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About Dolce Strings
Dolce Strings is a Manchester & London - based duo/ trio / quartet and provides music for Weddings, Functions and Corporate Events.
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Dolce Strings' Song list
CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE:
Albinoni - Adagio in G minor
Bach - Air from Suite in D
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s desiring
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Bizet - Habanera from Carmen
Brahms - Hungarian Dance no. 5
Capua - O sole mio
Chopin - Nocturne n.2 in Eb Major
Chopin - Waltz in A minor
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Delibes - Flower Duet
Elgar - Nimrod
Elgar - Salut d’amour
Finzi - ‘Carol’ from Five Bagatelles
Gounod - Ave Maria
Handel - Air in D (Water Music)
Handel - Air in F (Water Music)
Handel - Arrival Queen of Sheba
Handel - Hallelujah Chorus
Handel - Hornpipe in D
Handel - Hornpipe in F
Handel - La Réjouissance (Firework)
Handel - Largo from Xerxes
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Mozart - Ave Verum
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Pachelbel - Cannon in D
Piazzolla - Libertango
Puccini - O mio babbino caro
Schumann - Träumerei
Strauss - Pizzicato Polka
Strauss - Radetzky March
Saint Saens - The Swan
Schubert - Ave Maria
Tartini - Cantabile
Tchaikovsky - March from ‘The Nutcracker’
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
Verdi - La Donna e Mobile
Verdi - Nessun Dorma
Vivaldi - Spring
Vivaldi - Winter
Wagner - Wedding March
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FROM BRIDGERTON (Seasons 1 & 2):
Ariana Grande - thank you, next
Billie Eilish - bad guy
Calvin Harris - How deep is your love
Harry Styles - Sign of the times
Kris Bowers - Hearts and Flowers Ball
Kris Bowers - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Kris Bowers - Main theme from Bridgerton
Madonna - Material Girl
Maroon 5 - Girls like you
Max Richter - Spring 1. 2012
P!nk - What about us
Rhianna - Diamonds
Robyn - Dancing on my own
Shawn Mendes - In my blood
Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams
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POP & MODERN REPERTOIRE:
ABBA - Dancing Queen
ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme
ABBA - Mamma mia
ABBA - Thank you for the music
AC/DC - Highway to hell
Adele - Easy on me
Adele - Hello
Adele - Make you feel my love
Adele - Rolling in the deep
Adele - Set fire to the rain
Adele - Skyfall
Aerosmith - I don’t wanna miss a thing
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Aretha Franklin - Say a little prayer
Ariana Grande - thank you, next
Avicci - Hey brother
Avicci - Wake me up
Beyoncé - Crazy in love
Beyoncé - Halo
Beyoncé - Love on top
Bill Haley - Rock around the clock
Billie Eilish - bad guy
Blink 182 - All the small things
Blur - Country House
Blur - The Universal
Bob Marley - Is this love
Bon Jovi - It’s my live
Britney Spears - Toxic
Bruno Mars - Just the way you are
Bruno Mars - Marry you
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Bruno Mars - When I was your man
Calvin Harris - How deep is your love
Camila Cabello - Señorita
Camilla Cabello - Havana
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call me maybe
Celine Dion - My heart will go on
Christina Perri - A thousand years
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Clean Bandit - Hold my hand
Clean Bandit - Rather be
Clean Bandit - Rockabye
Clean Bandit - Symphony
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Every teardrop is a waterfall
Coldplay - Fix you
Coldplay - Paradise
Coldplay - Sky full of stars
Coldplay - The Scientist
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Coldplay - Yellow
David Bowie - Life on Mars?
David Guetta - Titanium
David Guetta - Without you
Des’ree - Kissing You
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Drake - Hold on, we’re going home
Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E.
Dr. Dre - The Next Episode
Eagles - Love will keep us alive
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Ed Sheeran - Galway girl
Ed Sheeran - Perfect
Ed Sheeran - Shape of you
Ed Sheeran - Tenerife Sea
Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Elbow - One day like this
Ellie Goulding - Burn
Ellie Goulding - How long will I love you
Elvis Costello - She
Elvis Presley - Can’t help falling in love
Etta James - At last
Europe - Final Countdown
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
Florence & the Machine - You’ve got the Love
Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
Frank Sinatra - Just the way you look tonight
Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage
Frank Sinatra - Something stupid
Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the night
Frankie Valli - Can’t take my eyes off you
Gershwin - Summertime
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Green Day - Time of your life
Green Day - Wake me up when Sept. ends
Guns and Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
Harry Styles - Sign of the times
Hozier - Take me to church
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
James Bay - Hold back the river
James Blunt - You’re beautiful
James Brown - I feel good
Jason Mraz - I’m yours
Jessie J - Flashlight
John Denver - Annie’s Song
John Denver - Take me home, country road
John Legend - All of me
John Lennon - Imagine
Journey - Don’t stop believing
Karl Jenkins - Palladio
Katrina & the waves - Walking on Sunshine
Katy Perry - Firework
Katy Perry - Unconditionally
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
Kings of Leon - Sex on fire
Kris Bowers - Hearts and Flowers Ball
Kris Bowers - Main theme from Bridgerton
Kygo - Firestone
L. Armstrong - What a wonderful world
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Lady Gaga - Just dance
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
Lewis Capaldi - Someone you loved
Lorde - Royals
Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni
Ludovico Enaudi - Life
Luis Fonsi - Despacito
Madness - It must be love
Madonna - Material Girl
Magic - Rude
Maroon 5 - Girls like you
Marvin Gaye - Ain’t no mountain high enough
McFly - It’s all about you
Meghan Trainor - Like I’m gonna lose you
Men at work - Down under
Metallica - Nothing else matters
MGMT - Kids
Michael Bublé - Everything
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Smooth criminal
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Muse - Starlight
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
Oasis - Don’t look back in anger
Oasis - Live Forever
Oasis - Whatever
Oasis - Wonderwall
Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
One Direction - What makes you beautiful
One Republic - Counting Stars
One Republic - Secrets
P!nk - What about us
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins - You’ll be in my heart
Pink - Just give me a reason
Pixies - Where is my mind
Queen - Another one bites the dust
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Crazy little thing called love
Queen - Don’t stop me now
Queen - Eye of the Tiger
Queen - Somebody to love
Queen - Who wants to live forever
Queen - You’re my best friend
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Rhianna - Diamonds
Rhianna - Stay
Rihanna - We found love
Robbie Williams - Angels
Robbie Williams - She’s the one
Robin Thicke - Blurred lines
Robyn - Dancing on my own
Ruelle - I get to love you
Ruiz Louiguy - Sway Cherry Pink
Sam Smith - Stay with me
Shawn Mendes - In my blood
Shawn Mendes - Stitches
Sia - Chandelier
Sia - Cheap Thrills
Sigur Ros - Hoppípolla
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t she lovely
Stevie Wonder - Signed, sealed, delivered
Sting - Fields of Gold
Stone Roses - Waterfall
Take That - A million love songs
Take That - Greatest Day
Take That - Patience
Take That - Rule the world
Talking Heads - This must be the place
Taylor Swift - All too well
Taylor Swift - Anti-hero
Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift - Endgame
Taylor Swift - Karma
Taylor Swift - Love Story
Taylor Swift - Lover
Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams
Taylor Swift - You belong with me
The Beach Boys - God only knows
The Beatles - All you need is love
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles - Get back
The Beatles - Here comes the Sun
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - I want to hold your hand
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Jacksons - I want you back
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
The Rembrandts - I’ll be there for you
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
The Script - Hall of Fame
The Shins - New slang
The Smiths - Please, please, please
The Temptations - My Girl
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Toploader - Dancing in the moonlight
Toto - Africa
U2 - With or without you
Walk the Moon - Shut up and Dance
Wet, wet, wet - Love is all around
Whitney Huston - I will always love you
Yazoo - Only You
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FILM / MUSICALS / DISNEY REPERTOIRE:
Aladdin – A whole new world
Aladdin – Friend like me
Avengers - Main Theme
Beauty and the Beast – Tale as old as time
Beauty and the Beast – Be our guest
Book of Love, by Peter Gabriel
Braveheart - For the Love of a Princess
Braveheart - The Secret Wedding
Breakfast at Tiffany's – Moon River
Cinderella - The Slipper
Cinderella - Who is She?
Dirty Dancing – Time of my life
Doctor Who - Main Theme
Ennio Morricone – The Ecstasy Of Gold
E. Morricone – Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)
(The) Entertainer – Main Theme
Fawlty Towers - Main Theme
Fiddler on the Roof – Sunrise, Sunshine
Friends (TV series) – I’ll be there for you
Game of Thrones - Main Theme
Game of Thrones – The Rains of Castamere
Ghostbusters - Main Theme
Gladiator - Now we are free
Godfather - Love Theme
Greatest Showman - A million dreams
Greatest Showman - Never enough
Greatest Showman - Rewrite the stars
Greatest Showman - This is me
Harry Potter Suite (Medley)
Home Alone - Somewhere in my memory
James Bond - Goldfinger
James Bond - Main Theme
Jungle Book – The Bare Necessities
Jungle Book – You’ve got a friend in me
Jurassic Park - Main Theme
Kingdom Hearts - Dearly beloved
La la land - City of stars
La vie en rose by Edith Piaf
Les Misérables - I dreamt a dream
Lion King – Can you feel the love tonight
Lion King – Circle of life
Little Mermaid – Part of your world
Little Mermaid – Under the sea
Lord of the Rings – Concerning Hobbits
Love Actually – Portuguese Love Theme
Mamma Mia - Mamma Mia
Moulin Rouge – Your Song
Phantom of the Opera – All I ask of you
Pinocchio - When you wish upon a star
Pirates of the Caribbean (Medley)
Pretty Woman – Main Theme
Pride & Prejudice - Liz on top of the World
Romeo & Juliet – Everybody's free
Romeo & Juliet – Kissing you by Des’ree
Scent of a Woman – "Por una Cabeza" by Carlos Gardel
Schindler’s List - Main Theme
Shrek – Accidentally in love
Singing in the Rain – Singing in the Rain
Sound of Music - Elderweiss
Star Wars - Main Theme
Star Wars - The Imperial March
Star Wars - The Throne Room
Superman - Can you read my mind?
Superman - Main Theme
Tangled – I see the Light
Thriller – Michael Jackson 'This is it'
Titanic – My heart will go on
Up - Married Life
West Side Story - America
West Side Story - Maria
West Side Story - One hand, one heart
West Side Story - Somewhere
West Side Story - Tonight
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BOLLYWOOD REPERTOIRE:
Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein
Afreen Afferent
Balle Balle
Bheege Hont
Chura Lira
Dheere Deere
Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain
Ek Ladki ko Dekha
Ghar aja Sohniya
Jai Ho
Jashn-E-Bahaaraa
Jenna Jenna
Kabhi Kabhie
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Kal ho naa ho
Kerasiya
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Main Hoon Na
Monsoon Wedding Theme
Pehli Nazar Mein
Tere Liye
Tere Mere Pyaar Mein
Teri Ore
Tumhi Dekho Naa
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IRISH REPERTOIRE:
Ballydesmond polka
Black Velvet Band
Danny Boy
Drowsy Maggie
Dublin in the rare auld times
Finnegan's Wake
Girl I left behind me
Haste to the wedding
Jug of Punch
Lady of Knock
Maggie in the woods polka
Molly Malone
Seven drunken nights
She moved through the fair
St. Anne's Reel
The Chronos Reel
The gold ring jig
The Irish Rover
The Rights of man hornpipe
The Wild Rover
Top of the cork road jig
Town I loved so well
Whiskey in the Jar
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JEWISH REPERTOIRE:
Chosen Kale Mazel Tov
Dona, dona
Hatikvah
Hava Nagilah
Kuando El Rey Nimrod
Lecha Dodi
Mayim Mayim
Oif'n Pripetshok
Siman Tov Mazel Tov
Tumbalalaika
Tzena, trena, tzena
Yedid Nefesh
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CHRISTMAS REPERTOIRE:
- (Carols)
Away in a Manger
Carol of the Bells
Deck the Halls
Ding Dong Merrily on High
God rest ye Merry Gentlemen
Good Christian Men Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
Hark, the Herald Angels sing
I saw three Ships
In the Bleak Midwinter
It came upon a Midnight Clear
Jingle Bells
Joy of the World
O Christmas Tree
O Come All ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O little Town of Bethlehem
Once in Royal David’s City
Silent Night
The Coventry Carol
The first Nowell
The Holly and the Ivy
The twelve days of Christmas
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
We three Kings
We wish you a Merry Christmas
What Child is this?
While Shepherds Watched
- (Pop)
All I want for Christmas is you
Fairytale of New York
I’ll be home for Christmas
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
The Christmas Waltz
The little drummer boy
Winter Wonderland
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HYMNS & CHRISTIAN MUSIC * :
10,000 Reasons (Bless the lord)
A Mighty Fortress is our God
All Creatures of our God and King
All Hall the Power of Jesus Name
Amazing Grace
At the Cross
Be Thou My Vision
Blessed Assurance
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Do not be afraid
Give me oil in my lamp
Great is my faithfulness
Holy, Holy, Holy
How Firm a Foundation
How Great Thou Art
I watched the sunrise
I Will Glory in My Redeemer
In Christ Alone
It is well with my Soul
Jerusalem
Jesus Paid it All
Jesus, Thank you
Lord of all Hopefulness
Lord of the Dance
One more step along the world I go
Praise to the lord, the Almighty
Shine Jesus, Shine
To God be the Glory
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
When I Survey the wondrous Cross
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Dolce Strings' Prices
Last updated: 2024
Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.
Standard Prices
4 musicians
| Performance duration | Price | |
| Up to 1 hour | £1140 | |
| Up to 2 hours | £1140 | |
| Up to 3 hours | £1300 |
Packages
String Trio - Drinks Reception Only (or Wedding Meal Only)3 musicians
Our string trio will perform up to 2 hours of music during your drinks reception.
Instead, we can also perform 2 hours of music during your wedding meal.
£950
Ceremony + Drinks Reception (trio)3 musicians
This is our most popular wedding package! Our string trio will cover:
- 30 minutes of music pre-ceremony, to welcome your guests as they arrive and sit down.
- Music during your ceremony:
1x Entrance song
2 or 3x Songs while signing the register
1x Exit song
- Plus a hour of music post-ceremony during your drinks reception
We can also play for longer during your drinks reception (e.g. 2 hours), please get in touch to receive a personalised quote!
£950
Ceremony + Drinks Reception (quartet)4 musicians
This wedding package includes:
- 30 minutes of music pre-ceremony, to welcome your guests as they arrive and sit down.
- Music during your ceremony:
1x Entrance song
2 or 3x Songs while signing the register
1x Exit song
- Plus a hour of music post-ceremony during your drinks reception
We can also play for longer during your drinks reception (e.g. 2 hours), please get in touch to receive a personalised quote!
£1150
String Quartet - Drinks Reception Only (or Wedding Meal Only)4 musicians
Our string quartet will perform up to 2 hours of music during your drinks reception.
Instead, we can also perform 2 hours of music during your wedding meal.
£1150
Corporate Event4 musicians
Our string quartet will perform 3x45 minute sets at your corporate or private event.
We can also perform as a string trio or string duo. Our full repertoire is available for all options.
£1300
Add-ons
1 song request
+£25
Customer questions
What do your clients love most about your performances?
They love our own arrangements of the newest songs - because they've never heard a string quartet version before!
Which venues have you performed at in the past?
Litterally all sorts, from castles and palaces to small theatres or private houses.
Which artists have you been most influenced by?
Beyoncé 😊
What is the most high profile gig you've performed?
We have filmed for a BBC 1 TV series and appeared on Sky News.
Do you have different line-up options?
Yes, we have soloist, duo, trio, quartet options.
What if my timings change after I've booked you?
We will do our best to accommodate. Please let us know as soon as possible.
How much time do you need to set up?
10 minutes
Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?
Yes. If your favourite song isn't in our set list we are happy to learn it for you for a small fee.
Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?
Yes. Please speak with us if you have any special requests.
Can you learn specific pieces before the event?
Yes. We make our own arrangements :)
Musicianship
Genres:
Classical, Contemporary classical, Classical crossover, Film / TV music, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Covers, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Indie, Pop rock, Punk rock, Bollywood, Indian music, Jewish music, Spanish music, Tango
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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