Ask for a quote and we will offer you 2 complimentary seats to a Stromenti concert of your choosing, a sample CD and a sound file from a recent concert.
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Reliabilty is important to brides when planning their wedding. Stromenti's musicians are members of professional guilds which use standard legal contracts and monitor high standards of performance and delivery.
Stromenti are Rotary approved musicians.
The weddings industry regard Stromenti as the district’s specialists in social function entertainment, (“From Bach to Bacharach” is our motto). We appear at Rhinefield House, Chewton Glen, Langtry Manor, Highcliff Castle, Kingston Maurward House and many other established venues.
Last year we entertained the National Trust at their Trafalgar dinner..."Just the right atmosphere"
Other satisfied customers: (available on request)
“Thank you for creating a wonderful atmosphere” (G.M. management consultant, midlands)
“ You helped to make our day very special indeed………..we will definitely recommend you in the future”. (Mrs O, solicitor, Poole)
“We were all thrilled with the atmosphere” (Major and Mrs C, Winchester)
“It all worked superbly……..we thoroughly enjoyed it” (Mr and Mrs K, BBC researcher)
“Thank you so much for your contribution to a very happy day” (Laura., managing consultant, Southampton)
Why use a string quartet?
1) It is like a miniature orchestra which can fit into a small space
2) It makes a romantic sound
3) There was one in the film “Four Weddings and a funeral”
4) It gives the occasion a touch of class
What do we do?
We can entertain guests as they arrive for the ceremony either civil or in the church. Music such as you would hear on Classic FM, Vivaldi “Four Seasons”, Bach concerto for 2 violins, Mozart Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, or for the serious listener Haydn and Bethoven string quartets.
We can play at the ceremony. Pieces like “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” by Handel or Mendlessohn’s Wedding march for the brides arrival, Elgar “Salut d’Amour” or Pachelbels Canon (this year's world cup theme), for the signing and Joplins Ragtimes, for example, at the departure.
We can entertain guests for the drinks reception and dinner, (a string quartet only needs 4 square meters of space). “Nessun Dorma” (the old world cup theme), Tangos, The Sting, film music, gypsy etc.
Sample repertoire for Wedding ceremonies:
Vivaldi Four Seasons
Bach Air on a G string, from suite no.2, Brandenburg Concerto no.3, Jesu, Joy of Man,s Desiring, Concerto for 2 violins
Pachelbel Canon
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Largo, Water Music
Mozart Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Elgar Salut D'Amour
Delibes Flower Song
Bach Prelude in G from the cello suites
POPULAR MUSIC FOR THE RECEPTION:
Joplin Ragtimes
Music by the Beatles
Jazz standards
Cock Linnet
Monti Czardas
Krein Gypsy Carnival
Please ask for a complete list.
Stromenti offers theme nights.
Hungarian...Our cellist is Hungarian. He can put together a programme of Gypsy and east European lively dances.
Romance, specially for Valentines or that surprise wedding anniversary party...Elgar Salut D'Amour, Shostakovitch Gadfly Romance, Intermezzo from Escape to Happiness and other love themes from the big screen.
Rule Brittania...We played for the National Trust HMS Victory celebrations. Pirates of Penzance favourites, Sailors Hornpipe, Land of Hope and Glory, to mention but a few. For ww260 we performed a concert of wartime songs.
We have even played for a dental conference..."All I want for Christmas is me two front teeth", Smile, and the World Smiles with you, Lehar Land of Smiles, Jaws theme etc. Ask us for ideas. You might be amused.
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Other repertoire:
Classical
Bach, J S – Ave Maria; Air from Suite in D Major; Brandenburg 3; Concerto for 2 violins, Sleepers Awake
Beethoven string quartets
Mozart Divertimenti
Borodin – Quartet no.2 from the film Kismet
Boccherini - Minuet
Chopin – Waltz (Op. 70 no. 3)
Coates, Eric – Knightsbridge March
Dvorak – Humoresque; Quartets including the ‘American’ (op. 96)
Elgar, Edward – Nimrod; Salut D’Amour; Chanson de Matin; Chanson de Nuit
El Relicario Jose Padilla
Greensleeves Trad.
Handel – Queen of Sheba; The Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
Handel - Where’er You Walk
Haydn, Joseph – Serenade; The Lark; The Sunrise and Various String Quartets.
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet – Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn – Adagio (from organ Sonata)
Other:
Anderson, Leroy – The Typewriter; Forgotten Dreams; Book of Favourites
Arlen, Harold – Over the Rainbow
Beatles -Yesterday; Hey Jude; World Without Love; Strawberry Fields; In My Life
Berlin, Irving – Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Bernstein, Leonard – I Feel Pretty
Bilk, Acker – Stranger on the Shore
Cock Linnet – arr. Martelli
Coward, Noel – Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Davis, Carl – Pride and Predjudice
Ellington, Duke – In a Sentimental Mood; It Don’t Mean a Thing; etc.
Faulty Towers – arr. Leprince
Gershwin – Somebody Loves Me; I Got Rhythm; The Man I Love; Swanee; Embraceable You; Love Walked In; Someone To Watch Over Me; S’wonderful A Foggy Day
Funiculi Funicula Luigi Denza arr. Thorp
Gimbel, Norman – Bluesette
Highland Whiskey – Reels and Strathspeys, arr. McConnell
Italian Love Songs for String Quartet
Italian Favourites – O Sole Mio, Funiculi Funicula
Jenkins, Karl – Adiemus; Palladio
Joplin, Scott – Bethena; The Entertainer; Country Club; Paragon Rag, etc.
La Cumparsita G Rodriguez
Londonderry Air – Irish trad.
Kamen, Michael – Everything I Do I Do It For You;
King, Denis – Lovejoy
Mancini, Henry – Moon River
Morricaone, Ennio – The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (Chi Mai)
O’Carolan – Irish Sherry Suite
O Sole Mio Capua arr. Thorp
Presley, Reg – Love is all Around
Reel Fiddlin’ – Folk Reels, arr. McConnell
Rodriguez, G – La Cumparsita
Sea Songs and Shanties – arr. McConnell
Simon, Paul – Bridge Over Troubled Water
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