The Cloister Quartet - String Quartet & Trio

Looking for a string quartet in Surrey or surrounding counties? This professional female Surrey string quartet (or trio or duo) specialises in creating exclusive music for weddings, corporate entertainment, promotional events and other special occasions.

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

Many 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

This act typically performs as a string quartet however they are able to provide larger string ensembles for grand occasions and smaller groups or soloists for intimate venues & events.

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The Cloister Quartet - String Quartet & Trio Repertoire

* These titles are not suitable for string duet 

Traditional Classical

  • Bach - Air on a G string 
  • Bach - Ave Maria 
  • Bach - Brandenburg concertos 
  • Bach - Double violin concerto *
  • Bach - Jesu joy of man’s desiring 
  • Bach - My heart ever faithful 
  • Beethoven - String quartets (various) *
  • Boccherini - Minuet 
  • Jeremiah Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary 
  • Corelli - Christmas concerto *
  • 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 
  • Haydn - Various string quartets *
  • Mendelssohn - Adagio from organ sonata no. 2 
  • Mendelssohn - Wedding March 
  • Mozart - Alleluia from exultate jubilate 
  • Mozart - Arias from the Marriage of Figaro 
  • Mozart - Divertimentos and early string quartets *
  • Mozart - Eine kleine nachtmusik *
  • Mozart - Laudate dominum from the Vespers 
  • Mozart - Overture to the Magic Flute *
  • 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 
  • Bizet - Duet from the Pearl Fishers *
  • 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 
  • Grieg - Wedding day at Troldhaugen *
  • Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana 
  • Massenet - Meditation from Thais 
  • Offenbach - Barcarolle 
  • Puccini - Nessun dorma 
  • Puccini - O mio babbino caro 
  • Ravel - Bolero 
  • Rossini - Overture to the Barber of Seville *
  • Rossini - Overture to the Italian girl in Algiers *
  • Rossini - Overture to the Thieving Magpie *
  • Rossini - Overture to William Tell *
  • Saint-Saens - The swan 
  • Johann Strauss - Pizzicato polka 
  • Johann Strauss - Roses from the south * 
  • Johann Strauss - Blue Danube 
  • Johann Strauss - Emperor waltz *
  • Johann Strauss - Wine, women and song *
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - Extracts from the Mikado *
  • 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

  • Bernstein - Maria from West Side Story *
  • Bernstein - New York, New York! *
  • 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 - Fascinatin’ rhythm *
  • Gershwin - I'll build a stairway to paradise 
  • Gershwin - I’ve got rhythm *
  • Gershwin - Just another rhumba * 
  • Gershwin - Let’s call the whole thing off *
  • Gershwin - Love is here to stay 
  • Gershwin - Slap that bass *
  • 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 
  • Etta James - At Last * 
  • 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 
  • Manning Sherwin - A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square *
  • Sussdorf - Moonlight in Vermont 
  • Waller & Brooks - Ain’t misbehavin’ 
  • Douglas Weiss - What a wonderful world 

Pop & Rock

  • Abba - Money money money * 
  • 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 
  • Queen - Bohemian rhapsody *
  • Queen - Somebody to 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 
  • Blackadder 
  • 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 Cloister Quartet - String Quartet & Trio Feedback

“They were such a perfect addition to ouur wedding. They made booking and organising so easy. Their performance was the talk of the wedding from our guests. I would 100% recommend anybody thinking of booking a string quartet to book these ladies as they simply could do no better! ”

Tina Chudasama, Northbrook Park, Surrey, Wedding (July 2024)

“Exquisite performance. ”

Vanessa Beeston, Buxted Park Hotel, Wedding (November 2022)

“Thank you for a great work during our Graduation event! The ladies were talented and professional; very helpful to us and the performance was on spot. Hope to rehire in the future. Warm regards, Jay Hoffman ”

Jay Hofman, Coventry University, London, , none (November 2018)

“The quartet were helpful in terms of advising on the number of pieces we needed to choose for the ceremony. They responded well to the selection of pieces from their repertoire, and added in appropriate choices, to complete the time available. The quality of their work could not be faulted. The classical pieces were very fitting for the formal part of the process and our guests were entertained and surprised by the breadth of their more popular selection “Listen to that, they are playing Oasis!” exclaimed one guest. I was very pleased with everything. ”

Nicola Walsh, Rushton Hall, (October, 2016)

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