The Surrey String Duo - Violin & Cello Duo
Looking for a String Duo for a wedding in Surrey or the South East? This professional female string duo specialises in creating exclusive music for weddings, corporate entertainment, promotional events and other special occasions.
The Surrey String Duo is best suited to smaller events of around 50 guests and they can offer a trio or quartet for larger events.
The experienced musicians are prize winning graduates from prestigious conservatoires including the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Chetham's School of Music. They perform with renowned orchestras and ensembles including:
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Hallé
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- English National Opera
The Surrey String Duo have also appeared in music videos and on national television and all have many years experience providing music for weddings and corporate events. We have also performed at exclusive venues including:
- Buckingham Palace
- Downing Street
- Tower of London
- National Portrait Gallery
- Claridges
- Mandarin Oriental
The Surrey String Duo - Violin & Cello Duo Repertoire
Traditional Classical
- Bach - Air on a G string
- Bach - Ave Maria
- Bach - Brandenburg concertos
- Bach - Jesu joy of man’s desiring
- Bach - My heart ever faithful
- Boccherini - Minuet
- Jeremiah Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
- Dvorak - Humoresque
- Dvorak - Slavonic dances
- Handel - Andante from the Water Music
- Handel - Aria from Xerses
- Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Handel - Hornpipe from the Water Music
- Handel - La Rejouissance from the Royal Fireworks
- Handel - Where’er you walk
- Mendelssohn - Adagio from organ sonata no. 2
- Mendelssohn - Wedding March
- Mozart - Alleluia from exultate jubilate
- Mozart - Arias from the Marriage of Figaro
- Mozart - Laudate dominum from the Vespers
- Mozart - Rondo alla turca
- Pachelbel - Canon in D
- Purcell - Trumpet tune
- Purcell - Two rondeaux
- Schubert - Ave maria
- Schubert - Theme and variations from the Trout quintet
- Schumann - Träumerei
- Schumann - Seasonal Christmas music selection
- Vivaldi - Spring from the Four Seasons
- Vivaldi - Winter from the Four Seasons
- Wagner - Bridal chorus
Popular Classical
- Bizet - Prelude to Carmen
- Capua - O sole mio
- Debussy - Cakewalk
- Debussy - Clare de Lune
- Delibes - Flower duet
- Denza - Finiculi finicula
- Elgar - Chanson de matin
- Elgar - Chanson de nuit
- Elgar - Nimrod
- Elgar - Salut d’amour
- Fauré - Pavane
- Fauré - Sicilienne
- Grieg - Last spring
- Grieg - Norwegian dances
- Grieg - Waltz
- Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
- Massenet - Meditation from Thais
- Offenbach - Barcarolle
- Puccini - Nessun dorma
- Puccini - O mio babbino caro
- Ravel - Bolero
- Saint-Saens - The swan
- Johann Strauss - Pizzicato polka
- Johann Strauss - Blue Danube
- Tchaikovsky - Dances from the Nutcracker
- Tchaikovsky - Dances from Swan Lake
- Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
- Traditional - Greensleeves
- Traditional - Irish sherry
- Traditional - Reel fiddlin’
- Verdi - Brindisi (drinking song)
Jazz & Lounge
- Donaldson - Makin’ whoopee
- Carlos Gardel - Tango por una cabeza
- Judy Garland - Somewhere over the rainbow
- Noel Gay - Leaning on a lamppost
- Gershwin - A foggy day in London town
- Gershwin - I'll build a stairway to paradise
- Gershwin - Love is here to stay
- Gershwin - Somebody loves me
- Gershwin - S’wonderful
- Gershwin - That certain feeling
- Gershwin - The man I love
- Gershwin - They can’t take that away from me
- Gershwin - When do we dance
- Arthur Johnson - Pennies from Heaven
- Scott Joplin - Ragtime dance
- Scott Joplin - Solace
- Scott Joplin - The entertainer
- Scott Joplin - The maple leaf rag
- Jerome Kern - Smoke gets in your eyes
- Jerome Kern - The folks who live on the hill
- Henry Mancini - Moon river
- Cole Porter - Anything goes
- Cole Porter - Every time we say goodbye
- Cole Porter - Let’s do it
- Rodgers - My funny valentine
- Sussdorf - Moonlight in Vermont
- Waller & Brooks - Ain’t misbehavin’
- Douglas Weiss - What a wonderful world
Pop & Rock
- Abba - Take a chance on me
- Abba - The winner takes it all
- Bryan Adams - Heaven
- Adele - Make you feel my love
- Adele - Skyfall
- Aerosmith - Don’t want to miss a thing
- Craig Armstrong - Romeo & Juliet (Kissing you)
- Louis Armstrong - We have all the time in the world
- The Beach Boys - God only knows
- The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t it be nice
- The Beatles - All you need is love
- The Beatles - Penny Lane
- The Beatles - Strawberry Fields
- The Beatles - When I’m sixty-four
- Beyonce - Halo
- James Blunt - You’re beautiful
- Blur - The Universal
- The Carpenters - We’ve only just begun
- The Charlatans - Loving you is easy
- Cason & Gaydon - Everlasting love
- Eva Cassidy - Songbird (Christine McVie)
- Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
- Coldplay - Clocks
- Coldplay - Viva la vida
- Coldplay - Lovers in Japan
- Coldplay - Yellow
- Elvis Costello - She
- The Cure Boys - Don’t Cry
- The Cure - Lovesong
- John Denver - Annie’s Song
- The Eagles - Hotel California
- Sheena Easton - For your eyes only
- Elbow - One day like this
- Peter Gabriel - The book of love
- Lady Gaga - Bad romance
- Gerry & The Pacemakers - You’ll never walk alone
- Guns ‘n’ Roses - Sweet child ‘o mine
- Billy Joel - Just the way you are
- Billy Joel - She’s always a woman
- Norah Jones - Come away with me
- Elton John - Can you feel the love tonight
- Ben E King - Stand by me
- The Kinks - You really got me
- The La’s - There she goes
- John Lennon - Imagine
- Bruno Mars - Just the way you are
- Madness - It must be love
- Meatloaf - I would do anything for love
- Van Morrison - Brown-eyed girl
- Metallica - Nothing else matters
- Oasis - Wonderwall
- Oasis - Whatever
- Roy Orbison - Pretty woman
- Katy Perry - Firework
- Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
- Elvis Presley - Can’t help falling in love
- R.E.M. - Nightswimming
- Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
- Schonberg - I dreamed a dream, Stars and others from Les Miserables
- Carly Simon - Nobody does it better
- Percy Sledge - When a man loves a woman
- Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
- Status Quo - Rockin’ all over the world
- Rod Stewart - Have I told you lately that I love you
- Rod Stewart - You’re in my heart
- Sting - Fields of gold
- Take That - The greatest day
- The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
- U2 - Beautiful day
- Verve - Bittersweet symphony
- Westlife - You raise me up
- Barry White - You’re the first, the last, my everything
- Robbie Williams - Angels
- Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life
- Tammy Wynette - Stand by your man
TV & Film themes
- The ‘A’ Team
- Black Adder
- Cavatina (The Deerhunter)
- Diamonds are forever
- Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission)
- James Bond
- Jeeves & Wooster
- Indiana Jones1
- My heart will go on (Titanic)
- When you wish upon a star
The Surrey String Duo - Violin & Cello Duo Feedback
“Professional on the day and music was played beautifully
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“It was such a joy to have the The Surrey String Duo perform at our wedding ceremony. They were magnificent and created a wonderful atmosphere for us and our guests. They learned and performed our song requests at short notice and we would highly recommended them for any event!
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“The Surrey String Duo were the perfect entertainment to kick start our wedding day. They played beautifully, looked wonderful and played a stunning selection of music which set the tone for the day and perfectly fitted our live for music. We are so pleased to have had them throughout our ceremony and couldn't recommend them more highly.
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“Thank you for your performance. We were very happy. The ladies played beautifully and were there in time to set up prior to procession. Hope to rehire in the future. Again, many thanks.
Kind regards
Jay Hofman
Event Manager
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