tasteful quality about it.
We have played here both as a duo and quartet many times [...]
Wedding at Fanhams Hall
On Sunday we found ourselves back at Fanhams Hall once more, on a beautiful sunny day - playing for a wedding ceremony and reception. The couple chose to get married in a garden area to the side of the building, surrounded by high hedges with a green wooden structure which allowed the formal part of [...]
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 [...]
Musicians Gallery….
Some of the weddings we enjoy playing for most of all are those where the acoustics of the venue are such that quartet can really be heard during the wedding reception - and this weekend up in the musicians gallery at Kingscote Barn in Tetbury was a really good example.
A musicians gallery (or ‘minstrels gallery’) is a form of [...]
