The Allegro String Quartet - String Quartet

The Allegro String Quartet are as comfortable performing background music to add a touch of class to your event as they are playing a more prominent role, whether it is providing wedding ceremony music, adding some sparkle to a champange drinks reception, or getting guests singing along at a party.

All professionally trained musicians, this quartet are approachable and flexible and wherever possible will always do their very best to accommodate the needs of their clients. The quartet can be trusted to be punctual, professional and presentable on the day, and to be organised and accommodating in the planning leading up to your event.

They have performed to many distinguished guests at both private and public events. These include the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles. The quartet also played for the opening of the second Welsh National Assembly. With twelve years of experience playing at weddings, parties and corporate events, you can feel certain that this quartet will contribute to the smooth running of your day and add that special touch of magic to your event, making it truly a day to remember.

Members of this string quartet have worked with numerous orchestras and ensembles including The British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, The Welsh Baroque Orchestra, The Bristol Ensemble and the National Symphony Orchestra. They have performed throughout the U.K, Europe, the U.S.A and Asia, and have recorded for bands such as Massive Attack and the Fratellis. Artists they have worked with include Katherine Jenkins, Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Bryn Terfel, Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag, and they have recorded for the BBC, ITV and S4C.

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The Allegro String Quartet - String Quartet Repertoire

Classical

  • Wedding March – Wagner
  • Wedding March – Mendelssohn 
  • Canon - Pachelbel
  • Gigue - Pachelbel
  • 2 Rondeux – Purcell
  • Trumpet Tune – Purcell
  • Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
  • Air – Bach
  • Water Music - Handel
  • Adagio – Albinoni
  • Badinerie - Bach
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
  • Departure of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
  • Zadok the Priest - Handel
  • Largo – Handel
  • Spring – The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
  • Summer – The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
  • Autumn – The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
  • Winter – The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
  • The Hunt - Vivaldi
  • Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
  • Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
  • Quartet Op 1 no. 1 - Haydn
  • Quartet Op 1 no. 2 – Haydn
  • Quartet Op 1 no. 3 – Haydn
  • String Quartet - Hoffstetter
  • Ode to Joy - Beethoven
  • Ave Maria – Gounod
  • Ave Maria – Schubert
  • Cantabile - Tartini
  • Traumeri – Schumann
  • Barcarolle - Offenbach
  • Pavanne - Faure
  • Bercuese (from Dolly Suite) – Faure
  • Gavotte from Holberg Suite - Grieg
  • Come Back to Sorrento – de Curtis
  • Funiculi – Funiculi – Denza
  • Tango – Albeniz
  • None But The Lonely Heart – Tchaikovsky
  • Serenade – Schubert
  • Melody in F – Rubinstein
  • Simple Aveu – Thome
  • Plaisir d'Amour - Martini
  • Chanson de Matin - Elgar
  • Chanson de Nuit - Elgar
  • Salut d'Amour - Elgar
  • Idylle - Elgar
  • Beau Brummel – Elgar
  • March from the Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
  • Exerpts from Swanlake - Tchaikovsky
  • Vienese Blood – (various waltzes) - Strauss
  • On the Beautiful Blue Danube – Strauss
  • Tritsch – Trasch Polka - Strauss
  • Greensleeves – Vaughn Williams
  • Panis Angelicus - Franck
  • Nessun Dorma – Puccini
  • Adagio (main theme) from violin concerto no. 1 - Bruch

Folk

  • Turkey in the Straw
  • Reel Fiddlin – folksong medley
  • The Wind that Shakes the Barley
  • Clean Pea Strae
  • The Soldiers Joy
  • Irish Sherry
  • Cock Linnet - Collins and Leigh

Light Classics

  • The Typewrite - Anderson
  • Sandpaper Ballet - Anderson
  • Forgotten Dreams - Anderson
  • A Trumpeters Lullaby - Anderson
  • The Waltzing Cat - Anderson
  • The Syncopated Clock - Anderson
  • Belle of the Ball - Anderson
  • Plink Plank Plunk - Anderson
  • Blue Tango - Anderson
  • Horse and Buggy - Anderson
  • Serenata - Anderson
  • Jazz Legato - Anderson
  • Fiddle Faddle – Anderson
  • Jazz Pizzicato - Anderson
  • I do like to be beside the seaside - Glover - Kind
  • Valse - Grunfield
  • I'll Build a Stairway - Gershwin
  • Somebody Loves Me - Gershwin
  • They Can't Take that away from Me - Gershwin
  • A Foggy Day - Gershwin
  • Nice Work if you can Get it - Gershwin
  • Love is here to stay - Gershwin
  • S'wonderful - Gershwin
  • Love Walked in - Gershwin
  • Swansea - Gershwin
  • I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
  • Solace - Joplin
  • The Entertainer - Joplin
  • Country Club - Joplin
  • Paragon Rag - Joplin
  • Roseleaf Rag – Joplin
  • Moonlight and Roses – Lemy
  • My Funny Valentine - Rogers
  • That's Amore – Warren
  • Love and Marriage –Van Heusen

Tango/Latin

  • La Cumparsita
  • Habanera - Halffter
  • Por Una Cabeza – Gardel
  • Tomo Y Obligo – Gardel
  • El Choclo – Villoldo
  • Sway/Cherry Pink - Beltran

Popular

  • And I Love her - Beatles
  • Hard Days Night - Beatles
  • Tommorow Never Knows - Beatles
  • Paperback Writer - Beatles
  • When I'm Sixty - Four - Beatles
  • All you need is Love - Beatles
  • I've Got you under My Skin – Cole Porter
  • Moon River - Mancini
  • Stand By Me – Ben E King
  • Lets Face the Music – Nat King Cole
  • Come Fly With Me – Jimmy Van Heusen
  • Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
  • Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  • La Bamba – Trad Mexican
  • Close to You – Burt Bacharach
  • Winner Takes it all – Abba
  • Money Money Money – Abba
  • How Deep is Your Love/Yesterday Once More – Bee Gees/ Carpenters
  • Crazy For You – Madonna
  • Your Song – Elton John
  • She – Kretzmer and Aznavour
  • Nobody Does It Better - Marvin Hamlisch
  • Angels – Robbie Williams
  • One Day Like This – Elbow
  • Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
  • I don't want to Miss a thing – Aerosmith
  • You're Beautiful – James Blunt

Film

  • The Godfathers Tarantella - Copolla
  • A Whole New World (Aladdins Theme) - Menken
  • Speak Softly from the Godfather - Rota
  • Theme from E.T - Williams
  • Theme from Schindlers List - Williams
  • Theme from Forest Gump
  • Theme from Brideshead revisited
  • Ashokan Farewell from The Civil War - Ungar

Musicals

  • Get Me To The Church On Time (My Fair Lady) - Loewe
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) - Arlen
  • Is you or is you ain't ma baby? (Five Guys named Mo) - Austin/Jordan
  • Food Glorious Food (Oliver) - Bart
  • As long as he needs me (Oliver) - Bart
  • There's no Business like Showbusiness (Annie get your gun) - Berlin
  • America (Westside Story) - Bernstien
  • My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) - Rogers
  • Jesus Christ Superstar - Webber
  • The Phantom of the Opera - Webber
  • Bustopher Jones (Cats) - Webber
  • Old Deuteronomy (Cats) - Webber
  • Memory (Cats) - Webber
  • Mr Mistofoles (Cats) - Webber

Occasions

  • Congratulations - Martin and Coulter
  • Happy Birthday

Christmas

  • Sleigh Ride
  • Christmas Medley

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“I just wanted to say a BIG thankyou for playing your beautiful music at our wedding in Dyffryn. It was lovely, everybody has been commenting on how nice it was. I have watched the DVD back and it was gorgeous! ”

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“I wasn't here when the bride and groom arrived in the hotel garden but I heard that Pachelbel's Canon was timed precisely - and brought tears to the brides' eyes - as was intended. ”

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