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Fabulous cello quartet performing stunning music for events.

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The Celli Quartet is an exciting all-girl cello ensemble, a unique string quartet in its four-cello line-up. Performing gorgeous music from classical to pop for corporate events, weddings and recitals, the four cellists create a beautiful sound that goes beyond background music, playing with style, energy and passion. Following studies at the Royal Academy of Music the musicians formed an original quartet performing for events, formed solely of cellos. A fresh alternative to the traditional string quartet, The Celli Quartet offers originality, a rich, impressive sound and a wide repertoire from baroque and classical through to jazz, tangos, show-tunes and pop. Add to this the visual impact of four fabulous instruments, years of performing with orchestras, for recitals, events, television and radio, and their passion for performing and you have something really special! Previous Clients Include: BT, Europa Capital, Robinsons, The Royal Society, The Royal Institute, Greenwich Royal Observatory, The Ambassador of Yeoman, DfWP, the Colombian Embassy, the Connaught Rooms, Cabot Hall Canary Wharf, the British Museum, The British Library, Cancer Research, Somerset House, Savoy, RAC Club Mayfair, Zeiss, Mace Montessori, Armoury House, Selfridges Christmas season, Paternoster Square, the Rose Theatre Bankside, the Mandarin Oriental, the House of Commons, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, One Whitehall Place, One Blackfriars, Lancaster House, Blenheim Palace, the V&A, Hampton Court Palace, Nomura Holdings, Banqueting House, Audley End House and many others. The Celli Quartet has played for weddings and christenings at Chiswick House, Syon House, St Paul's Cathedral Crypt, Hilton Park Lane, Hilton Kensington, Intercontinental Hyde Park, Blenheim Palace, Somerset House, Brighton Pavilion, Hall Place and many other venues. All members of the quartet enjoy individual careers taking them to perform with the likes of Michael Buble, Sir Elton John, Meatloaf, Charlotte Church, The X Factor musicians, This Morning, and music for broadcast on BBC radio and television, film and trailers.

Celli Quartet's Reviews

Just a quick note to say many thanks for playing at our son's Christening at Hall Place the other week. Everyone enjoyed your music so well done and thank you'. Hall Place, Bexley

Thank you for the music during our Colombian National Poets’ recitation. The sound complimented the readings and gave a new dimension to the poetry. Colombian Embassy London

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Celli Quartet's Song list

Classical and baroque repertoire includes:

 Air in D - Bach

 Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach

 Arioso – Bach

 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – Bach

 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach

 Adagio from Sonata Pathetique - Beethoven

 Hymn to the Night - Beethoven

 Sonata for 4 Celli - Boismortier

 Ave Verum Corpus - Byrd

 Two preludes - Chopin

 Des Pas sur la Neige - Debussy

 Clair de Lune – Debussy

 La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin - Debussy

 Nimrod - Elgar

 Chanson de Matin - Elgar

 Salut D'Amour – Elgar

 Pavane – Faure

 Panis Angelicus - Franck

 Anitra’s Dance – Grieg

 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel

 Water music - Handel

 La Rejouissance - Handel

 Lascia chi’o pianga - Handel

 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart

 March of the Priests - Mozart

 Lachrimosa and Confutatis from Requiem - Mozart

 Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart

 Canon – Pachelbel

 Trumpet Tune - Purcell

 Ave Maria - Schubert

 Finlandia Hymn – Sibelius

 Pizzicato Polka - Strauss

 Concerto for 4 Cellos - Telemann

 Winter, Concerto – Vivaldi

Opera and Ballet includes:

 Carmen Suite – Bizet

 Flower Duet from Lakme - Delibes

 Una Furtiva Lagrima - Donizetti

 In the Hall of the Mountain King – Grieg

 Intermezzo from Cavaleiria Rusticana - Mascagni

 Romance from the Gadfly - Shostakovitch

 Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky

 Neopolitan Song - Tchaikovsky

 Seasons - Tchaikovsky

 Valse des Fleurs – Tchaikovsky

Jazz, tangos, show-tunes and traditional include:

 What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

 One Hand One Heart - Bernstein

 Somewhere, from West Side Story - Bernstein

 White Christmas - Irving Berlin

 Close to You – Carpenters arr. Johnstone

 Spain – Chick Corea

 Caravan – Duke Ellington

 Don't Get Around Much - Duke Ellington

 Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington

 The Last Rose of Summer – Flotow

 Por Una Cabeza - Gardel

 It Don't Mean A Thing - Gershwin

 The Man I Love – Gershwin

 I Loves You Porgie – Gershwin

 Fly Me To The Moon – Bart Howard

 Evening Prayer from 'Hansel and Gretel' - Humperdink

 As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfield

 Palladio – Jenkins

 Easy Winners – Scott Jplin

 The Entertainer Scott Joplin

 Elite Syncopations – Scott Joplin

 Country Club – Scott Joplin

 Paragon Rag - Joplin

 Can't Help Loving dat man – Kern

 Smile – Nat King cole

 Libertango – Astor Piazzolla

 Oblivion – Astor Piazzolla

 Every Time We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter

 La Cumparsita - Rodriguez

 Greensleeves - Trad

 Scarborough Fair – Trad

 Londonderry Air Danny Boy – Trad

 Hava Nagila – Trad

Film and TV includes:

 Goldfinger - Barry

 Tomorrow Never Dies – Sheryl Crow

 You Only Live Twice - Barry

 He’s A Pirate – Klaus Badelt

 I Giorni - Einaudi

 True Colours – Cindy Lauper

 We Go Together - Grease

 Over The Rainbow - Jarett

 Don’t Stop – Journey/Glee

 If I Were a Rich Man – Jerry Bock

 Theme from Game of Thrones – Ramin Djawadi

 Por una Cabeza (From 'Scent of a Woman') – Gardel

 Bare Necessities - Gilyson

 The Pink Panther Theme – Mancini

 Tea for Two - Martin

 A Whole New World - Alan Menken

 Under the Sea – Alan Menken

 You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Randy Newman

 New York New York

 Eye of The Tiger - Rocky

 Chim Chim Cher-re – The Sherman Brothers

 Star Wars Theme – Williams

 May It Be – The Lord of The Rings

Pop includes:

 The Power of Love – Gabrielle Aplin

 Rolling In The Deep – Adele

 Hello – Adele

 Michelle – The Beatles

 Yesterday – The Beatles

 Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

 Get Back – The Beatles

 Close To You - Carpenters

 Rather Be – Clean Bandit

 Symphony – Clean Bandit

 Viva La Vida – Coldplay

 Clocks - Coldplay

 Hallelujah – Cohen

 She – Elvis Costello

 Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis/Haley Reinhart

 Get Lucky – Daft Punk

 One Day Like This - Elbow

 Killing Me Softly – Fugees

 Titanium - Guetta

 Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keys

 Bad Romance – Lady Gaga

 Poker Face –Lady Gaga

 Call Me Maybe –Carly Rae Jepsen

 True Colours – Cindy Lauper

 It Must Be Love – Madness

 All You Need is Love - Lennon/McCartney

 Songbird – Christine McVie

 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

 Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

 Firework – Katy Perry

 Thousand Years – Christina Perri

 Hey There Delilah – Plain White Ts

 Angels - Robbie Williams

 She’s The One – Robbie Williams

 Happy – Pharell Williams

 Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

 Don’t You Worry – Swedish House Mafia

 Every Breath You Take – The Police

 BitterSweet Symphony – The Verve

Repertoire for the Celli Duo

Classical and Baroque

Sonata per duo Celli Boccherini

Rococco Duets Boismortier

Six Duets Cambini

Three Duos for 2 Cellos Kummer

24 Duos Mozart

Three Sonatas Scarlatti

9 Sonatas Vivaldi

Air in D Bach

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach

Ave Maria Bach

Bagatelle Beethoven

Sonatina in G major Beethoven

Minute in G major Beethoven

Waltz in A Brahms

Hungarian Dance Brahms

Claire de Lune Debussy

Humoresque Dvorak

Salut D’Amour Elgar

Chanson de Matin Elgar

Chanson de Nuit Elgar

Apres un Reve Faure

Pavane Faure

Scicilienne Faure

La Rejouissance Handel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel

Sarabande Handel

Hornpipe Handel

Palladio Jenkins

The Clown Kabalevsky

Flower Duet Lakme

Canon and Gigue Pachelbel

Theme from Romeo and Juliet Prokofiev

Danse Macabre Saint-Saens

The Swan Saint-Saens

Gymnopedie Satie

Traumerai Schumann

Barcarolle Tchaikovsky

Waltz from Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky

Waltz from Coppelia Tchaikovsky

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaikovsky

Largo from the Four Seasons Vivaldi

Spring from the Four Seasons Vivaldi

Reel o’Tulloch Scottish trad.

Londonderry Air Trad.

Rags and Tangos

Alabama Jubilee De Walt

24th Street Rag David Bruce

The Entertainer Scott Joplin

Euphonic Sounds Scott Joplin

Easy Winners Scott Joplin

Paragon Rag Scott Joplin

Por Una Cabeza Gardel

Argencello Tango Johnstone

Rumba anon

Libertango Piazolla

Oblivion Piazolla

La Cumparsita Tango Rodriguez

Adios Tango Sanders

El Choclo Villoldo

Jazz and Film

Over the Rainbow Arlen

Goldfinger Barry

Game Of Thrones Theme Ramin Djawadi

Dream A Little Dream Ella Fitzgerald

Summertime Gershwin

Somewhere Gershwin

Fly Me To The Moon Sinatra

Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore

May It be Lord of the Rings

Can’t Take My Eyes Off YouFrankie Vallie

Indie includes:

One Day Like This Elbow

Hey There Delilah Plain White Ts

Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead

No Surprises Radiohead

Just Radiohead

Creep Radiohead

Chasing Cars Snow Patrol

Bitter Sweet Symphony Verve

Pop includes:

Hello Adele

Rolling In The Deep Adele

Eleanor Rigby The Beatles

All You Need is Love The Beatles

She Elvis Costello

Viva La Vida Coldplay

True Colours Cindy Lauper

Human nature Michael Jackson

Billie Jean Michael Jackson

Hey Ya Outkast

Thousand Years Christina Perri

Firework Katy Perry

Fields of Gold Sting

Where The Streets (2Cellos) U2

Angels Robbie Williams

Celli Quartet's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Up to 1 hour	£800
Up to 2 hours	£840
Up to 3 hours	£880

Wedding ceremony4 musicians

This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.

£780

Drinks reception4 musicians

Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception

£800

Customer questions

Do you have different line-up options?

Yes! We can offer you the full Celli Quartet with all four cellos, or a smaller trio, duo or solo option.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We will accommodate your changes as far as possible with movement up to 30 minutes either side, but more than this or playing for longer, would require an additional fee.

How much time do you need to set up?

We only take 15 minutes to set up, but arrive approximately 45 minutes before the start time to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

You can choose what you would like us to play from your repertoire list, or if you prefer, just say 'mostly classical', 'mostly pop' or 'a mixture' and we will be happy to choose for you.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

We bring our instruments, music stands, all music required, and evening dress (unless otherwise required), but we do not bring chairs which we will need to use from the venue.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

Yes, we can arrange and learn a specific new piece for you, at a charge of £100 for the new arrangement to be made for the ensemble by our in-house composer-arranger,

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Baroque, Classical crossover, Film / TV music, Opera, Early music, Renaissance, Musical theatre, Fanfare, Contemporary classical, Pop, Covers, Jazz, Ragtime, Tango

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Types:

String quartet, Classical duo, Classical trio, Classical ensemble, String duo, String trio, String ensemble, Cover band, Wedding band

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Event types:

Corporate event, Wedding, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Concert, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, Virtual event, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Bar / Club / Venue event, Recording session, New Year's Eve

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