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Laura Rose
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About Laura
Bowfiddle Strings is a duo (violin & cello), trio (violin, viola & cello) and String Quartet. We offer a wide range of music.
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Genres:
Jazz, Folk, Pop, Rock, Electronic, Classical, Baroque, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Early music, Fanfare, Film / TV music, Medieval music, Musical theatre, Opera, Renaissance, Ambient, Traditional Irish folk, Cabaret, Easy listening, Light music, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Covers, Jewish music, Tango
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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, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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Laura's Song list
Belle of the Ball Waltz – Anderson
Adagio – Albinoni
Air on a G String – J.S. Bach
Double Violin Concerto – J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concertos nos 2 and 3 – J.S. Bach
Badinerie – J.S. Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze – J.S. Bach
Minuet in G (Anna Magdalena) – J.S. Bach
Arioso from Cantata no 156 – J.S. Bach
Bist Du Bei Mir – J.S. Bach
Cantata no 140 – J.S. Bach
Two Chorale Preludes – J.S. Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach
Violin Concerto mve. 1 in E major – J.S. Bach
Ave Maria – Bach/Gounod
Adagio for strings – Barber
Rumanian Folk Dances – Bartok
Adagio Cantabile from the Pathetique Sonata – Beethoven
5th Symphony, mve 1 – Beethoven
Fur Elise – Beethoven
Ode to Joy – Beethoven
Selection from Carmen – Bizet
Prince Igor – Borodin
Hungarian Dances – Brahms
O Sole Mio – Capua
Selection of Waltzes – Chopin
Polonaise – Chopin
By the Sleepy Lagoon – Coates
Dambusters March – Coates
Sailors Hornpipe – Coates
Hoe-down from Rodeo – Copland
Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo – Copland
Christmas Concerto – Corelli
Butterfly Waltz – Crain
Clair de Lune – Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Debussy
Cake-walk – Debussy
Copelia Medley – Delibes
Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes
Funiculi Funicula – Denza
Toccata – Dubois
Humoresque – Dvorak
Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak
Waltz from Symphony no. 8 – Dvorak
Chanson de Matin and Nuit – Elgar
Salut d’Amour – Elgar
Nimrod – Elgar
Pavane – Faure
Panis Angelicus – Frank
Prelude no. 2 – Gershwin
Morning from Peer Gynt – Greig
Gavotte from Holberg Suite – Greig
Norwegian Dance no 2 – Greig
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Greig
Ave maria – Gounod
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
Water Music – Handel
Largo – Handel
Violin Sonata in D major – Handel
La Rejouissance – Handel
Serenade – Haydn
Gypsy Life – Herbert
Anniversary Waltz – Ivanovici
Allegretto – Kreisler
Caprice Viennois – Kreisler
Liebesfreud – Kreisler
Leibeslied – Kreisler
Midnight Bells Waltz – Kreisler
Schon Rosmarin – Kreisler
The Old Refrain – Kreisler
Merry Widow Waltzes – Lehar
Adagietto from Symphony 5 – Mahler
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni
Meditation from Thais – Massenet
Sinfonia and Final Duet (L’incoronazione di Poppea) – Monteverdi
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
Divertimeni in D, Bb and F – Mozart
Marriage of Figaro (wedding march) – Mozart
Allelujah – Mozart
Figaro Overture – Mozart
Symphony in G Minor – Mozart
Wedding March – Mendelsson
Cavatina – Myers
Barcarolle – Offenbach
Canon – Pachelbel
Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme – Puccini
Musetta’s Waltz – Puccini
Chacony – Purcell
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Purcell
Two Rondeaux from The Fairy Queen – Purcell
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Rachmaninov
Vocalise – Rachmaninov
Bolero – Ravel
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin – Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte – Ravel
Selection of Waltzes – Richard Rogers
Barber of Seville – Rossini
William Tell Overture – Rossini
Dance Macabre – Saint Saens
The Swan – Saint Saens
Romanza Andaluza – Sarasate
3 Gymnopedies – Satie
Ave Maria – Schubert
Standchen – Schubert
Traumerei – Schumann
Romance – Schostakovich
Liberty Bell – Sousa
Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time – Stolz
Czardas from Die Fledermaus – Strauss
Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss
Die Fledermaus Waltzes – Strauss
Pizzicato Polka – Strauss
Radetzky March – Strauss
Tales from the Vienna Woods – Strauss
Trish Trash Polka – Strauss
Wiener Blut Waltzes – Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier – Strauss R.
Cantabile – Tartini
Amazing Grace – Traditional
Greensleeves – Traditional
Golden Earrings – Traditional
Russian Dance – Tchaikovsky
Selection from the Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty – Tchaikovsky
Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Concerto Grossi in A and D minor – Vivaldi
La Forza del Destino – Verdi
Bachianas Brazileiras – Villa Lobos
Ride of the Valkyries – Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture – Wagner
Bridal Chorus – Wagner
All I Ask of You from “Phantom”- Lloyd Webber
Abba Medley – Anderson/Ulvaeus
A Little Chaos – Gregson
America from “West Side Story” – Bernstein
A Million Dreams – Greatest Showman
An American in Paris – Gershwin
Angels – Robbie Williams
Annie Highlights – Strouse
Anything Goes – Porter
Ashokan Farewell from “The Civil War” – Ungar
As Time Goes By – Hupfield
A Thousand Years – Perri
At Last – Etta James
Bad Romance – Gaga
Bass Vile Blues – Devinez
Beatles Selection – Beatles
Beautiful Day – Evans/Clayton/Hewson/Mullen
Begin the Beguine – Porter
Blue Tango – Anderson
Beside the Seaside – Glover
Beethoven’s Five Secrets – Beethoven
Bittersweet Symphony – Jagger
Bohemian Rapsody – Queen
Bring me Sunshine – Kent
Cabaret – Kander/Ebb
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Clapton
Can’t Take My Eyes off You – Gaudio
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – Elton John
Changes – Bowie
Charlie Brown – Coldplay
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Chicago – Fisher
Chi Mai – Morricone
Clocks – Coldplay
Close to You – Bacharach
Cock Linnet – Collins/Leigh
Come in From the Rain – Manchester
Come What May from Moulin Rouge – Baerwald
Concerning Hobbits – Shore
Country Medley – Trad.
Czardas – Monti
Dances with Wolves – John Barry
Danzas Argentinas No 2 – Ginastera
Dark Eyes – Trad
Dexter’s Tune (Awakenings) – Newman
Do It Again – Gershwin
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Gallagher
ELO – Mr Blue Sky
El Choco Tango – Villoldo
El Tango de Roxanne – Moulin Rouge
Embraceable You – Gershwin
Evergreen – Streisand
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Every Time we say Goodbye – Porter
Everything I Do – Adams
Everywhere – Mc Vie
Faulty Towers theme – Wilson
Feeling Good – Muse
Feelings – Albert
Fields of Gold – Sting
Forgotten Dreams – Anderson
For Just a Moment – Foster
Gabriel’s Oboe – Morricone
Game of Thrones – Djawadi
Get Lucky – Pharrell Williams
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme – Andersson
Greatest Day – Take That
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Goldfinger – Barry
Goodbye to Love – Carpenters
Halleluja – Buckley
Handbags and Gladrags – d’Abo
Happy – Williams
Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
Hawaii Five 0 Theme – Setzer
Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter – John Williams
Hello – Richie
Hernando’s Hideaway/Light my Fire – Ross/Doors
Hey Soul Sister – Train
Hoppipolla (Planet earth theme)
Hotel California – The Eagles
How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
Hushabye Mountain (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) – Sherman
I do I do I do – Tom Jones
I Don’t Know How to Love Him – Lloyd Webber
I Feel Pretty from “West Side Story” – Bernstein
I got Rhythm Variations – Gershwin
I Love Paris – Porter
Il Mondo – Fontana
I’m Yours – Jason Marz
Inspector Morse Theme – Pheloung
Irish Sherry – Trad./Carolan
If You Could Read My Mind – Lightfoot
In the Mood – Garland
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Ellington
James Bond Themes – Norman/ Barry
Jalousie Tango – Gade
Jeeves and Wooster Theme – Dudley
Jurassic Park Theme – Williams
Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
King and I selection – Rogers
Kiss From a Rose – Seal
La Bamba – Trad.
Ladies in Lavender – Hess
Laura – Raskin
La Vie en Rose – Louiguy
La Cumparsita – Rodrigez
La Paloma – Iradier
Leaving on a Jet Plane – Denver
Lets Do It – Porter
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Berlin
Let’s go Fly a Kite – Sherman
Let’s Stay Together – Green
Libertango – Piazzolla
Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Londonderry Air – Trad.
Looney Tunes Fugue – Naughtin
Love and Marriage – Heusen
Love Theme from “The Godfather” – Rota
Love Yourself – Justin Beiber
Loyko – Trad.
Make you Feel my Love – Adele
Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson
Mamma Mia – Anderson
Manha de Carnaval from “Black Orpheus” – Bonfa
March from Star Wars – John Williams
Maria from “West Side Story” – Bernstein
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Memory from “Cats” – Lloyd Webber
Mission Impossible – Schifrin
Misty – Garner
Moondance – Van Morrison
Morenita do Brazil – Fragrant
Music of the Night from “Phantom” – Lloyd Webber
Music to Watch Girls by – Velona
My Funny Valentine – Rogers
My Girl – The Temptations
My Heart Will Go On from “Titanic” – Horner
My Way – Revaux
Natal Variations (Happy Birthday) – Naughtin
New York New York – Xander
Noites Cariocas – Bandolim
Nothing Compares 2U – Sinead O Connor
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
One Day Like This – Elbow
One Hand One Heart from “West Side Story” – Bernstein
Orange Blossom Special – Rouse
Over a Rainbow – Arlen
Palladio – Jenkins
Paradise – Coldplay
Pennies From Heaven – Johnson
Pirates of the Caribbean Medley – Badelt
Poirot Theme – Gunning
Portuguese Love Song from Love Actually – Armstrong
Por Una Cabeza Tango from “Scent of a Woman” – Gardel
Pride and Prejudice Theme – Davis
Purple Haze – Hendrix
Queen Medley – Queen
Ragtime Dance – Joplin
Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark) – John williams
Red Sails in the Sunset – Williams
River Flows In You – Yiruma
Romeo and Juliet Love Theme – Rota
Rule the World – Take That
Say Something – McCartney
Scarborough Fair – Trad./Bowles
Selection of Christmas Music/Carols – Various composers
Selection of Hymns – Various composers
Selection of Rags – Joplin
Send in the Clowns – Sondheim
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
She – Aznavour
Someone Like You – Adele
Someone to Watch Over Me – Gershwin
Somewhere from “West Side Story” – Bernstein
Songbird – McVie
Stormy Weather – Arlen
Suddenly – Diamond
Summertime – Gershwin
Sunrise Sunset – Bock
Sway/Cherry Pink – Beltran
Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns and Roses
Take the A train – Strayhorn
Tale as Old as Time (Sleeping Beauty) – Menken
That’s Amore – Warren
The Folks who Live on the Hill – Kern
The Greatest Day – Take That
The Gremlin Rag (Gremlins) – Jerry Goldsmith
The Harry Lime Theme – Karas
The Luckiest – Ben Folds
The Magnificent Seven – Bernstein
The Portrait – Horner
The Prayer (Quest for Camelot) – Sager/Foster
The Simpsons – Elfman
The Throne Room (Star Wars) – John Williams
Theme from “Summer of 42” – Legrand
Thriller – Jackson
Thunderbirds Theme – Gray
Tanguedia – Piazzolla
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Tico-Tico – Abreu
Tonight – Bernstein
Truely – Richie
Unchained Melody – Zaret/North
Uptown Funk – Ronson
Viva la Vida – Berryman
What’s New? – Haggart
What are you Doing for the Rest of Your Life? – Brooks
When I Fall in Love – Young
When I First Saw You – Krieger
Wings – Birdy
Wonderful Tonight – Clapton
Without You – David Guetta
You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman – King
You Only Live Twice – Barry
You Raise Me Up – Graham/Lovland
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
You’re the Inspiration – Foster
Your Love Keeps Lifting me Higher and Higher – Jackson
Laura's Prices
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Standard Prices
Performance duration | Price | |
Short performance (up to 15 min) | £350 | |
Up to 1 hour | £495 | |
Up to 2 hours | £575 | |
Up to 3 hours | £650 |
Packages
Duo 3 hour booking
Duo, typical 3 hour booking includes pre ceremony, ceremony and drinks.
£480
Trio - 3 hour booking
Trio, for a typical 3 hour booking, includes pre ceremony, ceremony and drinks reception.
£650
Quartet 3 hour booking
Quartet, a typical 3 hour booking includes pre ceremony, ceremony and drinks reception.
£830
Add-ons
Electric strings
+£350
PA and engineer
+£350
8 piece orchestra
+£1640
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