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About Park String Quartet

The Park String Quartet are based in South Wales and enjoy playing a wide variety of music for any occasion.

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The Park String Quartet is made up of enthusiastic, experienced musicians from South Wales. We provide music for all occasions from weddings to birthdays to retirement parties. From classical music to arrangements of modern day classics, we can accommodate all tastes and styles. If you have a piece or song in particular, let us know and we shall provide it for you!

Park String Quartet

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5 out of 5

Absolutely magnificent.

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1 year ago

Thank you Nia, what a wonderful wedding to be part of, we hope you had an amazing day!

5 out of 5

Booked very short notice For our wedding but couldn’t have been more helpful. Great communication and even took the time to learn a song for us that isn’t part of their repertoire. They helped make our day even more special and for that we are hugely thankful to them.Our only disappointment is that we didn’t get to listen to them more as we had to go and have photographs! I couldn’t recommend them enough. You won’t be disappointed.

3.3 out of 5

Good guys but on this occasion not what we were looking for

5 out of 5

Absolutely prefect!!

Just a quick message to say thank you so much to you and the team for your services on our wedding day. I couldn't fault the music, it was so perfect. I'd loved for you to have stayed to play all day! Sorry we didn't get to say goodbye to you. Thanks again, Natalie

Hi Rachel, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for you guys playing at our wedding. We all thought you were absolutely amazing and the feeling of walking down the aisle whilst you played Home was absolutely amazing and a feeling I will never forget! Thank you so much again. El

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Park String Quartet's Song list

CLASSICAL

Sinfonia and Final Duet (from L’incoronazione di Poppea) – Monteverdi

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach

Air on the G String – J.S. Bach

Sarabande from the First French Suite – J.S. Bach

Loure from the Third Suite for Cello – J.S. Bach

Rondeau – Mouret

The Four Seasons – Vivaldi

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Aria (from Xerxes) – Handel

Water Music – Handel

Allegro and Minuet from the Fire Music – Handel

Canon in D – Pachelbel

Trumpet Tune – Purcell

Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke

Adagio from the Quartet in G major – Haydn

Minuet from the Quartet in D minor – Haydn

Serenade – Haydn

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart

Divertimenti in D (KV 136), Bb (KV 137) and F (KV 138) – Mozart

Andante from the 8th Quartet – Mozart

Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart

Adagio in C – Mozart

Minuet from The Quartet in Eb major – Dittersdorf

Minuet – Boccherini

Ave Maria – Schubert

Moment Musical – Schubert

Wedding March - Mendelssohn

Song Without Words No. 35 – Mendelssohn

Intermezzo from the Quartet op. 13 – Mendelssohn

Selection from the Album for the Young op.68 – Schumann

Song ‘To Sunshine’ op. 36 – Schumann

Liebestraum – Liszt

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg

Pavane – Fauré

Salut d’Amour – Elgar

Chanson De Matin – Elgar

Chanson De Nuit – Elgar

Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 – Mahler

Bridal Chorus (Wedding March) – Wagner (Here Comes the Bride!)

Romance – Shostakovich

Gymnopedies - Satie

Toccata – Dubois

OPERA

O mio babbino caro – Puccini

Meditation (from Thaïs) – J. Massenet

‘Habanera’ and ‘Toreador’s Song’ (from Carmen) – Bizet

‘Bei Männern’ and ‘Der Vogelfänger’ (from The Magic Flute) - Mozart

Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffman) – Offenbach

The Flower Song (from Lakme) – Delibes

Funiculi Funicula - Denza

POPULAR

Don’t Stop Believing – Journey

Your Song – Elton John

Greatest Day – Take That

All You Need is Love - The Beatles

In My Life - The Beatles

World Without Love - The Beatles

Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Yesterday - The Beatles

Get Back - The Beatles

I Wanna Hold Your Hand – The Beatles

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Girls Just Wanna Have fun - Cindi Lauper

Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli

Sitting on Top of the World - The Carpenters

All I Want is You – U2

Everlong – Foo Fighters

Candle in the Wind – Elton John

Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

Everything I Do I Do it for You – Bryan Adams

Killing Me Softly – Fox / Gimbel

Without You – Badfinger

Take On Me – A-ha

Wherever You Will Go – The Calling

Sway – Michael Bublé

Heaven – DJ Sammy

Moon River – H. Mancini

Take the ‘A’ Train – Billy Strayhorn

La Paloma – Sebastian Iradier

Country Club – Scott Joplin

The Entertainer – Scott Joplin

Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson

Moonlight in Vermont – Suessdorf

Anything Goes – Cole Porter

Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnson

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Arlen

Fiddle Dance – Fletcher

Jerusalem – Parry

English Country Gardens – Trad.

Miller Rag – Schmitz

Calon Lan - Trad.

Can't take my eyes off you - Frankie Valli

God only knows - The Beach Boys

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Hey there Delilah - Plain White T's

I don't want to miss a thing - Aerosmith

I run to you - Lady Antebellum

Just the way you are - Bruno Mars

Moondance - Van Morrison

My life would suck without you - Kelly Clarkson

Run - Snow Patrol

Sittin' on the dock of a bay - Otis Redding

Sway - Michael Buble

Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton

You're still the one - Shania Twain

Here comes the sun - The Beatles

Anything for love - Meatloaf

Bat out of hell - Meatloaf

Here, there and everywhere - The Beatles

A thousand years - Christina Perri

A moment like this - Leona Lewis

Amazing grace - traditional

At last - Harry Warren

Moon River - Mancini

Brown-eyed girl - Van Morrison

You to me are everything - The Real Thing

Make you feel my love - Bob Dylan

When a man loves a woman - Percy Sledge

Viva la vida - Coldplay

SHOWS/MOVIES

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Miserables)

I Don’t Know How to Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)

If I were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)

Somewhere (West Side Story)

Tonight (West Side Story)

All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)

Theme from E.T.

Speak Softly Love (The Godfather)

Schindler’s List Theme

A Whole New World (Aladdin)

Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually – Craig Armstrong)

Theme from Fawlty Towers

The Harry Lime Theme (from The Third Man – Anton Karas)

Theme from Pride and Prejudice – Carl Davis

Theme from Poirot – Christopher Gunning

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)

Theme from Jurassic Park

Theme from Star Wars

New York, New York - Bernstein

Be our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)

Beauty and the Beast main theme

Gonna fly now (Theme from Rocky)

Kiss from a rose (Theme from Batman)

Kissing you (Theme from Romeo & Juliet)

Nobody does it better (Theme from The Spy who loved me)

Theme from Family Guy

You only live twice (Theme from You only live twice)

Harry in winter (Harry Potter)

Circle of life (The Lion King)

Game of Thrones Main Theme

Star Wars Main Theme

Jurassic Park Main Theme

This is only a selection of our repertoire. If you have any particular songs which do not appear on this list, please contact us and we shall be happy to arrange them for you.

Customer questions

Do you have different line-up options?

Our usual, and preferred line up, is 2x violins, 1x viola and 1x cello. We can offer a string trio if needed.

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

We can usually be flexible enough to accommodate any changes in times, within reason.

How much time do you need to set up?

We tend to arrive and set up around 1 hour - 1.5 hours before our booking time.

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

We recommend that you pick the songs/pieces for the ceremony, but when it comes to the background music it's best to just give us a direction and we'll select the music. An idea of the type of music is helpful, and any "no-nos" are good to know too!

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, we provide all equipment. All we need are 4 chairs. Unless we're being asked to perform outside. If outside then we need to be undercover and out of direct sunlight.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If a certain piece/song is not in our repertoire list then we can usually learn it. We write our own arrangements of songs so usually we can sort something out, but this will incur an additional charge.

Musicianship

Genres:

Christmas, Contemporary Christian, Military, Traditional church music, Classical, Baroque, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Early music, Fanfare, Film / TV music, Medieval music, Musical theatre, Opera, Renaissance, Electronic, Ambient, Breakbeat, Deep house, Drum 'n' Bass, Dubstep, EDM, Electro-Swing, Electronica, Garage, House, IDM, Industrial, Jungle, Techno, Triphop, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceilidh, Country, Folk rock, Irish rock, Rockabilly, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Jazz, Blues, Cabaret, Dixieland, Gypsy jazz, Jazz fusion, Latin jazz, Modern jazz, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Ragtime, Swing, Barbershop, Gospel, Avant garde, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Marching, Noise music, Originals, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Covers, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Hip Hop, Karaoke, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Tribute, Vintage, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Hardcore, Heavy metal, Indie, Pop rock, Post rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Synth rock, World music, African music, Afrobeat, Arabic, Argentinian, Armenian, Asian music, Australian music, Balkan, Bavarian oompah, Bollywood, Bossa nova, Brazilian music, Calypso, Caribbean music, Choro, Cuban music, Cumbia, Flamenco, French music, German music, Greek music, Hawaiian music, Indian music, Italian music, Jewish music, Klezmer, Latin, Mariachi, Merengue, Polish music, Polka, Polynesian music, Reggae, Russian music, Salsa, Samba, Scottish music, Ska, Skiffle, Spanish music, Tango

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Types:

String quartet, String trio, String duo, String ensemble

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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, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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