Leicester Strings are bursting with passion and musical experience. The members will make your event truly special and unique.
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Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Description
Leicester Strings are bursting with passion and musical experience. The members will make your event truly special and unique.
Experienced
The Leicester Strings were formed over 20 years ago and since that time have performed at nearly 800 events. They are highly professional and always provide a polished performance at every event, whether that’s a small private gathering or a gala awards dinner.
Varied repertoire
The repertoire of Leicester Strings is wide and varied. It consists of a wide range of popular classical music, such as Bach’s ‘Air on a G String’ and Handel’s ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’. On the lighter side of things, Gershwin, Cole Porter and popular show tunes often sound very good. They also have arrangements of pop songs, from Beatles to recent chart hits.
Central location
The Leicester Strings are superbly located for engagements across the Midlands and UK. The band has a huge experience of performing at all types of event.
Repertoire
Baroque
Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd Mvmt) – Albinoni
Air on a G String (from Suite No. 3) – Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – Bach
Concerto for Two Violins – Bach
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
My Heart Ever Faithful – Bach
Sleepers Wake – Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach
Minuet – Boccherini
Prelude Te Deum – Charpentier
Trumpet Voluntary – J Clarke
La Rejouissance & Allegro (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) – Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
Departure of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
Water Music Air – Handel
Water Music Hornpipe – Handel
Halleluia Chorus (from Messiah) – Handel
Rondeau – Mouret
Canon – Pachelbel
Two Rondeaux (from Fairy Queen) – Purcell
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Greensleeves – Traditional
Spring (from The Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
Largo from Winter – Vivaldi
Laudamus Te (from Gloria) – Vivaldi
Classical & Romantic
Tango – Albeniz
Ode to Joy – Beethoven
First Polovtsian Dance – Borodin
Hoe Down (from Rodeo) – Aaron Copland
Humoresque – Dvorak
Slavonic Dance – Dvorak
Salut d’Amour – Elgar
Chanson de Matin – Elgar
Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure
Pavane – Faure
Panis Angelicus – Franck
Por Una Cabeza – Gardel
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg
Jupiter – Holst
Palladio – Karl Jenkins
Adagio (from Spartacus) – Khachaturian
Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni
Meditation from Thais – Massenet
Wedding March – Mendelssohn
Alleluja (from Exultate Jubilate) – Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
Divertimento No. 1 – Mozart
Divertimento No. 3 – Mozart
Libertango – Piazzolla
Bolero – Ravel
Tango (La Cumparsita) – Rodriguez
Danse Macabre – Saint-Saens
Gymnopedie No. 1 – Satie
Ave Maria – Schubert
Pizzicato Polka – Strauss
Dance of the Mirlitons (Nutcracker) – Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Waltz – Tchaikovsky
Bridal March – Wagner
Opera
Entracte and Suite from Carmen – Bizet
Duet from The Pearl Fishers – Bizet
Flower Duet (from Lakme) – Delibes
O Sole Mio – di Capua
Aria from Xerxes – Handel
Barcarolle – Offenbach
Nessun Dorma – Puccini
O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
Traditional
Bethena – Joplin
Cock Linnet – Traditional
Country Club – Joplin
Funiculi Funicula – Denza
Irish Sherry – arr. Thorpe
Molly on the Shore – Traditional/Grainger
Paragon Rag – Joplin
Pineapple Rag – Joplin
Roseleaf Rag – Joplin
RAF March Past – Davies
Reel Fiddlin – Traditional
Show, Film & TV
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin
All That Jazz – from Chicago
Anything Goes – Cole Porter
Beauty and the Beast – from Beauty and the Beast
Copacabana – Barry Manilow
Cavatina – Myers
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – from Lost in the Stars
Concerning Hobbits – from Lord of the Rings
For Good – from Wicked
Harry Potter Medley – John Williams
Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros
I Could Have Danced All Night – Lerner and Loewe
I Dreamed a Dream – from Les Miserables
I Know Him So Well – from Chess
I Got Rhythm – Gershwin
I Got Plenty o’Nuttin – Gershwin
Kissing You – from Romeo and Juliet
Let’s Do It – Cole Porter
Love Changes Everything – Lloyd Webber
Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson
Memory – Lloyd Webber
Moon River – Mancini
Music of the Night – Lloyd Webber
My Funny Valentine – Rodgers
My Heart Will Go On – from Titanic
Pennies from Heaven – Johnson
PM’s Love Theme – from Love Actually
Pride and Prejudice Theme – Davis
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – from Wizard of Oz
Summertime – Gershwin
To Life – from Fiddler on the Roof
America – Bernstein
Popular
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
All of Me – John Legend
Back for Good – Take That
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Beautiful Day – U2
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Penny Lane – The Beatles
When I’m Sixty Four – The Beatles
Yesterday – The Beatles
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra
Cry Me a River – Hamilton
Don’t Stop Believin – Journey
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keys/Jay Z
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Fix You – Coldplay
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Greatest Day – Take That
Halo – Beyonce
Happy – Pharrell Williams
How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
It Must Be Love – Madness
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Layla – Eric Clapton
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Nat King Cole
Let There Be Love – Nat King Cole
Like a Prayer – Madonna
Love and Marriage – Frank Sinatra
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan/Adele
Mamma Mia – Abba
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Money Money Money – Abba
Moondance – Van Morrison
Mustang Sally – The Commitments
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
One Day Like This – Elbow
Rather Be – Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne
Rule the World – Take That
Runaway – The Corrs
She’s Always a Woman – Billy Joel
She’s the One – Robbie Williams
Songbird – Eva Cassidy
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Time of Your Life – Green Day
That’s Amore – Dean Martin
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Try a Little Tenderness – The Commitments
Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters
Viva la Vida – Coldplay
Whatever – Oasis
When a Man Loves a Woman – Percy Sledge
When I Fall in Love – Nat King Cole
When You Say Nothing at All – Ronan Keating
Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys
Your Song – Elton John
You’re My World – Tom Jones
Disney
A Whole New World – from Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast – Disney
Can You Feel the Love Tonight – from The Lion King
Nemo Egg (Main Title) – from Finding Nemo
Stuff We Did – from Up
Somewhere Out There – from An American Tail
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – from Mary Poppins
The Bare Necessities – from The Jungle Book
Theme from Up – Disney
When You Wish Upon a Star – from Pinocchio
Reviews
Clients & Venues
Clients
Audi –A8 Launch
British Business Awards
Deloitte
Faithful & Gould
HMP Stockton
IKEA (Birmingham) – cardholder events
Landrover – Freelander Launch
Meadowhall Shopping Centre
Nottinghamshire Fire Service – Awards dinner
RAF Cottesmore
Universities of Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield and Leicester – Student Balls
Northampton Saints RUFC Awards Dinner
Specs
- Name
- Leicester Strings
- Main region
- Leicestershire
- Other regions
- Bedfordshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Derbyshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Sheffield Staffordshire Warwickshire West Midlands Worcestershire
- Main category
- String Quartets & Violinists
- Other categories
- Classical Musicians Corporate Entertainment Music for Funerals Musicians String Quartets & Violinists
- Set Up Time
- 1 hours
- Arrival Time
- Finish time
- Minimum space
- 2.5m x 2.5m
- Maximum space
- 3m x 3m
- PA System included
- No
- PA Suitable for
- people
- Stage Lighting
- No
- Dance Floor Lighting
- No
- Free use of PA via iPod etc
- No
- DJ included
- No
- Technical
- 4 x armless chairs
- Hospitality
- Soft drinks as required and something to eat if booing more than 2 hours. Parking.
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Just wanted to say thank you for such a fantastic performance at our wedding. The whole day was fabulous and the music was wonderful throughout, the hymns sounded beautiful in the chapel. The efficiency and professionalism of you and the whole group prior to and on the day was fantastic. I just wanted to make sure you all knew it was very much appreciated and enjoyed by all
I just wanted to thank you and the rest of the quartet for playing at our wedding, it made it so special for us both. Lots of people commented how beautiful the music was. Thank you so much.
Thank you for playing at our wedding reception. Your music choices were absolutely perfect.
Many thanks for your wonderful performance. You were excellent and helped make our day a very special one… How the music added to the atmosphere of the occasion.
The music was excellent and played perfectly. All our guests commented on how special it made the day.
Thank you so much for entertaining everyone at the wedding on Saturday. You play so beautifully together. Helen and Christopher had a wonderful day. Once again, a big thank you for all your hard work. I hope to work with you again soon.
The Leicester String Quartet played for 2 hours at my wife's birthday celebrations in November. They provided us with excellent entertainment, their repertoire was wide and varied and they accommodated the special requests I made. I highly recommend them.