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Pachabels Canon

Due Tramonti/ Two sunsets - Ludovico Einaudi arr for cello and piano

Landslide- Fleetwood Mac arr. Brooklyn duo for cello and piano

About Ivory strings

Classically trained cellist and pianist performing across the country as both soloists and duo for Weddings and events.

Classical duo

Newark

Public liability insurance of £10 million

Bethany and Jane formed Ivory strings in 2011 and have had 10 years performing in some of the most beautiful venues across the country. Holding a regular slot performing at the RHS flower shows each summer they have built up a reputation for being amongst the best choices for live music for your event. They have a wide choice of repertoire to choose from, with Classical favourites as well as contemporary, jazz and pop covers. Bethany and Jane offer each client a bespoke and personal service.

Ivory strings 's Reviews

Beth and Jane played for our Wedding ceremony. They provided us with a very professional service, communication was great from the outset. They played beautifully during the wedding and everyone commented on how wonderful the music was.

Thank you for providing such a wonderful atmosphere and fantastic music for our Wedding ceremony. It really did finish the day off beautifully. Many thanks

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Repertoire list

Classical:

• Air on the G string - Bach

• ‘Arioso’ from Cantata 156 – Bach

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba – Handel

• Auf Flugen des Gesanges - Mendelssohn

• Ave Maria – Bach/ Gounod

• Ave Maria – Schubert

• Basse Dance – Warlock

• ‘Berceuse’ from the Dolly suite – Faure

• Bist du bei mir – Bach

• Bridal chorus – Wagner

• Canon – Pachelbel

• Chanson de nuit – Elgar

• Concerto grosso in D minor – Vivaldi

Allegro – Adagio - Finale

• Dance of the blessed spirits – Gluck

• Danza Espanola – Granados arr Johnstone

• Due Tramonti - Einaudi

• Eine Kleine nacht music – Mozart

Allegro – Romanza

• ‘Ent’racte’ from Carmen – Bizet

• The Fireworks music (selections from) – Handel

La Paix – La Rejouissance

• Flower duet – Delibes

• Gavotte – Gossec

• ‘Gigue’ from suite in D major – Bach

• Grande Valse brillant – Chopin

• ‘Grand march’ from Aide – Verdi

• Gymnopedie No. 1 – Satie

• ‘Habenera’ from Carmen – Bizet

• Humoresque – Dvorak

• ‘If with all your hearts’ from Elijah – Mendelssohn

• Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – Bach

• ‘La dona e mobile’ from Rigoletto – Verdi

• ‘Largo’ from Xerxes – Handel

• Laudate Dominum – Mozart

• Londonderry air – Trad Irish

• ‘Meditation’ from Thais – Massenet

• ‘Minuet’ from concerto grosso in B min – Boyce

• ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma variations – Elgar

• Nocturn No. 1 – Chopin arr Johnstone

• ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi – Puccini

• O perfect love – Barnby

• ‘Preludio’ from Sonata 6 for cello and piano – Vivaldi

• ‘Romance’ from the Gadfly suite – Shostakovich

• ‘Rondeau’ from Sinfonies de fanfares – Mauret

• Salut d’amour – Elgar

• ‘Sarabande’ from suite in D minor for piano – Handel

• Serenade – Haydn arr Johnstone

• Sheep may safely graze – Bach

• Sicillienne – Paradis

• Sonata in F major – Marcello

Largo – Allegro

• Sonata No 1 In G major for Viola da Gamba – Bach

Adagio - Allegro

• Song without words – Mendelssohn

• Standchen – Schubert

• Suite No. 1 in G major – Bach (Unaccompanied)

Prelude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Minuet I – Minuet II – Gigue

• Swan, The – Saint Saens

• The girl with the flaxen hair – Debussy

• Traumerei – Schumann

• Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke

• ‘Waltz’ from Coppelia –

• ‘Waltz’ from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky

• The Water music (selections from) – Handel

Air – Bouree – Hornpipe - Finale

• Wedding March – Mendelssohn

Easy Listening/ Jazz/ Shows

• Aint misbehavin’ – Waller/ Brooks

• Anything goes – Porter

• Bess, you is my woman from Pargy and Bess – Gershwin

• Blue Tango – Anderson

• Chrysanthemum, The – Joplin

• Come fly with me – Kahn

• Doin’ the crazy walk – Duke Ellington

• Dream a little dream of me – The Mamas and the Papas

• Easy Winners – Joplin

• Entertainer, The – Joplin

• Embraceable you – Gershwin

• Fiddle Faddle – Anderson

• Fig leaf rag – Joplin

• Fly me to the moon – Sinatra

• I got rhythm – Gershwin

• It ain’t necessarily so – Gershwin

• It’s de-lovely – Porter

• It had to be you – Jones

• I’ve got you under my skin – Porter

• Jazz pizzicato – Anderson

• Let’s call the whole thing off – Gershwin

• Let there be love – Nat King Cole

• Lullaby of Birdland – Weiss/Shearing

• Magnetic rag – Joplin

• Makin Whoopee – Kahn/Donaldson

• Maple leaf rag

• Moon river – Mancini

• New rag – Joplin

• Night and Day – Porter

• Oh, Lady be good – Gershwin

• Over the rainbow – Arlen

• Pennies from heaven – Burke/Johnstone

• Ragtime dance – Joplin

• Smoke gets in your eyes – Harbach/ Kahn

• Summertime – Gershwin

• Sweet Lorraine – Burwell/ Parish

• S’wonderful – Gershwin

• Take five – Desmond

• Take the A train – Strayhorne

• They can’t take that away from me – Gershwin

Popular/ Film themes

• All of me – John Legend

• All you need is love – Lennon/ McCartney

• ‘A Thousand years’ from Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2 – Perri

• Beneath your beautiful – Labarynth +Emilie Sande

• Between two lungs – Florence Welch

• Cannonball – Damien Rice

• Can’t help falling in love – Elvis Presley

• Chandelier - Sia

• Chasing cars – Snow Patrol

• Diamonds - Rhianna

• Greatest day – Take That

• Grow old with me – Tom Odell

• Halo - Beyonce

• Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen

• Have I told you lately – Van Morrison

• Here comes the sun – George Harrison

• Here, there and everywhere – Lennon/ McCartney

• Hoppipola – Sigur Ros

• How long will I love you – Ellie Goulding

• If I ain’t got you – Alicia Keys

• In my life – Lennon/ McCartney

• It must be love – Madness

• Just the way you are – Bruno Mars

• Kiss from a rose - Seal

• ‘Kissing you’ from Romeo and Juliet – Des’ree

• Make you feel my love – Bob Dylan/ Adele

• Neighbourhood#1 (Tunells) – Arcade Fire

• Nightswimming - REM

• ‘Nobody does it better’ from ‘The spy who loved me’ – Carly Simon

• Ordinary People – John Legend

• Perfect – Ed Sheeran

• Rather Be – Clean Bandit

• ‘Rule the world’ from Stardust – Take That

• Run – Snow Patrol (Leona Lewis version)

• Shallow – Lady Gaga/ Bradley Cooper

• She – Elvis Costello

• ‘Skyfall ‘ from Skyfall– Adele

• A sky full of stars - Coldplay

• Sledgehammer - Rhianna

• Someone like you – Adele

• Somewhere only we know – Keane

• Somewhere over the rainbow – Ariana Grande version

• ‘Start a fire’ from La La Land – Stephens/ Hurwitz

• Stay with me – Sam Smith

• Symphony – Clean Bandit

• Thinking out loud – Ed Sheeran

• Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

• Viva la Vida – Coldplay

• ‘We have all the time in the world’ from ‘On her majesty’s secret service’– Louis Armstrong

• When we were young – Adele

• Wings - Birdy

• ‘Writings on the wall’ from Spectre – Sam Smith

• ‘Young and Beautiful’ from The Great Gatsby – Lana Del Ray

Folk/ World

• Decide – Piazzolla arr Johnstone (cello only)

• Irish Medley

The Irish Washerwoman – The Blackthorne stick

• La Cumparsita – Rodriguez

• Medativo – Piazzolla arr Johnstone

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Christmas, Baroque, Classical crossover, Early music, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Pop, Acoustic

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Types:

Classical duo, Classical ensemble

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Event types:

Wedding proposal, Virtual event, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Charity event, Corporate event, Private event, Birthday party, Christmas party, Wedding

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