We have received a lovely card from Nahid and Andrew having played at their wedding in April:
Dear Premiere String Quartet,
Thank you so much for providing such an amazing duo for our wedding day. They were incredible and really added to the feel of the day. It was a pleasure working with you!
It’s always nice to hear that the music has added to the atmosphere of a couple’s wedding day..
Premiere String Trio performed last Friday for another Procter and Gamble event at Vinopolis in London. This time we were performing for the Greek team, their families and delegates. It was a fantastic atmosphere and we played a selection of Classical String Trios and Pop Arrangements, performing Boccherini String Trios along with classical favorites including Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Pachelbel’s Canon, Air on a G String and Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. It is a fantastic opportunity for us to be involved in some way with the Olympic Games
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Premiere String Quartet began the weekend performing for a wedding at Syon House, Syon Park which is in Brentford, Middlesex. The ceremony took place in the main house in a beautiful room before we moved on to the drinks reception outside the amazing conservatory, which apparently the Crystal Palace was based on! The weather took a turn for the worse so we moved into the cactus house, quickly followed by the guests!
Premiere String Duo have been extremely busy this week! We started the marathon with a 4 hour booking for Nahid on Monday afternoon followed by a dinner to celebrate the end of a European project for Southampton University in the evening. We performed a small concert at the end of the meal including arrangements for String Duo of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica, John Williams’ Theme from Schindler’s List and ending with Ode to Joy by Beethoven. The rest of the week was filled with lovely weddings for Chloe and Simon at Chilston Park in Lenham and a string duo booking for Emma at Northbrook Park, complete with the amazing peacocks!
We were joined by Louise on violin for a string trio booking to finish the week, playing for Rachel and James at The Walled Garden at Cowdray. They chose a special string arrangement of the Sinatra hit ‘Love and Marriage’ as their exit music which was a great upbeat way to start their celebrations!
We have just launched a new page on our website all about our recording work. String Quartet Recording is the place for us to showcase our previous recording work (on albums and move sound tracks etc) as well as a place for future clients to enquire about our services.
Wedding Strings – Our home page where you can book us for wedding as well as all sorts of other events.
String Duo London – Our Duo page is where you can book our smaller ensemble for any type of event. Ideal for background music.
Classical Trio London – The trio is our other ensemble and can also be booked for most events in the south of England.
Yesterday Premiere String Duo had the rare pleasure of a local date – 5 miles from home! Peter and Gary chose to hold their ceremony in Danson House, Danson Park. The house is a stunning 18th Century House with lawns overlooking a lake. A gazebo kept us shaded from the sun as the guests sipped champagne before moving on to their evening venue. Classical music including Pachelbel Canon in D and Bach Air on a G string were included in the ceremony but as we moved into the evening we lightened the mood with such numbers as Come Fly With Me, Waltz from Amelie and our own arrangement of Abba’s Mamma Mia for string duo. As we left it looked like a good time was going to be had by all!
Danson House
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We’ve had an overwhelming interest in our other ensembles – Premiere Trio and Premiere Duo. Maybe you feel that a string quartet would be too powerful a sound for your event or the space is slightly limited. For smaller events or budgets these combinations are an excellent alternative. Thanks to our research in obtaining music and our own special arrangements we have a large repertoire for these ensembles.
The String Trio is made up of violin, viola and cello so you have the same range of sound as a string quartet but with one less instrument. The String Duo can be made up of different combinations – violin and cello, viola and cello (our favourite!) or even 2 cellos. Imagine people’s surprise when they realise they can still walk down the aisle to Pachelbel’s Canon in D played live without engaging the full string quartet!
Here are some pictures of Martin and Rachel at Tina and Matthew’s wedding at Horsley Towers…
Tina sent us these pictures along with her testimonial..
“We just wanted to thank you for playing at our wedding at Horsley towers on 3rd April 2010. we didn’t get chance to talk to you on the day, but the music was wonderful.”
Other clients who have chosen the smaller groups have been really happy with the results…
Thanks so much for performing at our wedding. You and your duo partner did a fantastic job and added beautifully to what turned out to be a perfect day for Emma & me.
Loads of our guests paid you great compliments. The word ‘outstanding’ was used more than once! Emma says it really made the ceremony so much more special, and I agree totally. Karen Jones
Many people commented on how the music helped to make it such a fantastic day. Linda & Jeremy
Thank you so much, your playing was beautiful and much appreciated. Alison
A huge thank you, I think you did an amazing job, thank you very much! Shona
We will be adding trio and duo soundclips to our site very soon but if you’d like to hear how a trio or duo can sound please get in touch with us here:
>> Click this link to visit our String Duo Page
>> Click this link to visit our String Trio Page
