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About Iliad Strings
The North West’s top string trio!
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Manchester
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Iliad Strings' Song list
Pop:
ABCDEFU - Gayle
About Damn Time - Lizzo
Accidentally in love - Counting Crows
A thousand years - Christina Perri
Alejandro - Lady Gaga
All About You - McFly
All of Me - John Legend
All of the Lights - Kanye West
All the Small Things - Blink 182
Angels - Robbie Williams
As It Was – Harry Styles
Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Bad Guy - Billie Eilish
Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Blackbird – McCartney/Beyonce
Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
Can’t Get You out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Can’t Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Cheap Thrills - Sia
Close to You - The Carpenters
Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Counting stars - One Republic
Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift
Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake
Dance the Night – Dua Lipa
Dancing on my Own - Robyn
Dancing Queen - Abba
Delilah - Tom Jones
Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
Don’t Stop Movin’ – S Club 7
Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby Mc Ferrin
Dynamite - BTS
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Everlasting Love - Love Affair
Everything - Michael Bublé
Every time we Touch - Cascada
Fernando - ABBA
Fever - Dua Lipa
Firework - Katy Perry
Flowers - Miley Cyrus
Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Girls Like You - Maroon 5
Give Me Everyhting - Pitbull
God Only Knows - The beach boys
Happy - Pharell Williams
Havana – Camilla Cabello
Here comes the Sun - The Beatles
Hey Brother - Avicii
Hey Ya - Outkast
Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
Holy – Justin Bieber
How Deep is your Love - Calvin Harris
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do - Abba
I Want it That Way - The Backstreet Boys
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
I'll be there for you - Rembrandts
I’m a Believer - Neil Diamond
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
In My Blood - Sean Mendes
In My Life - The Beatles
Into you - Ariana Grande
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
It Must Be Love - Madness
Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
Larger than Life – Backstreet Boys
Lay All Your Love on Me - Abba
Levels - Avicii
Levitating - Dua Lipa
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
Lose Control - Teddy Swims
Love me like you do - Ellie Goulding
Love Me Tender - Elvis
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Lover - Taylor Swift
Made You Look - Meghan Trainor
Mama Mia - Abba
Material Girl - Madonnna
Mr Blue Sky - ELO
Murder on the Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Never Gonna Not Dance Again - P!nk
No Time to Die – Billie Eilish
One Last Time – Ariana Grande
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Positions - Ariana Grande
Rather Be – Jess Glyn and Clean Bandit
Say My Name - Destiny’s Child
Senorita - Camila Cabello
She - Charles Aznavour
Shivers – Ed Sheeran
Sign of the Times - Harry Styles
Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne
Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Skyfall – Adele
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
Somebody to Love - Queen
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Stop - Spice Girls
Take a Chance on Me - Abba
Take on me - Aha
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande
There She Goes – The La’s
Titanium - David Guetta
To Build a Home - Cinematic Orchestra
Unconditionally - Katy Perry
Wake me up - Avicii
Waterloo - Abba
When I’m 64 – The Beatles
Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
Wings - Birdy
Wouldn’t it be Nice - The Beach Boys
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
You are the Reason - Callum Scott
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Ray
Your Song - Elton John
You're My Best Friend - Queen
R&B/Soul:
Better - Khalid
Can't feel my face - The Weeknd
Crazy in love - Beyonce
Diamonds - Rhianna
Easy - The Commodores
Easy On Me - Adele
Halo – Beyonce
I just called to say I love you - Stevie Wonder
If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Kissing You - Des'ree
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
My Girl - The Temptations
Next to me - Emili Sande
No Scrubs – TLC
Paradise - Coldplay
Peaches - Justin Bieber
POV – Ariana Grande
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Strange - Celeste
The Thong Song - Sisco
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
Rock (various):
Africa - Toto
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Back in Black - ACDC
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Crazy Little thing called love - Queen
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Don’t Stop me Now - Queen
Everlong - Foo Fighters
The Final Countdown - Joey Tempest
Fix You - Coldplay
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Kiss From a Rose - Seal
Life on Mars - David Bowie
Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Livin’ Thing - Electric Light Orchestra
Mr Brightside - The killers
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Secrets - One Republic
Shallow - Lady Gaga
Starlight – Muse
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N’ Roses
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Time of Your Life - Greenday
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Wonderwall - Oasis
Yellow - Coldplay
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC DC
Indie/Alternative:
Best day of my life - American Authors
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s
Home - Edward Sharpe and the magnetic zeros
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
I Will Wait – Mumford and Sons
I Write Sins Not Tragedies – Panic at the Disco
M79 - Vampire Weekend
Mardy bum - Arctic Monkeys
You've got the Love - Florence and the machine
Country:
Annie’s Song - John Denver
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Texas Hold ‘Em - Beyonce
Classical:
Air - Bach
Arioso - Bach
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Ave maria - Schubert
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Brandenburg 3 - Bach
The Blue Danube - Strauss
Canon - Pachelbel
Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) - Mascagni
Cello Suite No. 1 (G Maj) - Bach
Chanson de Matin - Elgar
Clair de lune - Debussy
Czardas - Monti
Double violin concerto - Bach
Divertimento in D - Mozart
Divertimento in F - Mozart
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik - Mozart
Flower Duet - Delibes
Hornpipe - Handel
Hungarian Dance no. 5 - Brahms
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
Jupiter from The Planets - Holst
La Paix - Handel
La Réjouissance (fireworks) - Handel
Largo from Xerxes - Handel
Libertango – Piazolla
Liebeslied – Kreisler
Meditation - Massenet
Nulla in mundo, pax sincera - Vivaldi
Ode To Joy - Beethoven
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
Palladio - Karl Jenkins
Por Una Cabeza - Carlos Gardel
Rondeau - Mouret
Salut d'Amour - Elgar
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Swan Lake Waltz - Tchaikovsky
The Swan - Saint-Saens
Syncopation – Kreisler
Vilja from the Merry Widow - Franz Lehar
Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Wedding March – Wagner
Movies/TV/Musical Theatre:
A Million Dreams - from The Greatest Showman
Alexander Hamilton - from Hamilton
Bare Necessities - from The Jungle Book
Be Our Guest - from Beauty and the Beast
Breaking Free - from High School Musical
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - from The Lion King
Chicago - Entr’acte Medley
Colours of the Wind - from Pocahontas
Concerning Hobbits
Dam Busters March
Day One - Interstellar Theme
Defying Gravity - from Wicked
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - from Cindarella
For the Love of a Princess - from Braveheart
Forest Gump Theme
Gabriel’s Oboe - from The Mission
Game of Thrones Theme
Gotta Catch Em’ All - Pokemon Theme
How Far I’ll Go - from Moana
How To Train Your Dragon Medley
I Dreamed a Dream - Les Misérables
I Just Can’t Wait to be King - from The Lion King
I See the Light - from Tangled
I Wanna Be Like You - from The Jungle Book
I Won’t Say I’m In Love - from Hercules
James Bond Theme
Jolly Holiday - from Mary Poppins
Jurassic Park Themes
Kiss the Girl - from The Little Mermaid
Let it Go - from Frozen
Married Life - from UP
Never Enough - from The Greatest Showman
Now We Are Free - from Gladiator
Part of Your World - from The Little Mermaid
Phantom of the Opera Medley
Pirates of the Caribbean Themes
PM’s theme - from Love Actually
Portuguese Love theme - from Love Actually
Princes Mononoke Theme
Rains of Castamere - Game of Thrones
Remember Me - from Coco
Rewrite the Stars - from The Greatest Showman
So This is Love - from Snow White
Somewhere in my Memory - from Home Alone
Studio Ghbili Medley
Star Wars Medley
Summer Lovin’ - from Grease
Surface Pressure - from Encanto
Tale as old as time - from Beauty and the beast
Tango, Por Una Cabeza - from Scent of a Woman
The Godfather Theme
Theme From Monsters Inc.
The Greatest Show - from The Greatest Showman
Under the Sea - from The Little Mermaid
Waving Through a Window - from Dear Evan Hansen
We Don’t Talk About Bruno - from Encanto
When You Wish Upon a Star - from Pinocchio
When She Loved Me - Toy Story
You’ll Be Back - Hamilton
You're So Cool - from True Romance
You've Got a Friend In Me - from Toy Story
Jazz and Light Music:
At Last - Etta James
Beyond the sea - Bobby Darin
Can't Help Falling in Love with You – Elvis
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Bob Gaudio
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
Lets Do It – Cole Porter
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
Moondance - Van Morrison
Mr Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Quando Quando Quando – Tony Renis
Someone to watch over me - Gershwin
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Sway - Pablo Beltran Ruiz
That’s Amore – Dean Martin
Volare - Modugno / Dean Martin / Gipsy Kings
European & American Folk:
Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar
Bosse Nordins Schottis - Danish SQ
Callum’s Road - Trad
Five sheep four goats - Danish SQ
Peat dance - Danish SQ
Last Leaf – Danish SQ
Wood Works – Danish SQ
Iliad Strings' Prices
Last updated: 2026
Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.
Standard Prices
3 musicians
| Duration | Price | |
| Up to 1 hour | £750 | |
| Up to 2 hours | £825 | |
| Up to 3 hours | £900 |
Packages
Movie music quiz!3 musicians45 minutes
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to do a quiz with a LIVE music group playing your questions?!
This package which we have enjoyed performing over the last 3 years on cruise ships involves a 30-45 minute movie music quiz, where we (the string trio) will play shortened versions of popular movie scores and its up to YOU to see how many you can name.
We will bring all required equipment, and host the quiz - all you need to provide is the venue and a good crowd!
We will finish the set by performing a few full length songs/tunes until the end of the booking.
£937.50
Customer questions
What do your clients love most about your performances?
Our clients have said they love talking to us and listening to us play. One of our favourite sayings is “if we are having a good time, our audience will be having a good time!” This means that we are super careful to make sure that we enjoy playing every single song on our song list - all of our arrangements especially made with care and attention detail.
Which venues have you performed at in the past?
We met each other 10 years ago and worked together in various string quartets and orchestras. Just over three years ago we decided to form a trio and perform on cruise ships. We have played LITTERALLY all over the world - from the Royal Albert Hall and the Bridgewater Hall to small Caribbean islands you may not have heard of - we’ve done it all and loved it!
Which artists have you been most influenced by?
One of the lovely things about string groups is their ability to play music from any genre. We love playing Beethoven String Quartets, Puccini Operas, Celtic folk music, jazz, Ariana Grande and just about anything in between. As long as the score is good (and all of ours are!) we will have a good time.
What is the most high profile gig you've performed?
As full-time performing musicians we’ve played for a lot of people. Individually, we’ve played for members of the British Royal family, on the BBC evening news and more, but sometimes it can be the more intimate performances to people who don’t usually get to hear live string groups that are the most special to us.
Do you have different line-up options?
It’s taken us years to develop song list that we are really proud of, therefore at the moment we are only available at the moment as a trio, but we are working on expanding into string quartet too!
What if my timings change after I've booked you?
We always try our best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let us know.
How much time do you need to set up?
We always aim to arrive at the venue 1 hour before the performance time. That gives us plenty of time to set up and allows for any potential travel disasters. We allow even more time when travelling further distances.
Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?
Of course! We love taking requests! All of our arrangements are of a very high quality - we don’t use random scores we find online. Instead we take the time to make sure all of our music is designed specifically for us.
If there’s something you can’t find do let us know… we might be able to sort something out!
Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?
Yes! We all have our own precious acoustic string instruments. In the unusual event that your venue will require further amplification we do all have high quality microphones, please contact us if you wish to discuss this option.
Can you learn specific pieces before the event?
We charge an arranging fee of £60 for something that isn’t on our song list. We are very proud of all our arrangements and can promise that we will we do our absolute best to make your special request as perfect as you imagine.
Musicianship
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Classical, Christmas, Musical theatre, Opera, Film / TV music, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Baroque, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Pop, R&B, Top 40, Rock, Hip Hop, Covers, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Traditional English folk, Welsh folk, Folk rock, Irish rock
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